2013 - Volume #37, Issue #5, Page #33
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"Built From Scratch" Plywood Trailer
I’m 14 years old and live in Hummelstown, Penn. I’ve been reading FARM SHOW for about a year and go through every issue cover-to-cover.
  I built a trailer out of 1/2-in. plywood and 2 by 4’s to pull behind my Sears Craftsman garden tractor. It’s 6 ft. long by 3 ft. wide and 1 ft. deep. I’ve used it to haul two 80-lb. hay bales at a time or big loads of grass clippings.
  It rides on four 10-in. wheels, mounted on axles that pivot like the front axle on a tractor. I painted the trailer myself, including the red pinstriping.
  The back tailgate is held up by a gate hasp and lays down flat like a pickup tailgate. I recently wired the trailer for lights, which are powered by the tractor battery and activated by a switch on the dash of the tractor. There’s a box on the tongue to hold tools and supplies. A trailer jack holds the tongue up off the ground.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Cameron Messinger, 158 Brinser Rd., Hummelstown, Penn. 17036 (abcmessy@juno.com).



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2013 - Volume #37, Issue #5