Cat Rides Big Attraction At Farmer's Market

Cat Rides Big Attraction At Farmer s Market MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous Wagon rides with wheeled tractors are fun but do you know what it feels like to ride on a Caterpillar? Roy Ginochio had a feeling folks might be interested so last year he and a few friends built a 10-passenger carrier on the back of a 1935 Caterpillar On a record-breaking day in August 148 folks lined up to ride the Creepy Crawler around Forest Home Farms in San Ramon Calif host to a farmer s market Besides fruits and vegetables the 17-acre farm offers educational tours that include 30 old tractors restored by volunteers like Ginochio With help from Ron Simmons Joe Krueger Jim Donahoe Pat Sorensen and Vern Kalepp Ginochio removed the Cat s seat and bolted on a 7-ft long box with two side benches and a driver s seat The back rails and much of the steel to make the welded frame came from 5 old hospital beds The floor is 3/4-in plywood and foam seats are covered with vinyl Ginochio purchased seatbelts at an aircraft surplus store They were brand new WWII seatbelts still in the box It will seat 10 children or eight adults Ginochio says It seems that adults like riding on it more than the kids Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Roy Ginochio 4071 Cowell Rd Concord Calif 94518 ph 925 685-3528; tractorman2@att net

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