"The Best Scraper On The Market"

"The Best Scraper On The Market" FARM HOME Miscellaneous 29-1-38 After Jim Howe, Jr. bought what Gemplers calls "The Best Scraper On The Market" from the company's mail order catalog (www.gemplers.com), he wasn't happy. So he rebuilt it in a way that lets it live up to its headline. He liked the fact that the blade of the scraper was made of lightweight poly that could be reversed for extra long life. What he didn't like was that the handle was attached parallel to the blade. He couldn't get any leverage for pushing. So with an 18-in. piece of 1 1/2 by 1 1/2 angle iron, some flat stock and a few bolts, he modified the scraper so that the handle runs into the back of the blade, braced by four angled struts. "Now I can really push snow, manure or whatever," he says. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jim W. Howe, Jr. 22 Maple St., East Windsor, Conn. 06088 (ph 860 627-6515).

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