Sampling Of Stories Featured in the Current Issue of FARM SHOW Magazine:
Gator Remodeled Into A Dump Trailer
Dan Walters of Nashville, Ind., transformed an abandoned UTV into a tow-behind dump trailer. “The trailer started life as a 6x4 John Deere Gator diesel model. A 2002, to be exact,” he says. “My wife’s family had bought it gently used around 2008, and it’s lived a hard life since then.”
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Handy UTV Pole Saw Carrier
Heavy-duty pole saws are great for trimming back branches and brush around field edges. However, they can be difficult to get where they’re needed. Stanley Whittle found that to be true with his new Milwaukee cordless pole saw.
“I wanted to take it around th...
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Ergonomic Garden Tool Best Buy
Jim Ruen, La Crescent, Minn.: “When FARM SHOW asked me to try the EarthLifter tool, I readily agreed. I liked the potato fork look but questioned the value of the rolling fulcrum backside. Boy, was I wrong.
“Yes, the wide, flat tines look like the old potato...
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Trimmer Handle Improves Posture
The Darwin’s Grip PRO series of trimmer accessories are designed to reduce pain and fatigue while trimming. “It’s a handle extension that allows you to stand up straight and square off your shoulders for a more natural position,” says founder Robbie Hamilton. “It adds more balance, reducing fatigu...
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CAT Museum Showcases Giant Equipment
There’s no better way to get an eye-opening and up-close look at CAT equipment over the years than to visit the company’s museum in Peoria, Ill. The 50,000-sq. ft. facility is loaded with historic machines, design stations, four theaters, eight exhibit galleries and memorabilia documenting the com...
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Mini Tractor Made From Scratch
“I love those early 1900s steel wheel gas tractors like the Rumely Oil Pull, Fairbanks Morse 15-25 and the International friction drive, but they’re rare and expensive to own, so I decided to build my own mini tractor,” says Shawn Strunk, a Wichita, Kan., machinist and manufacturing engineer.
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