He simply reappropriated oversized tires from old farm equipment (and we do mean oversized – the tire pictured here weighs about 3,500 pounds), partially buried them with a waterproof bottom of plastic sheeting, and filled them with water for his animals. Owingsville, Kentucky’s Robert Bach saw a simple solution for replacing his livestock’s water troughs. You don’t need a degree in engineering to create something useful, of course. 17-year-old Michael Hall says, “It lets you drive right along the fence row and drive posts without ever having to back up.” As an operator steers it forward, it jams 12-foot fence posts into the ground without a human worker needing to do anything but drive. The Halls and their four sons stripped down an old combine and converted it into a formidable fence-building machine. They wanted something that was self-propelled and could also carry the posts and fence-wire.Ī greenhouse made by repurposing a fiberglass fuel tank.
Initially they were using an industrial fence post driver, but it was cumbersome and slow. While he hasn’t yet used it for other applications, he suspects it’ll also prove handy at finding moles and other underground pests, too.ĭan and Terese Hall of the Redwood Falls, Minnesota area were looking for new ways to make a living after getting out of farming and started a business that found itself in high demand by providing people with custom fencing. Himes says it’s best to use his gadget on a calm day because it’s sensitive enough to pick up wind noise. But by taping a stethoscope to the bottom of the cup and attaching the cup to a five-foot-long piece of PVC pipe, Himes built a listening device that easily found the affected section of pipe through four feet of solid earth. Digging up the entire pipe was impractical and commercial leak detectors can go for as much as $1,000. A well-buried water pipe had sprung a leak underground somewhere on his property.
It’s a treasure trove of ideas to implement on your own, or for inspiration in other pursuits.Ĭonsider Mark Himes of Beecher City, Illinois, who solved an expensive problem with nothing more than a doctor’s stethoscope, a PVC pipe and a styrofoam cup.
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