Wood Wagon Makes Furnace Stoking Easy

Wood Wagon Makes Furnace Stoking Easy WAGONS/TRAILERS Miscellaneous 33-4-33 Jerry McCabe depends on his wood boiler to heat both his home and his on-farm auto repair shop. His wood wagon makes it easy to fill the big boiler and keep his shop uniform clean. "The covered roof keeps the wood dry, and the unloading bed means I never have to scramble up inside to get the wood," says McCabe about his modified silage wagon. The 6 1/2 by 14-ft. silage wagon had a pto-powered apron bed and 2 1/2-ft. high sidewalls. McCabe moved the gearbox to the rear of the wagon. A small electric motor with a 30:1 direct drive powers the gearbox. He also changed the 3 by 3 1/2-ft. rear doors from hanging vertical to horizontal swing for easy access. To reduce refill trips, he added a 2-ft. high extension to one side of the box and a 4 1/2-ft. extension to the other side and installed a slanting roof to cover the bed. On the high side, he mounted two 4 1/2 by 4 1/2-ft. doors that make it easy to load the silage wagon with his skid steer or tractor loader. "The electric motor makes it easy to control the unloading action of the bed," says McCabe. "The wood is always dry and easy to handle so it burns well." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jerry McCabe, 23012 Ivy Rd., Preston, Minn. 55965 ((ph 507 765-2404).

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