2007 - Volume #31, Issue #1, Page #39
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Lawn Tractor Service Center
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The Westlock, Alberta man likes to keep his yard looking good, so that means he also needs to keep his equipment well maintained. Primrose built a drive-on service deck using scrap metal he found at the dump. It includes a deck washing system consisting of a pivoting spray arm mounted underneath, to which a garden hose is attached.
The ramps are made from angle iron frames with metal mesh centers. The service deck holds the tractor 2 ft. off the ground.
"The deck makes it much easier to change the oil and service the air filter," Primrose says.
In front of the deck ramps, he installed a winch lift for simplifying the job of sharpening mower blades and cleaning off grass build-up. A 1,500-lb. electric winch powers the lift. Primrose included a safety chain, just in case the winch ever fails.
The winch and stand is covered with a curved metal roof to protect it from snow and rain. To make it more portable, the stand's posts slip into two 36-in. pipes that form receptacles in the ground.
Primrose also set up an overhead pivoting air hose, which swings out 15 ft. from the outer wall of his shop, fitted with a 50-ft. flexible hose. It's hooked to his air compressor indoors and is useful for blowing out dust or touching up tire pressure.
When not in use, the convenient and out-of-the-way air hose arm is held snugly in place above the garage door by a magnet.
"I really like this setup because all of the features are handy and quick to use. I built it in stages and it only cost me about $130 in all to make. The only things I bought were the air hose and winch," he says.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mel Primrose, Site 10, Box 1, R.R. 1, Westlock, Alberta, Canada T7P 2N9 (ph 780 349-2477).
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