2011 - Volume #BFS, Issue #11, Page #06
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He Loves His ATV Sound System
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The Pickardville, Alta. man loves music and he loves using his ATV, so it just made sense to equip it with a sound system he can drive around with.
The sound system was designed and built by his friend, Norm McGregor, of Stony Plain, Alta.
The system is made from simple materials including 6-in. sewer pipe, a small 240-watt amplifier, and 2 waterproof marine speakers. It’s strapped with bungee cords to the ATV’s front carrier rack and is entirely waterproof, thanks to glue and silicone sealant in the joints. Belanger simply plugs his iPod into the front of the speaker system and then stores it in a waterproof compartment in his Suzuki Kingquad 4x4 750 Axi.
“To build the speaker system, I used a 2-ft. section of 6-in. dia. sewer pipe with a matching elbow on each end,” McGregor explains. “I put the amplifier inside the straight section. The speakers fit perfectly in the open elbow ends. The materials cost me about $250 and it required about 10 hours of assembly.”
McGregor has built several of the units for sale so far.
Contact: Farm Show Followup, Norm McGregor, Box 5540, Creekside Point, Stony Plain, Alta., Canada T7Z 2A4 (ph 780 968-0623; dnmcg@shaw.ca).
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