All Around the Farm

We have a metal pole barn. After adding drain holes to a length of guardrail, I laid it under the sliding barn door. The door slides down the track of the guardrail. This keeps critters out of the b

An old water tank lying around our place was useless for its original purpose because of a bad leak. But now, cut in half, part of it covers my grain auger unloading hopper, which protects the auger from rain and snow. I slotted and heated the plastic to bend the front flap to all

Cattle don’t bother movable irrigation system with solar-powered pivot used on triticale pasture.

Truck brake drums weigh about 110 pounds. They’re almost always under some kind of bed, making them even harder to handle. Instead of manhandling or using a floor jack – and risking injury – try removing and installing them with a regular unmodified two-wheel dolly. It takes a little finesse to balanc

To hold the center fill gravel in place before the foundation was poured for my new grain bin base, I needed a disposable concrete form. Leftover steel siding worked perfectly! I used 24-inch-long #4 rebar stakes to hold the 12-foot length of steel in place. T

I was always finding corn on the engine platform of the combine. To stop grain from overflowing the back of grain tank extensions when driving through waterways with a full hopper, I fastened a piece of baler belt to the rear edge of the extensions with self-tapping screws. It prevents corn from spilling out the back, yet it still clears the