2010 - Volume #34, Issue #6, Page #08
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"Tanking" Down The Cedar River
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Raymond Bernt, whose family farms along the Cedar River, got the idea for his business from a bar that came up with the idea in the mid-1980's. The 2 1/2 ft. tall tanks are very buoyant and nearly impossible to tip. As they float, they spin in a slow circular motion.
Bernt and two of his brothers are busy at least three days a week during the summer renting and hauling 8 and 10-ft. poly blue stock tanks.
"They are light and easy to handle," Bernt says. "They stack together and the picnic tables fold up so they are easy to haul on a trailer I made."
Some customers prefer canvas armchairs, especially if a disability makes it difficult to sit at a picnic table.
The 10-ft. tanks are only used in the spring when the water is higher. Sometimes floaters need to get out and guide tanks through shallow water.
The tanks rent for $48 and hold 6 adults in the 8-ft. tank. Bernt supplies life jackets and a pole to push away from shallow areas or overhanging limbs. He offers a couple drop off/pickup points for trips that average about 4 hours. He also rents canoes and paddle boats.
Besides renting vessels, the Bernt family makes "goat hot dogs" and a variety of organic cheeses to enjoy while floating down the river.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Raymond Bernt, Cedar River Recreation, 82228 499th Ave., Spalding, Neb. 68665 (ph 308 223-9643; rbernt@yahoo.com).
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