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REAR SEAT FOR YOUR ATV Just let me say, “Yee-haw!,” when describing a rear seat mounted to your ATV. Buckle up, hang on, and don’t complain about the ride. (At least you won’t have to walk to the deer lease.) I would not advise that your wife or girlfriend ride back there unless you get a signed waiver in advance and have several days of meals already prepared in the fridge. Big Country Outdoors offers two models of aluminum seats for ATVs. Choose from a high seat or a low seat, but each model comes with a ladder for easy access. https://bigcoun tryoutdoors.net/product-category/ aluminum-seats/.l Big Country also builds rear seats for Jeeps and pickups. Home Team Seats created “Hitch ‘n Sit” seats that mount in your receiver hitch. The seats come in two to four-seat versions or a model with two seats and a table in the middle. These seats work best for the campsite or lake but may be exactly what you have been look ing for. See all the Home Team models at https://www.hometeamseats.com/ pages/hitch-n-sit?srsltid=AfmBOorT vad4vuZDXCl_6ZmHve7bn56mYCK w8hlK79HNeVgJNutp8oVX . ATV TOOL HOLDERS Hornet Outdoors has a range of brackets and holders for work tools including hatchets, axes, saws, machetes, and shovels. Check out the Hornet tool brackets at https:// www.shophornetoutdoors.com/Tool Hooks-and-Trail-Tools_c_267.html . MotoSport also offers a variety of brackets for work tools to fit your ATV. See https://www.motosport. com/utility/tool-holders. GearHaul offers a convenient sys tem to hold and protect your saw on the ATV. See SawHaul They also offer a tool hauler snap lock mount for Polaris and CanAm models as well: https://www.gear haul.com/collections/toolhaul/prod ucts/toolhaul-snap-lok-mount-for polaris-can-am BOX SCRAPERS AND GRADERS

offer 15-to 60-gallon trailer sprayers for handgun or boom applications. https://www.agspray.com/category/ ag-spray-application-support-equip ment/sprayers-applicators/ lawn-garden/?f_a=28 . Northstar Sprayer builds hand gun and boom sprayers and trail er-mounted sprayers for ATVs https:// northstarsprayer.com/. The distributor, Gemplers, has a large line of ATV-mounted sprayers from several manufacturers with both hand gun and boom applicators. Tank sizes range from 15-25 gallons. https://gem plers.com/collections/atv-sprayers . Sprayer Supplies is another distrib utor offering a wide range of sprayer gear to ATVs from multiple vendors. They also offer replacement parts for many brands of sprayers. See the Sprayer Supply offerings at https:// sprayersupplies.com/sprayers/. Workhorse Sprayers has spray rigs designed specifically for ATVs. These units come with 15 and 25-gallon tanks and offer handgun and boom applicators. https://workhorsespray ers.com/atv-sprayers/ . The ATV sprayers from FIMCO Industries come in 8 versions for handgun or boom application. https:// www.fimcoindustries.com/ . Ag Shield builds ATV and UTV spray ers that turn your ATV or UTV into a truly heavy-duty spray rig. Really. You have to see these applicants to believe in their capabilities and features. Ag Shield applicators have cab-mounted liquid controls, giant booms that fold in the middle, spray shields, and a huge range of options. If you need to spray lots of acres regularly, this may be your solution. Check out the Ag Shield ATV line at https://www.agshield.com/ atvsprayers.html . You have the ATV (or have talked your wife into the ranch buying an ATV), so now you need the tools to make that vehicle the ranch work horse. A couple of the accessories in this column may even make an ATV cost justifiable for your operation. Either way, these ATV add-ons make a lot of sense and can save you time and money overusing your pickup for many tasks around the ranch.

a blade inside the pens to clean out. Here’s your chance to fix the prob lem. Put a box scraper, grader blade, or paddock blade on the back of your ATV and get the work done. Here are some good choices in ATV dirt-mov ing devices that will let you do a wide range of light grading work. Dirt Dog Manufacturing offers a broad line of box blades, rear blades, and road graders specifically designed for ATVs. The Dirt Dog blades come in 48”, 60” and 72” widths. https://www. dirtdogmfg.com/product-categories/ atv-utv-equipment/ . Wild Hare Manufacturing builds a hydraulic box grader attachment that runs off a deep cell battery for height adjustments. https://www. wildharemfg.com/atv-equipment/ atv-box-grader/ . Box blades by Northwoods Fabrication are raised and lowered by DeWalt or Milwaukee tool batteries. Northwoods box blades are available in 48”, 60” and 72” width. https:// www.northwoodsfab.com/prod uct-page/battery-powered-48-pull type-box-blade . Kolpin Outdoors builds a 48” rear plow blade that attaches to an ATV via the Kolpin electric lift hitch system for full blade control. https://www. kolpin.com/en-us/shop/accessories/ dirtworks-system/implements/atv utv-dirtworks-tool-attachment-48 rear-plow-blade/ . Paddock blades from Paddock Blade USA https://paddockblade.com/prod ucts/paddock-blade-powder-coat-fin ish are designed for that specific task to make the job easier and faster. ATV SPRAYERS Spraying weeds and killing insects is a perfect application for your ATV. ATVs are a size to let you get in the places you need to spray with fewer headaches than trying to use your pickup for herbicide applications. ATV sprayers are easy to mount and dis mount from an ATV and large-capacity trailer-mounted ATV sprayers are also available from several manufacturers. Ag Spray Equipment offers handgun and boom sprayers for ATVs with 15 to 65-gallon tank capacities. They also

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