Hay Wagon Converted Into Low-Cost Portable Feeder
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"We used scrap wood and metal roofing to convert a used four-wheeled farm wagon into a low-cost, portable feeder. By regularly moving the wagon to another part of the pasture, we can prevent the mud holes that cows make when they feed at the same spot all the time," say Karl and Debi Weinert, Big Sandy, Tenn.
The converted wagon holds 38 to 42 small square bales.
To convert the wagon, they built a bulkhead at one end and made wooden feed panels on 14-in. centers along both sides. Several boards run down the center of the wagon with old metal roofing screwed on top of it to make slanting sides. Hay automatically slides down toward the sides.
"The design reduces feed waste," says Debi. "To fill the wagon, we pull it into our barn and just toss the bales into the wagon."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Karl and Debi Weinert, Grand View Farm, 1327 Prince Road, Big Sandy, Tenn. 38221 (ph 731 584-1803).
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Hay Wagon Converted Into Low-Cost Portable Feeder LIVESTOCK Feeding Equipment 28-4-16 "We used scrap wood and metal roofing to convert a used four-wheeled farm wagon into a low-cost, portable feeder. By regularly moving the wagon to another part of the pasture, we can prevent the mud holes that cows make when they feed at the same spot all the time," say Karl and Debi Weinert, Big Sandy, Tenn.
The converted wagon holds 38 to 42 small square bales.
To convert the wagon, they built a bulkhead at one end and made wooden feed panels on 14-in. centers along both sides. Several boards run down the center of the wagon with old metal roofing screwed on top of it to make slanting sides. Hay automatically slides down toward the sides.
"The design reduces feed waste," says Debi. "To fill the wagon, we pull it into our barn and just toss the bales into the wagon."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Karl and Debi Weinert, Grand View Farm, 1327 Prince Road, Big Sandy, Tenn. 38221 (ph 731 584-1803).
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