Garden Tractor Moves Storage Shed

Garden Tractor Moves Storage Shed MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 31-1-41 Using my Deere X485 garden tractor and a home-built dump trailer, I was able to move an 8 by 12-ft. storage shed about 100 ft. to a concrete slab next to my shop. To move the shed, first I bolted three planks on the vertical studs. Then I jacked the shed up 5 in. and backed the trailer under it and used welding clamps to clamp the planks to the top of the trailer. Then I pulled the shed to the spot and set it down. The shed weighs about 1,500 lbs., but the 2-wheeled trailer rides on a car axle so it was plenty strong. I had built the shed on a concrete slab in front of my garage. I built a Waterloo Boy pedal tractor for my friend Scott Gottschalk. The Waterloo Boy was built from 1914 to 1924. Deere bought out the Waterloo Boy company in 1918. Then in 1923 Deere came out with the D model and discontinued the Waterloo Boy. My tractor's wheels and spokes are made from strap iron. The metal seat is off another old pedal tractor. I bent some steel rod to make the steering wheel. The tractor's body is made from part of an old car radiator. The kerosene tank is a length of pvc pipe with wood blocks at each end. The pedals are made of wood. (Patrick Prom, 12661 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie, Minn. 55347 (ph 952 944-9266)

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