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Organize Shop With Cable Rack

I was having a hard time keeping track of all the cable lying in my
shop. First I built a solid stand with stable footing. Then I welded
evenly spaced hooks onto a length of pipe and placed that atop the
stand. I built it so the section with hooks will spin 360° for access
from all directions. After I built my cable tree and put it to use, the
extension cords were cleaned up and are now much easier to find.
Benjamin Stahl
White, South Dakota

Easy Way to Replace Farm Hydrant

Hydrant replacement free of digging begins with
installation: Put a PVC pipe around the standpipe from
above the ground to near the drain port and foot valve;
4-inch PVC supplies enough volume that no gravel is
needed around the drain port. Insulate the top of the PVC
to prevent freezing. (I use 2-inch-thick Styrofoam cut to
fit the standpipe and PVC.) To replace, just unthread the
hydrant and lift.
Richard Peters | St. Marys, Kansas
[email protected]

Let Cows Scratch on These

I found a way to repurpose used combine cylinder bars: Standing
on end, attached to a metal post with lag bolts, they make great
scratching places for cattle. Our cows love to rub all their itchy spots
on them. Of course, this saves on our gates, fences, and other less
durable pieces of metal that they used for scratching before we put
the cylinder bars up.
Tom Cromwell | Mazon, Illinois

Rinse Jug Into Inductor

For a better and faster way to rinse chemical jugs, I made this jug
rinse nozzle. The 1-inch PVC pipe attaches to a water hose; a valve
and swivel make it easier to use when I hold the jug right over the
chemical inductor and rinse. With its gooseneck, all the water runs
into the inductor. To create a nozzle, I simply put a PVC cap on the
end and drilled numerous holes at several angles.
Robert Showalter | Rockingham, Virginia

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Illustrations: Lant Elrod

ALL AROUND Posts Anchor
THE FARM®
Steel posts with
Bracing Stabilizes predrilled holes
support a 50-gallon
A pair of 2×4 runners barrel contoured to fit a
strengthen the cut 1,000-gallon tank.
barrel; 2×6s backed
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Idea of the Month: Protect expensive equipment with inexpensive materials
to prolong the life of a fuel nozzle and metering device.

By Paula Barbour, Content Editor Setting the barrel on the floor and Marv Heitmeyer
using a plumb line helped him cut
fter replacing yet another a parallel line with a jigsaw. Ag roots: One of 10 children growing up on a
nozzle for his fuel pump, small family farm, the 12-year-old Heitmeyer
“You can use cardboard as a eagerly accepted a neighbor’s work offer. He’s
Marv Heitmeyer’s family template for cutting 2×6s to match helped out off and on at the second-generation
Schulte operation ever since.
friend asked him how they Educator: The Ohio State University grad
could keep the device out of the inside contour of your barrel,” taught industrial arts in Leipsic, Ohio, for 31
years. Now in retirement, Heitmeyer helps with
the elements. he says. Heitmeyer says he found it Habitat for Humanity builds.

“Ice was getting into the nozzle, helpful to first drill shank holes for Family: He and wife
Lorraine, former scale
and the sun was deteriorating the the screws that he drove into the master at POET Biorefining
Leipsic, have a grown son
rubber gaskets, which meant there wood backing from the side; this and daughter and twin
grandchildren.
was moisture on the glass cover of prevented the plastic from splitting. Email: [email protected]

the meter window,” says Heitmeyer. Rather than trying to incorpo-

He got to work by shaping a rate a hook for the nozzle,

50-gallon plastic barrel into a cover. Heitmeyer drilled a hole in the

plywood for it to hang in.

More ideas from readers on page 75. Its weight holds it in place,
he says.

76 Successful Farming at Agriculture.com August 2021 Illustration: Lant Elrod Photography: Lorraine Heitmeyer

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