2019 - Volume #43, Issue #2, Page #31
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Tractor Trailer Mini Rig
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“My mini semi is built on the frame of a Snapper LT 16001 garden tractor with a 2-cyl. Briggs & Stratton engine. I added a floating tag axle on back and made the body panels and doors from salvaged aluminum and fiberglass panels. The fenders were made from plastic barrels and I made the 5th wheel hitch from scratch.
“The home-built tri-axle trailer that I tow behind can haul a pretty good load, which often is my refurbished 1968 Struck MD40 mini dozer with a 6 1/2-hp. Honda engine.”
The truck is 8 ft. long and 40 in. wide while the trailer is 12 ft. long. There are more than 50 working lights on the truck and trailer including running lights, headlights, cab lights, and emergency flashers. There are also hand-built mirrors, a working air horn, and much more.
“We’ve taken this truck to many antique tractor shows. The operator is usually my 8-year-old grandson Cooper Dailey. His ear-to-ear smile while driving this one-of-a-kind truck makes all the work worth while.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Thomas A. Geer, Sr., 1052 State Route 49, Cleveland, N.Y. 13042 (ph 315 283-3941).
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