Semi-Retired Farmer Is Always Inventing
“I didn’t like the steering wheel on my Kawasaki Mule, so I built a different one using the steering column from an old Chevy pickup,” says semi-retired Michigan farmer Dale Fisher. “I grew up on a farm and always had an interest in mechanical things, so figuring this out wasn’t too difficult.”
Fisher sawed off the steering wheel from the Chevy column and welded it to a metal rod, which he attached to the top of the existing Mule steering shaft. “The new wheel has a spinner and is a lot easier to manage,” Fisher says.
Fisher also made improvements on his sliding barn doors. He designed a locking system that holds them tight and prevents them from flopping in the wind. He used a 3/8-in. turnbuckle, attached one end to the posts, then opened the other end so it’s more of a hook than a loop. He secures the device with large hook-eyes mounted to both ends of the door.
“I just hook one end in place when I close the door and use the other turnbuckle to cinch it down,” Fisher says. “The nice thing about turnbuckles is that you have that adjustment to get it in the right position. Your door can sit where you want it to be.”
Fisher stores a travel trailer and a flatbed trailer in his 60-ft. long barn. Each time he wanted to store his travel trailer, he had to move the flatbed. To remedy the problem, Fisher fabricated a bracket that he clamps to the front of his loader bucket.
“Now I can move the flatbed with the tractor, get the travel trailer in and then I can push the flatbed back into place,” Fisher says.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dale Fisher, 317 Ballard Rd., Jackson, Mich. 49201 (ph 517-414-1465; donnelyrd2@gmail.com).
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Semi-Retired Farmer Is Always Inventing ATV S “I didn’t like the steering wheel on my Kawasaki Mule so I built a different one using the steering column from an old Chevy pickup ” says semi-retired Michigan farmer Dale Fisher “I grew up on a farm and always had an interest in mechanical things so figuring this out wasn’t too difficult ” Fisher sawed off the steering wheel from the Chevy column and welded it to a metal rod which he attached to the top of the existing Mule steering shaft “The new wheel has a spinner and is a lot easier to manage ” Fisher says Fisher also made improvements on his sliding barn doors He designed a locking system that holds them tight and prevents them from flopping in the wind He used a 3/8-in turnbuckle attached one end to the posts then opened the other end so it’s more of a hook than a loop He secures the device with large hook-eyes mounted to both ends of the door “I just hook one end in place when I close the door and use the other turnbuckle to cinch it down ” Fisher says “The nice thing about turnbuckles is that you have that adjustment to get it in the right position Your door can sit where you want it to be ” Fisher stores a travel trailer and a flatbed trailer in his 60-ft long barn Each time he wanted to store his travel trailer he had to move the flatbed To remedy the problem Fisher fabricated a bracket that he clamps to the front of his loader bucket “Now I can move the flatbed with the tractor get the travel trailer in and then I can push the flatbed back into place ” Fisher says Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dale Fisher 317 Ballard Rd Jackson Mich 49201 ph 517-414-1465; donnelyrd2@gmail com
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