"Mini Wagon" Show-Rig

Mini Wagon Show-Rig GRAIN HANDLING Wagons 63E Getting around antique tractor shows is easy with this miniature wagon built by Don Sparks of Coon Rapids Minn The wagon which measures 40 in wide by 7 ft long can hold up to 3 easily removable seats It rides on 12-in wheels At a recent show we found Sparks grandson Kyle using a rare 1965 Minneapolis Moline garden tractor to pull the wagon Kyle has been going to antique tractor shows with me since he was three years old He likes driving me around says Sparks Sparks had 2 seats on the wagon at the show The seat on front sat on a pair of leaf springs that cushion the ride The springs bolt onto slotted wooden blocks that slip over the wagon s sideboards The seat on back simply rests on top of the sideboards The wagon s 1 by 12-in sideboards are bolted to metal posts that can be removed from stake pockets allowing the wagon to be used as a hay rack Sparks says that over the past 19 years he has built 5 other mini wagons all designed to be pulled by garden tractors Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Don Sparks 115 104th Lane N W Coon Rapids Minn 55448 ph 763 757-5003

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