Mini Farm Machinery Made Out Of Wood

Mini Farm Machinery Made Out Of Wood FARM HOME Novelty Items These new mini farm machines are made out of landscape logs and treated lumber lag-screwed together and painted with popular brand colors So far inventor Ernie Hoffman has made tractors wagons disks and moldboard plows He has orders for a disk and manure spreader They look realistic and stop people in their tracks when they first see them says inventor Ernie Hoffman of Elk River Minn The wheels don t turn In fact there are no moving parts at all on them However I try to design the controls and steering system to look as real as possible Hoffman says he got the idea for the toys one day when he was putzing around in his shop I remembered a photo I had seen of a tractor someone made out of plywood Before long I was building an IH tractor and then a Deere Then I started making wagons and moldboard plows Now I m working on building a disk and a Massey Harris 44 tractor A lot of city people buy my toys for their dads who have retired from farming He says it takes about 3 days to build and paint each model Prices start at $275 for a small 48-in long 30-in high tractor any color Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Ernie Hoffman Ernie s Custom Wood Tractors and Trailers 15726 96th Circle N E Elk River Minn 55330 ph 763 241-9572

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