ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREA vehicle and, in particular, a feed cart as used in a barn tofeed the livestock, which vehicle or feed cart is distinctively providedwith an electric motor, an electric plug in cord supplying electric powerto the motor from an electric outlet of the barn, a reel for the cord,and a reel drive assembly rotatively biasing the reel toward windingof the cord thereon to thus maintain the cord taut and the prevententanglement and soiling of the cord, independently of displacement ofthe latter. The reel drive assembly includes a lever, with a frictiondrive wheel and an idler pulley rotatively mounted on the lever, and aspring biasing the lever, whereby the cord in operative engagement withthe idler pulley, upon reaching a predetermined tension, causes pivotingof the lever and disengagement of the friction drive wheel from thereel and when the tautness of the cord is released, the spring actson the lever to drivingly engage the friction drive wheel with thereel to windingly bias the cord to restore tautness thereof.
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