He Saved Money By Fitting New Brent Cart With Tracks From Older Wagon
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When William Murphy, Harvel, Ill., bought a 1,000-bu. Brent grain cart he decided to fit it with the Cat tracks off his old Kinze 800 bu. cart rather than buy a new set of tracks. He hired Bruce's Welding of Girard, Ill., to transfer the axle and tracks from the Kinze cart to the Brent.
"It would've cost about $10,000 to buy new tracks for the Brent cart. We spent less than half that so we saved a lot of money," says Murphy. "The tracks really help in mud. We can pull the cart anywhere our Deere 8200 MFWD tractor will go and have never even come close to getting it stuck.
"The Brent model's frame was wider than the Kinze frame, so the track axle had to be cut and new material welded on. To make such a conversion you need a way to raise the cart high enough in the air at both ends to get the axle under it. It takes special equipment and isn't something that you can do with an ordinary handyman jack."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, William D. Murphy, 29111 Black Diamond Trail, Harvel, Ill. 62538 (ph 217 229-3368).
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He Saved Money By Fitting New Brent Cart With Tracks From Older Wagon GRAIN HANDLING Wagons (63E) 25-2-27 When William Murphy, Harvel, Ill., bought a 1,000-bu. Brent grain cart he decided to fit it with the Cat tracks off his old Kinze 800 bu. cart rather than buy a new set of tracks. He hired Bruce's Welding of Girard, Ill., to transfer the axle and tracks from the Kinze cart to the Brent.
"It would've cost about $10,000 to buy new tracks for the Brent cart. We spent less than half that so we saved a lot of money," says Murphy. "The tracks really help in mud. We can pull the cart anywhere our Deere 8200 MFWD tractor will go and have never even come close to getting it stuck.
"The Brent model's frame was wider than the Kinze frame, so the track axle had to be cut and new material welded on. To make such a conversion you need a way to raise the cart high enough in the air at both ends to get the axle under it. It takes special equipment and isn't something that you can do with an ordinary handyman jack."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, William D. Murphy, 29111 Black Diamond Trail, Harvel, Ill. 62538 (ph 217 229-3368).
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