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Jacobsen Garden Tractor Gets Around At Farm Shows
We spotted Bob Coffeen of Fond du Lac, Wis., at last year's Wisconsin Farm Progress Show. He was riding along - in the shade of an umbrella - on his 1962 Jacobsen Chief garden tractor. "I take it to a lot of antique shows. It saves a lot of walking," he says.
Coffeen welded a short length of exhaust tube to the
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Jacobsen Garden Tractor Gets Around At Farm Shows TRACTORS Modifications 25-6-22 We spotted Bob Coffeen of Fond du Lac, Wis., at last year's Wisconsin Farm Progress Show. He was riding along - in the shade of an umbrella - on his 1962 Jacobsen Chief garden tractor. "I take it to a lot of antique shows. It saves a lot of walking," he says.
Coffeen welded a short length of exhaust tube to the back of the seat to serve as the umbrella holder. He also bolted a length of PVC tubing onto the side of the tractor to hold his walking cane. To improve the ride and also to get a better view of things, he raised the seat 6 in.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bob Coffeen, 871 S. Main St., Lot 21, Fond du Lac, Wis. 54935 (ph 920 921-5880).
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