Nebraskan Puts More Power In His Homemade Trencher
After wearing out two ditching units that were old when he bought them, Wayne Volk was excited about buying a used Ditch Witch in 1980. But it didn't have the power he wanted, and by 1991 he had scrounged enough parts to build his own trencher. The Bloomington, Neb., man estimates he's buried about 75,000 feet of pipe with it since then.

"Instead of miles per hour like a tractor, a trencher has to travel feet per minute," says Volk, explaining why he put together parts from so many different machines...Read More!
Homemade Tool Cart/Cabinet
John Lubinski, Plainview, Minn.: John made a tool cart/cabinet that doubles as a small portable workbench. The 40-in. high cart rides on 6-in. wheels on back and 2 1/2-in. caster wheels on front. He used 2-in. angle iron for the frame and 1/2-in. plywood for the main cabinet, then ran 2 by 6’s around the top to form...Read More!
Self-Propelled Deere BBQ Grill!
When the mower deck and spindles wore out on his 1989 Deere LT 133 garden tractor, Mark Thomas of Jennings, Fla., converted it into a portable grill that runs under its own power. 
    
The tractor’s fiberglass hood was broken so he replaced it with one he made out of galvanized sheet metal, pop riveting the hood to the tractor’s frame. Then he converted a 60-gal. air compressor tank into a grill and mounted it on top of the hood. A propane bottle mounts on back of the tractor and is attached by a 3/8-in. dia. hose to the grill...Read More!
WI Farm Technology Days 2023
Erosion Control Remedy Has Lasted 25 Years 
“My wife and I bought the property where we live more than 30 years ago because it was quiet, wooded and had a small creek that ran behind the house,” says retired New York contractor John Collins. “We didn’t know at the time that the creek would flood even when we got 2 to 3 in. of rain, and wash away the bank. After one really heavy rain the creek washed 20 to 30 ft. off our property, and I knew I had to do something more than just put dirt back and add some rocks.”
    
Collins asked local conservation officials what he could do, and they said the best way to preserve the bank was to use large boulders. Collins says he told them, “I’m just a small landowner here, someone who doesn’t have the means to repair 300 ft. of creek bank with several hundred tons of rock.”...Read More!
Liberty Quote

“A man’s admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.”

~ Alexis de Tocqueville
Annoying Neighbor...
Ole complained to his landlord. “Da people upstairs are so annoying! Last night dey stomped and pounded on da floor till almost midnight.”

“Did they wake you up?” asked the landlord.

“No, no,” said Ole. “Tank goodness, I vas playing my tuba all night.”
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