Handy Devices

David Drake, Girard, Illinois, walks with two crutches. He spends most of his time in his skid steer with the cuts and bruises on his legs to prove it -- and with the constant danger of falling. With the help of a friend, Quentin Drew, they used metal angle iron to form the base for two steps and then welded them to an old attachment plate. Using semi deck plates, they covered the steps. Drew bent metal tubing to form handrails. Everything needed to create safe access into the skid steer came from the junk pile. Drake drives up to an attachment, drops the steps, hooks up and is good to go. He reverses the procedure when he's finished. This makes his day easier and much safer.

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