Sulky apparatus for use behind a self-propelled operator controlled machine such as lawn mowers that includes a sulky riding platform, a sulky boom having an inner end and an outer end for connecting the sulky riding platform to the self-propelled machine that is to tow the sulky riding platform, a pivotal connecting system for pivotally connecting the sulky riding platform to the outer end of the sulky boom and an adjusting system for adjusting the pivotal connecting system. The adjusting system for adjusting the pivotal connecting system is particularly useful in properly connecting the sulky apparatus to self-propelled machines that have different height frames. In another embodiment of the sulky apparatus invention for use behind a self-propelled machine that has operator control handles that includes a sulky riding platform, a sulky boom having an inner end and an outer end for connecting the sulky riding platform to the self-propelled machine that is to tow the sulky riding platform the invention includes a storage system for storing the sulky riding platform below the operator control handles of the self-propelled operator controlled machine. The storage system also includes an important brake system for preventing swinging or similar movement of the stored sulky riding platform.
