After a lot of thought, I’ve decided to discontinue my John Deere rocking tractors. In the past year and a half, I’ve made 15 of them for various customers, but they have become a real weight around my neck, which I don’t need. Finding materials for them is getting harder and harder — I was making them from pine but can no longer find a local source of rough sawn 8/4 pine. The nuts and bolts of the wheels are also becoming very difficult. I can no longer find a source for the threaded dowels in them. Finally, trying to ship them anywhere is nearly impossible and the cost is prohibitive. FedEx and UPS have both damaged almost every one I’ve tried to ship. Some friendly folks have driven to my place in Iowa from great distances to pick one up — as far away as West Virginia. I am very thankful and appreciative to all the customers who have purchased one in the past.

So, to those of you who did purchase one, you now have a “limited edition.” I hope you will enjoy them for a long time to come.

Chuck Harpham