School Bus Makes Low-Cost Seed Bean Hauler

School Bus Makes Low-Cost Seed Bean Hauler SCHOOLBUS CONVERSIONS Schoolbus Conversions 23-5-25 Iowa farmer Mike Blake mounted a 250-bu. gravity box at the center of an old 54-passenger school bus to haul beans for his planter. He simply cut away a 20-ft. section at the center of the Ford bus. An electric motor powered by a portable generator operates a 15-ft. long, 6-in. dia. brush auger to fill the planter. "It's really handy to use and lets me go down the road at highway speeds. Best of all, it cost much less than a trailer and wagon setup," says Blake. "The auger pivots and has a long drop spout which makes it easy to fill the planter. I can fill it in one sitting without having to move the bus. I use the closed compartment at the rear of the bus to store sacks of seed which I use for finishing up fields. I carry tools in another compartment at the front of the bus. "I paid $1,000 for the bus, which was in very good condition. The Lundell gravity cart had been in a wreck so I got it free and straightened it out." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mike Blake, 2292 570th St., Aurelia, Iowa 51005 (ph 712 434-2317).

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