Sampling Of Stories Featured in the Current Issue of FARM SHOW Magazine:
Mail-Order Tractors Were Sold By Department Stores
Made by Custom Manufacturing Company, Montgomery Ward sold tractors in the early 1950’s, and Raymond Brenneman has one. He shared its story with the readers of Vintage Tractor Digest.
“A fellow at the auction where I bought it told me they made good pulling ...
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Heirloom Bean Biz Thrives On Just One Acre
Paula Foreman is a one-woman heirloom bean business. She’s hands-on, from planting, weeding, harvesting, and processing to marketing directly to her customers. It’s not a big business, but one she says has a big return in satisfying customers.
“I have a core...
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Solar Pumps Provide Water Off The Grid
Sun Pumps is a 22-year-old company that supplies solar pumps and parts for livestock waterers, irrigation systems, home water systems, and grid-tie solar systems. Sun Pumps also designs and sells desalination systems that convert salt water to fresh water.
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Airless Wheel Minimizes Ruts From Center Pivots
“My business partner, David Patrick, reinvented the wheel,” says Zack Fleishman, Shark Wheel CEO. “He discovered that everything in nature moves in a sine wave, like radio, ocean, or a DNA helix. People walk right, left, right; planets move around the sun, everything alternates in a sine wave.”
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Cart Helps With Tire Changes
The TRAC (Tire Rotation Assistance Cart) minimizes the risk of injury and makes rotations and installations easier. “It’s a simple way to use leverage to remove and install a tire from a vehicle during service or rotations,” says Kevin Robinson, owner of TRAC LLC. “Simply slide the tool under the ...
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Adjustable Wrench Converted To Spanner
When Dave Garber needed a spanner wrench to pull the clutch off a chainsaw he was rebuilding, he visited all his normal hardware stores and even the pawn shops but was unable to find one to do the job.
He considered drilling holes in a piece of metal to fit ...
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