Custon Grinding Business

Custon Grinding Business SPECIALTY/SERVICES Specialty/Services 27-4-7 Doug Crozier turned a Haybuster H1100 pto-powered tub grinder into a mobile grinder that he can take from farm to farm to do custom grinding, according to a recent article in Grainews. Powered by a 425 hp Cat. engine, the Croziers built the trailer carrying the grinder from scratch. Reception from cattle feeding neighbors has been good. Crozier notes that the big grinder allows them to blend feed that cattle normally wouldn't find palatable. With recent shortages of feed in his area, it allows farmers to find new uses for lower quality bales by mixing it with silage, pellets, or grain. Wheat straw can be mixed in as filler. The most difficult part of putting the mobile grinder together was reversing the direction of the driveshaft off the Cat engine using gearboxes. Crozier points out that a commercial mobile grinder with the capacity of his machine would have cost $130,000 or more. He spent much less than that by building it himself. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Doug Crozier, Biggar, Sask., Canada (ph 306 948-3422).

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