Feeder Built From Combine Grain Tank
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"It's easy to operate and saves us a lot of labor," says Carroll Swortzel, Greenville, Va., about the hydraulic-operated feeder he built out of the grain tank and unloading auger off an old Deere pull-type combine. He carries it on a set of 3-pt. mounted bale forks.
The feeder was actually put together by a local high school's vo-ag shop. They used square tubing to make the base; the bale forks fit into the tubing. Four steel legs, welded to the bottom side of the tubing, provide ground clearance for the auger on back of the tank. The auger is operated by a hydraulic motor, which chain-drives the auger's original drive sprocket.
"We use it to feed cattle on pasture. All we have to do is pick it up with our 3-pt. hitch and connect the hydraulic hoses," says Swortzel. "We fill it by auger from our grain bin. Feed is unloaded into portable bunks lined up in a row in the pasture. The auger was modified to drop down low. We drive by the troughs slowly and push the hydraulic lever to activate the motor."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Carroll McCheyne Swortzel, 401 Indian Ridge Road, Greenville, Va. 24440 (ph 540 337-1426).
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Feeder Built From Combine Grain Tank COMBINES Conversions 28-2-4 "It's easy to operate and saves us a lot of labor," says Carroll Swortzel, Greenville, Va., about the hydraulic-operated feeder he built out of the grain tank and unloading auger off an old Deere pull-type combine. He carries it on a set of 3-pt. mounted bale forks.
The feeder was actually put together by a local high school's vo-ag shop. They used square tubing to make the base; the bale forks fit into the tubing. Four steel legs, welded to the bottom side of the tubing, provide ground clearance for the auger on back of the tank. The auger is operated by a hydraulic motor, which chain-drives the auger's original drive sprocket.
"We use it to feed cattle on pasture. All we have to do is pick it up with our 3-pt. hitch and connect the hydraulic hoses," says Swortzel. "We fill it by auger from our grain bin. Feed is unloaded into portable bunks lined up in a row in the pasture. The auger was modified to drop down low. We drive by the troughs slowly and push the hydraulic lever to activate the motor."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Carroll McCheyne Swortzel, 401 Indian Ridge Road, Greenville, Va. 24440 (ph 540 337-1426).
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