Sooner or later,
chances are you’re
going to run into
that job that your
tractor can’t
perform, even
with traditional
implements. And that’s
the day when you’ll
want to give the Bucketeer a hard look.
“The reason for the Bucketeer's existence
is simply that the tractor could not perform
the task that we needed to do with traditional
implements,” explains owner David Kidwell.
“Bucketeer implements take the tractor
far beyond its traditional basic functions to
perform a multitude of tasks, saving time,
money and anxiety.”
An implement designed to transform the
sub-compact or compact tractor “into a
virtual Swiss Army knife of productivity,”
the Bucketeer (patent pending) will fit most
tractors regardless of age and will even fit
the newer quick-release buckets on the
market today.
The Bucketeer’s implement adapter bar has
four receivers that house traditional and non-
traditional implements. The base unit comes
with 32-inch utility forks, the most versatile
implement in the lineup. All other implements- hayfork, trailer dolly, grapevine extractor,
roller, utility crane and landscape comb –
attach to the base unit.
BUCKETEER BOOSTS
the compact tractor’s productivityFor more information: call (254) 640-5014;
email: [email protected];
view the product in a video online at
http://www.bucketeergear.com.Max Armstrong’s
broadcasting career began
at age 11, when he strung
an antenna wire from his
bedroom window to a pole
behind the chicken coop.
That was on Jim and Stella
Fay Armstrong’s corn and
soybean farm in Indiana’s
Wabash River Valley. Max
turned on the transmitter
he built from a mail-order
kit, and WMAX was on
the air. Its signal covered
barely a quarter-mile, and
who knows if anyone was
listening, but the seeds
were sown. WMAX didn’t
last long, but Max has been
broadcasting ever since.
In Stories from the
Heartland, Armstrong –
now an institution in farm
radio broadcasting – shares
stories of the people he’s
met during his 40-year
career. Compelling stories
of struggle and triumph,
colorful characters and rich
recollections of his boyhood
on an Indiana farm fill the
pages, accompanied by
photos in full color.
The book is only partly
Armstrong’s story. He
includes tales of a combine
fire, the Chicago Board
of Trade, the Louisville
farm show, corn husking
competitions, famous people
and the not-so-famous but
dear to his heart – and
more. A sweetly nostalgic
romp through farm country!Stories from the Heartland
by Max Armstrong, Bantry
Bay Publishing, hard cover,
192 pages, color photos,
available at
http://www.octanepress.com.Sharing stories from
THE HEARTLAND
Some things never go out of style ...
like shade on a hot day. Dating to the
early 1980s, Heritage Farm Power was
launched when owner Ken Buell couldn’t
find a replacement canvas for his old six-
panel parasol-style tractor umbrella.
Today the company provides not only
tractor umbrellas but also umbrellas for
vintage combines, parade trailers, garden
tractors and golf carts. Retro-farming is
putting antique tractors in the fields for hay
and tillage operations,
with shade provided
the old-fashioned way.
And buggy-top-style
umbrellas are popular
with tractor ride
participants.“We’ve had a lot of fun gathering old units
for samples and collecting old literature
showing how umbrellas and brackets were
used in days gone by,” Ken says. “We’ve
accumulated pictures and catalogs showing
umbrellas being used back to the Waterloo
Boy in 1920.”
For more information, write to Heritage
Farm Power, P.O. Box 485, Raymore, MO
64083; call (816) 322-1898;
email: [email protected];
or visit http://www.tractorumbrellas.com.MADE IN THE SHADE
with a tractor umbrella
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