Tractor-Made Ice Cream

Tractor-Made Ice Cream AG WORLD A Deere 110 garden tractor powers this home-built ice cream maker Michael Densmore Winchester Ind mounted a 5-gal freezer on front of his 1966 Deere 110 garden tractor that’s direct-driven off the tractor engine His homemade ice cream maker was recently featured in Lawn and Garden Tractor Magazine www lagtmag com Densmore grew up on a farm in Indiana in the 1960’s and remembers his family making homemade ice cream on Sunday afternoons using a hand-operated ice cream freezer When he got older he became a heavy equipment mechanic and then worked for a construction company For 10 years or so on his drives to and from work he kept thinking about how he could adapt a tractor to turn a freezer and make ice cream A few years ago he went to a show in Porterville Pennsylvania and watched as they made ice cream as a fundraiser Two tiers of freezers were belted to a line shaft powered by a steam engine From there he figured out how to accomplish his goal of tractor-made ice cream He also made an ice cream maker that’s powered by a Wheelhorse garden tractor with a belt-driven gearbox mounted on front of the tractor He says the tractor-powered ice cream makers are a big hit at antique tractor shows anniversary parties ice cream socials and other events Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Michael Densmore 727 E 500 S Winchester Ind 47394 ph 765 874-1938

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