Double Wheelbarrow Is A Handy Hauler

Double Wheelbarrow Is A Handy Hauler FARM SHOP Miscellaneous Al Hernke uses his latest time and labor-saving invention almost every day around his farmyard and on several occasions over the last two years it’s also been a handy helper in his church’s cemetery “People couldn’t believe it when they saw two wheelbarrows being pushed by a zero-turn lawn mower in the middle of the cemetery ” Hernke says “Then again they’ve come to expect unusual things built in our farm shop ” Hernke came up with the clever idea as an easy-to-handle and lighter alternative to a skid steer loader “Our cemetery committee was resetting nearly 100 sagging headstones and we started using a skid steer to move rock and gravel to shore them up ” Hernke says “It was too heavy tore up grass and left deep tracks I had two old wheelbarrows sitting around so I built a cart frame to hold them side by side ” Hernke removed the front wheels from the tubs but left the handles in place He fastened the tubs to the cart frame using piano hinges so material could be easily dumped out The cart has a sturdy axle and two old wagon wheels in front He attaches it to his 37 hp Husky zero-turn mower with a ball hitch “The wheelbarrows and mower are a lot lighter than the skid steer so they didn’t leave any tracks between the headstones ” Hernke says “I could maneuver the cart anywhere to lay down gravel fill or haul away sod and dirt ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Al Hernke 37020 County 1 Blvd Cannon Falls Minn 55009

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