Progressive Farmer Magazine








February 1988 issue

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Blue on white ink drawing of a lawn tractor with rear wheels blocked by a board and front wheels lifted by a jack with frame for the mower front wheels.

Homemade Lawn Tractor Lift

Consisting of a two-wheel support system that’s secured to a floor jack, this Homemade Lawn Tractor Lift…

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Blue pen-drawing of back of pickup truck with a platform on rollers at the cab-end & a toolbox sitting on the platform with a t-handle attached to the platform extending to the tailgate

Homemade Pickup Bed Cargo Shuttle

With his Homemade Pickup Bed Cargo Shuttle, Valley Station (KY) farmer Mickey Arnold is able to place/retrieve…

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Pen sketch in blue ink of pickup truck bumper with receiver-hitch with a spool of wire sitting on it fastened by a drawbar pin secured with a cotter pin

Homemade Receiver-Hitch Wire Unroller

David Wade’s Homemade Receiver-Hitch Wire Unroller is simply a receiver-hitch turned upside-down (to create a flat surface),…

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Blue sketch on white background showing 3 lengths of PVC pipe tied horizontally to the back of a ROPS on a UTV with a rake a cultivator & a shovel inserted into the pipes

Homemade Long-Handled Tool Carrier

To tote long-handled tools on his utility tractor, Claude Davis of South Mills, NC, tied several lengths…

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Homemade Friction Ramp

To provide better traction, wheelchair user Garland Leonard, of Weatherford, OK, covered the plywood ramp at his…

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Homemade Tailgate Winch

With his bad back, it was difficult for Chuckey, TN, farmer James Blanenship to raise the combination…

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Homemade Big Round Bale Unroller

Longview (TX) cattleman Lawrence McKelvey designed and had a welding shop build this Homemade Big Round Bale…

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Rolling Goat Feeder

To eliminate the potential danger in dealing with pushy/aggressive goats at feeding time, King, NC, farmer David…

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Homemade Versatile Three-Point Hitch

Brunson, SC farmer Joe Platts utilizes just one hitching device to move all his trailing equipment with…

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Homemade Electric Gate Opener

This remote-controlled Homemade Electric Gate Opener allows Jerome Breuer, of Slinger, WT, to access the cattle holding…

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