Sulky Sulky A sulky is a lightweight cart having two wheels and a seat for the driver only but usually without a body, generally pulled by horses or dogs, and is used for harness races. The term is also used for a light stroller, an arch mounted on wheels or crawler tracks, used in logging, or other types of vehicle having wheels and usually a seat for the driver, such as a plough, lister or cultivator. A sulky for horses is a lightweight two-wheeled, single-seat cart that is used as a form of rural transport in many parts of the world.
Sprung cart to accommodate a draught horse or a part bred one. The "un-sprung cart" by contrast was a simple, sturdy, one-horse, two-wheeled vehicle used by roadmen, farmers and the like for road metal or dung. Sprung cart A sprung cart was a light, one-horse (or more usually pony), two-wheeled vehicle with road springs, for the carriage of passengers on informal occasions. Its name varied according to the body mounted on it. Examples were the "ralli car", "jaunting car", "governess cart", "tax cart" (or "taxed cart") and "Whitechapel cart". Some light domestic delivery vans were also of this pattern. An Australian spring