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Made-It-Myself Cross-Country Trail Marker
Marking cross-country trails for races was a time-consuming and trash can-filling job at Dike-New Hartford Junior and Senior High Schools. Dan Schipper came up with a winning solution.
“The trail marking team would walk the three-mile course with cans of spray paint, measuring and marking as they went,” recalls
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Made-It-Myself Cross-Country Trail Marker Marking cross-country trails for races was a time-consuming and trash can-filling job at Dike-New Hartford Junior and Senior High Schools Dan Schipper came up with a winning solution “The trail marking team would walk the three-mile course with cans of spray paint measuring and marking as they went ” recalls Schipper “It would take them six hours and so many cans that they had a Gator to carry them ” Schipper figured there had to be a better way He mounted a piece of angle iron the width of the trail with paint nozzles at either end on his Gator Shut-off cables from the nozzles ran back to the cab while hoses ran to the UTV’s bed Schipper modified a 12-gal tank to hold white paint A recirculating pump pushes paint to the spray heads “Marking the course only takes about an hour now ” says Schipper “It costs less and eliminates a lot of trashed spray paint cans ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dan Schipper P O Box 123 Dike Iowa 50624 ph 319-240-7909
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