Homemade Mailbox Built From Used Farm Machinery Parts

Homemade Mailbox Built From Used Farm Machinery Parts FARM HOME recreation 27-3-42 I designed this homemade mailbox with used farm machinery parts and a bit of imagination. I think of it as abstract art made to look like an old-time tractor. The large wheel at the bottom is off an old pull-type Case combine, and the horizontal section at the top is the knotter countershaft off an old Massey Harris binder. The eccentric crank that operated the knotter forms the tractor's steering wheel. The pipe that supports the knotter countershaft extends all the way down through the wheel and telescopes inside another pipe that's anchored in cement under the ground. If I need more room when cutting grass, I can grab the wheel and swing the entire mailbox out of the way. (Bryan Morton, RR 3, Brussels, Ontario, Canada N0G 1H0 ph 519 887-6692)

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