Sampling Of Stories Featured in the Current Issue of FARM SHOW Magazine:
He Made A Concave Grapple
The routine task of repairing the family combines sparked the idea of a homemade grapple fork for Kurt Madsen of Theodore, Sask.
“We were putting new concaves in our John Deere 680 combines, and I suddenly had the idea that the used ones might work for a gra...
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Slick Adapter To Move Garbage Bins
Nicholas Streenz wanted to make it easier for his grandpa to move a full wheeled garbage container to the end of his driveway, so he built a lifting tool that mounts to the 3-pt. hitch of a tractor. Streenz works as a welder and metal fabricator, job experience that allowed him to fabricate the ha...
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Solar Pumps Provide Water Off The Grid
Sun Pumps is a 22-year-old company that supplies solar pumps and parts for livestock waterers, irrigation systems, home water systems, and grid-tie solar systems. Sun Pumps also designs and sells desalination systems that convert salt water to fresh water.
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Airless Wheel Minimizes Ruts From Center Pivots
“My business partner, David Patrick, reinvented the wheel,” says Zack Fleishman, Shark Wheel CEO. “He discovered that everything in nature moves in a sine wave, like radio, ocean, or a DNA helix. People walk right, left, right; planets move around the sun, everything alternates in a sine wave.”
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Cart Helps With Tire Changes
The TRAC (Tire Rotation Assistance Cart) minimizes the risk of injury and makes rotations and installations easier. “It’s a simple way to use leverage to remove and install a tire from a vehicle during service or rotations,” says Kevin Robinson, owner of TRAC LLC. “Simply slide the tool under the ...
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Adjustable Wrench Converted To Spanner
When Dave Garber needed a spanner wrench to pull the clutch off a chainsaw he was rebuilding, he visited all his normal hardware stores and even the pawn shops but was unable to find one to do the job.
He considered drilling holes in a piece of metal to fit ...
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