All Around the Farm

Metal building protects the electronic controls for the grain dryer from the elements – and looks good doing it.

I fastened a non-self-closing face-mount cabinet hinge onto the mailbox door. A 2.53.75-inch piece of scrap from an aluminum barn door frame – white on one side, red on the other. This is heavy enough that traffic won’t blow it down. When the door is opened, the indicator falls down. W

It was frustrating to have to charge or boost the batteries so often on my seed tender, self-propelled belt conveyor, and other pieces of equipment I use periodically, year-round. So I mounted a 12-volt solar charger to each of these pieces of equipment and connected them to the batteries. This has saved

It’s hard to keep track of funnels and keep them clean – they often make a mess on the floor. So we made a funnel drain out of leftover PVC pipe and a few fittings. Now, they stand on end right by our oil station. We added a drain stopcock, and the last secti

It can be a hassle to remove rocks from tillage equipment and unplug mud from various places on implements. So I closed the bottom of a length of pipe, leaving holes for water to drain out the bottom. Then I welded up an attachment, put the pipe on my tractor, and slid a big pry bar into the holder. It works great. I’ve used the

I cut a 2×4-foot hole in the floor of our fifth-wheel. Then I welded a steel bottom and sides to the bottom of the flatbed. I welded hinges onto the steel door so it will lift up. All these materials were lying around the yard. It works great, and now I don’t worry about the wooden blocks getting misplaced or l