Umbrella-Shaded, Two-Wheeled Trailer

Umbrella-Shaded, Two-Wheeled Trailer WAGONS/TRAILERS Miscellaneous 29-5-42 My kids like going with me to antique tractor shows. To save them a lot of walking, I built this umbrella-shaded, two-wheeled trailer. I pull it behind my Deere 317 garden tractor. The trailer has a plywood floor over a metal frame made from 1 1/2-in. sq. tubing. It supports a pair of seats out of a 1951 Nash car that face each other and bolt to the floor. The trailer rides on the front wheels and axle off an old garden tractor. The leaf springs off an old CJ5 Jeep are used to soften the ride. A pair of seats out of a 1951 Nash car bolt to the floor and face each other. Pails bolted to the floor are used to hold pop and anything the kids buy. I bought the umbrella at a garage sale for $5 and made a pole for it that bolts to the trailer frame. I mounted a flag showing a Deere tractor on back of the trailer to honor a friend who died recently. He loved Deere tractors, and I'm in the process of restoring his tractor which I bought from his wife. My trailer gets a lot of attention at shows, and sometimes kids even come up to ask for a ride. (Greg Daleiden, 15052 96th St., Elk River, Minn. 55330 ph 612 201-8676 or 651 775-1548)

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