2001 - Volume #25, Issue #4, Page #02
[ Sample Stories From This Issue | List of All Stories In This Issue | Print this story
| Read this issue]
Parade-Goers Love "Ear Of Corn" Car
![]() |
He started with a stripped-down Case garden tractor. He fitted it with a set of metal rings, covered by a layer of thin aluminum which he then painted yellow and green. The ear measures 12 1/2 ft. long and 4 ft. in dia. There's a 4-ft. long worm crawling across the top.
Every once in a while, along parade routes, Copenbarger pulls back on a lever which causes the front end of the tractor to rise up and do a "wheelie" while wiggling back and forth. He accomplished this action by mounting a frame on the back of the tractor, supported by a small caster wheel. The frame is fitted with 200 lbs. of tractor weights. When he pulls back on a lever, it slides the weights backward, raising up the front end of the tractor. If he puts the brakes on one wheel, the ear corn car then spins around.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Marvin Copenbarger, 3100 N 1727 E Road, Mt. Auburn, Ill. (ph 217 676-4533).
![](/img/download-story.png)
Click here to download page story appeared in.
![](/img/entire-issue.png)
Click here to read entire issue
To read the rest of this story, download this issue below or click here to register with your account number.