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Simple Shelter For Corn Head
Gary Hotka didn't have enough room in his machine shed to store his 6-row corn header. So the Iowa City, Iowa, farmer used scrap materials to make a "header shelter" that at least partially protects it from the elements.
The shelter consists of a 20 ft. wide, 12-ft. high wooden frame covered by corrugated sheet
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Simple Shelter For Corn Head COMBINES Headers 28-6-10 Gary Hotka didn't have enough room in his machine shed to store his 6-row corn header. So the Iowa City, Iowa, farmer used scrap materials to make a "header shelter" that at least partially protects it from the elements.
The shelter consists of a 20 ft. wide, 12-ft. high wooden frame covered by corrugated sheet metal. It's hinged at the bottom and is raised and lowered by a hand-operated winch. A cable runs from the top part of the frame through a pulley that's bolted to a nearby bin wall, and then down to a boat winch. To use the shelter, Hotka simply cranks the frame up almost to a vertical position, then drives the header under it and lowers the frame back down until it rests on top of the header. He then uses wire to tie the shelter down to the header.
"It's a simple idea but it does the job," says Hotka. "It doesn't work as good as storing the header inside a building, because if there's a lot of wind the header can fill in with snow. However, it serves the purpose.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gary Hotka, 5271 Sioux Ave. S.E., Iowa City, Iowa 52240 (ph 319 354-9095).
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