Old Combine Makes Great Deer Stand

Old Combine Makes Great Deer Stand COMBINES Miscellaneous 33-6-2 Rick Knudsvig harvests deer with his 914 IH pull-type combine. The old harvester has found a new life as Knudsvig's mobile deer stand. "It makes a great wildlife viewing spot," says Knudsvig. "I can move it where I want and, thanks to the heater, it's always warm. The windows lift out of the way so it can even be used to bow hunt." Knudsvig got the idea when he saw the well-used combine sitting on a local dealer's lot. He bought it and gutted the backside of the grain hopper to make room for the enclosed cabin that fits across the top of the hopper. "I dropped a couple of pallets across the bottom auger and put plywood sheets over them," he explains. "I framed out the cabin with 2 by 4's and steel siding and fitted it with windows I found in a dumpster." Knudsvig then lifted it into place on top of the hopper and installed a door on the backside. To climb up, he uses the original ladder mounted on the side of the combine. "It puts me about 12 ft. above ground, which gives me a good view, even in tall grass on our CRP acres," says Knudsvig. "It is mobile, yet stable, and doesn't wobble even in winds. Last spring I pulled it over to an area where sharp tail grouse do their mating ritual. I enjoy it for wildlife viewing most of all." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Rick Knudsvig, 1332 159th Ave. N.E., Baxter, N. Dak. 58218 (ph 701 847-2515; rbknudsvig@aol.com).

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