Rock-Picking "Sidecar" For ATV's

Rock-Picking "Sidecar" For ATV's ATV'S ATV'S 30-3-25 Picking rocks is almost fun for Derald Brown since he equipped his Yamaha 200 ATV with a dumping rock hopper and an operator platform that lets him sit just inches off the ground. The platform is on the right side of the ATV. Brown steers and accelerates with his left hand and grabs rocks with his right hand. He tosses the rocks across the ATV into the hopper on the left side. When the hopper is full, he drives to the edge of the field to dump it. Brown used scrap to make the platform, which rides on two wheels and attaches to the front and rear cargo racks. To control the ATV, Brown connected a bar to the tie rod and ran it through a couple pivot points to the platform. He attached the thumb throttle to the steering handle so he can drive with one hand. The plywood rock box rides on an angle iron frame. It's 3 ft. long, 1 ft. wide and about 18 in. deep. It rides on an 8-in. wheel and hinges on the side next to the ATV. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Derald Brown, 60237 Kansas Rd., Montrose, Colo. 81401 (ph 970 249-5234).

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