2019 - Volume #43, Issue #2, Page #34
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Cart Makes Lawn Tool Storage Easy
“It works great for storing the mower deck, snowblower, and landscaping blade on my riding mower, as well as my leaf blower and other accessories,” says Cal Miner about the hospital medication cart he converted into a multi-purpose storage cart. Miner bought the cart at an auction for $10. Made from tubular steel, it measures 6 ft. long by 3 ft. wide and came with curved tubular uprights at each end and a cabinet on top. It originally rode on 4 small wheels, but he replaced them with welded-on, 8-in. caster wheels.
Miner uses the cart to store a 4-ft. wide snowblower that mounts on front of his Deere garden tractor, as well as the tractor’s 5-ft. wide mower deck and a front-mounted landscaping blade. There’s also room to store the mower’s bag and fan housing, as well as his vacuum leaf blower and other small accessories.
“It takes up less space in my garage than storing the items individually, and moving anything on wheels is always easier than lifting and carrying. I keep all the light stuff up high and the heavy stuff down below,” notes Miner.”
He drilled holes into the unit’s lower shelf to attach the deck. “I just roll the deck under the cart and then use J-bolts to attach it to the floor,” says Miner. Other tools are held in place by bungie cords.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Cal Miner, 3971 8th St. N.E., Willmar, Minn. 56201 (ph 320 295-8481).
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