Pedal Tractor Implements For Little Farmers

Pedal Tractor Implements For Little Farmers AG WORLD 30-6-24 Kids love these farm implements made just for pedal tractors. They're created by Tom Snyder, a Storm Lake, Iowa farmer. The implements include a grain cart, gravity wagon, flare wagon, tandem disk, disk chisel, field cultivator, 4-row planter, and 6-row planter. All are made from sq. tubing and sheet metal and are available in red, green, blue, yellow, or your color of choice. "I try to make the toys as realistic as possible, with attention to detail. For example, the gravity wagon is equipped with wheelbarrow flotation tires to look like the flotation tires used on a real gravity wagon," says Snyder. "I came up with the idea because my three sons, ages 8, 6, and 5, kept telling me they wanted me to build toys like the real equipment I use in the field. I started with a gravity wagon and have been designing one or two other implements every year. I operate a body shop and do some of the work there. Customers started noticing them and asked if I would build the toys for them. "The biggest thing I get out of building these pedal tractor implements is seeing the kids' excitement. It lets farm kids use their imagination so they think they're farming a million acres." To build the implements, Snyder starts with 1/64-scale toy models and blows them up to get a pattern before doing the actual metal work. "I have a friend who uses his brake press to bend metal for me." Prices range from $125 for the tandem disk, disk chisel, and field cultivator up to $250 for the 6-row planter. Add $35 S&H per item. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tom Snyder, 6352 70th Ave., Storm Lake, Iowa 50588 (ph 712 732-9488; cell ph 712 299-6045).

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