Tractor Bed Perfect For Future Farmer

Tractor Bed Perfect Fro Future Farmer AG WORLD From the time he was in diapers 6-year-old Aiden Houston has been riding in front of his grandfather Vern Frost on the tractor “He’s always loved mechanical stuff ” Vern says So it came as no surprise when Aiden’s mother Mindy sent Vern a picture of a John Deere tractor bed and asked him to make one “I came across a pattern for it on the internet ” she explained “and figured Dad could do it Vern harvested spruce logs in the mountains and sawed the boards he needed on his own mill What was the most challenging part of creating the tractor bed? “The wheels ” Vern says “I had to hand-paint them to look like real tires ” His wife Connie helped with the painting The tires are black the hubs are yellow and the main body of course is green Vern added clips to the tires so they can be removed easily when Mindy changes the sheets which are also patterned after farm machinery Originally the tractor bed was supposed to have bunks but Vern modified the top one to be a play area It can be reached by a ladder that is secured between the headlights “There’s a whole board of stuff up top ” Connie said “including a steering wheel toggle switches gauges and a horn ” There’s even a mock smokestack “My husband Joel and I took the horn off though ” laughed Mindy “It was really loud and that was getting ridiculous!” Upon completion the bed was taken apart and smuggled into Aiden’s room the day of his second birthday At first “he wasn’t sure what to think Once he realized it was a giant play toy though he started spending a lot of time up there ” Mindy recently put in a request for a sports car bed for her second son since “Aiden is my tractor-paced child but Garrett is my fast-paced one ” Vern doesn’t seem to mind “Guess I’d better get back to work ” he said

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