"Green Limousine" Turns Parade Goers' Heads

"Green Limousine" Turns Parade Goers' Heads FARM HOME recreation 28-1-18 Buzz Stauch of Dublin, Ohio has a good sense of humor. That explains why he put together his "Green Limousine," a head-turning, self-propelled manure spreader made from a tractor-drawn 1950 John Deere spreader. Stauch rebuilt the unit to look like a horse-drawn rig by fitting it with the front wheel assembly from a horse drawn spreader. Then he added a new two-cylinder, 18 hp engine, and a lawnmower hydrostatic transmission. "It's the same spreader that I used on the farm back in the 50's," Stauch says. "When I quit using it in the 60's, I just parked the thing and it started deteriorating. In 1999, it had rusted out so bad that I tore it completely down and put new sheet metal in it." He installed two shortened park benches (to fit the bed width), so four passengers could ride facing each other, and added indoor/outdoor carpeting it for a "classier ride" (the carpet also makes it quieter). "The steering column and brake pedal are off a combine. I fabricated a console panel containing the throttle, choke and ignition switch, and placed it on the left side of the steering wheel." Stauch says the beaters are stationary and purely for looks. "It took me about a year and a half to finish the project. Materials cost between $2,000 and $2,500," he explains. "I go to a number of parades and antique tractor shows with it and it gets a lot of attention." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Harold (Buzz) Stauch, 9190 Leitch Drive, Dublin, Ohio 43017 (ph 614 889-1212 or 614 774-3461; fax 614 766-6805; email: jeanstauch@aol.com).

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