Home-Built "Gator Topper"

Home-Built Gator Topper ATV S Joe Rishel Alanson Mich customized his Deere Gator by building a cover for it out of an old fiberglass pickup topper It’s painted yellow to match the Gator’s green and yellow colors “It looks really nice and was fun to build ” he says He got the topper for free The width was just right but the topper was too long So he unbolted an 18-in wide panel from the center and then put the front and back pieces together fiberglassing them to make the joint waterproof He first put a piece of 1/4-in thick plywood into a groove where the 2 panels meet Then he glued on another piece of plywood and pushed the back piece of the topper onto it After the glue dried he applied a strip of fiberglass resin all the way across and used a putty knife to smear the resin flat After the resin dried he sanded it down He used the metal struts from a camper awning to make a metal frame that supports the topper The frame rides in metal brackets that bolt onto the Gator frame A pair of aluminum struts keep the front end of the topper from shaking He also added a tail light on back and clearance lights on front Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Joe Rishel 3499 Sunnyridge Rd Alanson Mich 49706 ph 231 529-6216

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