"It lets me hook my ATV up to almost any kind of 3-pt. implement and saves a lot of wear and tear on my tractors," says Willie Thompson, Louisa, Ky., about the home-built 3-pt. tool carrier he tows behind his 4-wheeler.

The 3-pt. tool carrier rides on a pair of 15-in. wheels and an old house trailer axle. It's made mostly of 4-in. angle iron and sq. steel tubing. An electric winch, which operates off a 12-volt battery, is used to raise and lower the 3-pt.

"I use the 3-pt. to do everything from planting corn with a 2-row planter to leveling ground with a blade. I also use it with a boom pole to transport miscellaneous objects, and with a bale spear to move round bales," says Thompson. "I use the 3-pt.'s top link to level the planter when planting. I use a 3-pt. mounted bale spear to transport round bales and replace the 3-pt.'s top link with a chain that I wrap around the bale."

"I already had the battery and most of the metal that I used to build the frame," notes Thompson.