Garden Bench Made From Old Pickup

Garden Bench Made From Old Pickup FARM HOME Miscellaneous Just because you can’t fix a pickup doesn’t mean you have to get rid of all of it With some cutting and a few scrap parts Nathan Sweitzer and his brother Alex and father Kurt created a pickup cab bench for their yard     “It is pretty comfortable ” Nathan Sweitzer says “Everyone likes sitting in it ” The roof provides shade and air circulates well inside the windowless cab     The bench was Alex’s idea Nathan 23 really liked the old 1977 Dodge Power Wagon pickup despite the many problems his father had with it Nathan has great memories of riding around the farm with his dad and he dreamed of fixing it up for his own But in the end it wasn’t worth the trouble and expense          The brothers removed the rusty floor welded on braces and bolted on a piece of hog flooring They removed the one good aluminum step and mounted it to the front To add character they added old buggy wheels their grandfather had acquired more than six decades ago     “We didn’t spend any money on this ” Nathan says of the unique bench built of scraps found on the family’s farm     The Sweitzers placed it under a shade tree and when they finish rebuilding their barn the pickup bench will be moved in front of it     “I like to sit in it in the evening and read - when I have time ” he says     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Nathan Sweitzer 230 John Rich School Rd Anna Ill 62906 ph 618 974-7107; nrsweitzer@gmail com

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