Truck Box Divided Into 3 Compartments

Truck Box Divided Into 3 Compartments PLANTING EQUIPMENT Planters 22-4-11 Joe Thoele, Teutopolis, Ill., uses a removable wooden bean box with 3 compartments to handle different varieties of soybeans in his 2-ton Chevy truck. What makes it handy is that all three compartments empty out through sliding gates at the back of the truck. Seed from the front hopper feeds out through a hollow center partition. The box measures 12 ft. long and 8 ft. wide and is divided into a 60-bu. front compartment and two side compartments that hold 90 bu. each. A 14-ft. long, 6-in. dia. folding drill-fill auger mounts on back. "My dealer uses a forklift to load mini bulk seed bags into the compartments," says Thoele. "I used it for the first time last spring and it worked great. The only problem was that the corners in the front compartment didn't clean out completely. I plan to add some flashing in the corners to solve the problem. "It takes only about 8 minutes to fill my 15-ft. drill. A hand-operated winch is used to fold or unfold the auger, and a push but-ton valve at the back of the truck is used to start and stop it. "It takes about an hour to install the box and mount the auger and about 30 minutes to remove them. Lengths of channel iron are used to secure the box to the truck's stake pockets. I use a length of channel iron that mounts across the back of the truck to support the pulley that raises or lowers the auger. The top of the box is equipped with curved steel bars for attaching a hand-cranked roll tarp." The triple seed box was originally built by George Holsapple of Jewell, Ill. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Joe Thoele, RR 1, Box 73, Teutopolis, Ill. 62467 (ph 217 857-3738).

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