John Beer Tractor

John Beer Tractor AG WORLD Ag World Ed Weiss enjoys tractors of all kinds The retired Mossbank Sask man enjoys restoring real ones but he recently got a kick out of making what he calls a John Beer tractor     With help from his wife Betty Weiss made a 3 1/2-ft wide by 5-ft long tractor using aluminum cans held together with silicone caulking      It consists of 920 cans - mostly beer I used 47 tubes of aluminum rain gutter caulking Weiss says It took me about 2 months to make using a whole lot of trial and error     Making the wheels was a special challenge according to Weiss      The secret was to find the right amount of cans to make the right sized diameter so it would be proportionate to the rest of the tractor body he explains It was tricky because the length of the spokes had to fit an even number of cans     As he was building it Weiss painted the unit in sections using Deere colors He modified a steering wheel from a used toy tractor     The couple found a doll just the right size to be their tractor driver and had suitable farmer clothes sewn for it The unit also has a cab and stacks for air intake and exhaust     The mini tractor weighs about 80 lbs Weiss is displaying it in his large storage shed and is considering taking it to a farm show sometime In the meantime he plans to make a protective dust cover for it     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Ed Weiss Box 183 Mossbank Sask Canada S0H 3G0 ph/fax 306 354-2546

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