Fall Yard Art Ideas - Got tractor parts & Hay, NEED HELP

Hey guys......I went out and bought some hay bales and some pumpkins wanting to make a neat fall display. While I live in the city and the tractors are about 100 miles away; it isn't convienent to park one in my yard. I rememberd we also had an ole Scarecrow that we used in the garden I might fix up. Upon loading these items last night; I thought...HEY...why not pick up a Farmall Super A Grill, a couple of Teardrop Lights, and an ole Mule Drawn Turning Plow; and use it in the display somehow. I brought it all back with me, and now I have ideas....BUT I could really use some good ideas from you guys as well!!

JohnT and other electrical gurus: I would like to use the grille and the lights and make a "faux" tractor somehow....don't know how yet....and I'd like to have the lights burn after dark. I would rather them burn like a 6 volt tractor OR like you'd put em on low beam of a 12 volt tractor so they aren't too bright in the yard facing out. How can I do this??? Using an old extension cord would help....or buying the materials from Lowe's to make a harness to plug into the household current would be easy and reliable. I COULD go and buy a 6 volt battery or use my boat 12 volt battery; but I have no way to charge it and don't want to drain it every other night until the end of November.

IDEAS???

them "malibu" low voltage yard lite would do what you need...they are somewhat pricey but you could use system year round for other lighting needs.
i've seen folks make frames and string xmas lites on them to simulate different things...shouldnt be that hard to make one look like a tractor without the hoa getting their delicates in a wad.

(quoted from post at 22:17:52 10/15/12) them "malibu" low voltage yard lite would do what you need...they are somewhat pricey but you could use system year round for other lighting needs.
i've seen folks make frames and string xmas lites on them to simulate different things...shouldnt be that hard to make one look like a tractor without the hoa getting their delicates in a wad.

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I would really like to use the tractor teardrop lights in conjunction with the farmall grill if at all possible

If you have a dual voltage (6/12 volt) battery charger capable of 6 amps or more, set it to 6 volts and connect it to the tractor lights. For a softer light, replace the 6 volt bulbs with #1156 12 volt brake/backup bulbs. They will burn a pleasant yellow on 6 volts. (If you do this be sure to protect the battery charger from the weather - tuck it under the hood or otherwise cover it from rain.)

I WOULD NOT consider installing 120 volt lamps in the existing headlamps and running them off house current. There's too great a risk of a fault accidentally engergizing the sheet metal to 120 volts - a potentially lethal situation.

Thanks for the input Bob.

Does anyone have any good ideas on the "wheels".....what to make those out of? More than likely they'll also be used to hide the concrete blocks the frame will be supported by. Should I just use old tires?? or something more readily available and unique looking?

How about a round bale for the rears... Lay something over the middle to make it look like seperated tires? Or maybe since it is faux tractor go faux round bales too. Maybe a piece of plywood cut round then glue hay in a circular way to it somehow?

The plywood idea sounds do-able. Since I'm in a city in a subdivision a round bale of hay isn't easily accesable nor would it be practical. Thanks for the tips!

I think I'm gonna do plywood for the front tires. The back tires would be at least 3 1/2 to 4 foot tall....so that would be alot of plywood there. Do you all have any other good ideas to use as back tires before I go out and buy a bunch of plywood to try and cut a big circle!?

(quoted from post at 02:09:30 10/16/12)
The plywood idea sounds do-able. Since I'm in a city in a subdivision a round bale of hay isn't easily accesable nor would it be practical. Thanks for the tips!

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How about a wooden Cable spool? I have had them 4 ft in diameter.