Roll Up Walkways For Muddy Farmyards

Roll up walkways for muddy farmyards FARM HOME Miscellaneous 17-2-35 A muddy farmyard during a wet spring gave John Jasmer, Yale, Mich., the idea for roll-up wooden walkways that he can roll out in the spring and then roll up again once the ground dries out. "They're easy to store when you don't need them and take just a minute to unroll after heavy rains or in the spring. They keep mud from getting tracked into the house and you can also use them around other farm buildings," says Jasmer. He made the walkways using 16-in. long boards taken from used wood pallets. Two 1/8-in. steel cables run through the side of each board with 3/8-in. nuts between each pair of boards as spacers. The boards measure 3/4 in. thick by 1 1/2 in. wide but Jasmer notes that most any size scrap lumber would work. Contact FARM SHOW Followup, John Jasmer, 11395 Jeddo Rd., Yale, Mich. 48097.

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