Ford F-250 Converted To “All Purpose Pickup”

Ford F-250 Converted To “All Purpose Pickup” PICKUPS Miscellaneous Brian Vigar’s 1976 Ford F-250 4-WD 3/4-ton pickup is equipped with a big 390 cu in engine and a heavy duty suspension lift kit     


    Good thing because the Lancer Sask farmer converted the pickup into an “all purpose” model that he uses hard all year long He mounted a round bale unroller and a modified feed unloading bin on back and a winch-controlled snow blade on front that’s fitted with overhead lights All of this add-on equipment operates off the pickup’s 12-volt battery


    “It works fantastic I can use the pickup to push snow pick up transport and unroll bales and deliver rolled steamed barley by just flipping a switch on the pickup’s dash ” says Vigar


    The feed bin formerly served as the grain hopper on an old Massey Harris combine and the hopper’s mounting frame bolts onto a thick metal plate that’s bolted to the pickup bed’s floor The hopper still contains the original unloading auger and is fitted on the outside with a 5-ft long flexible rubber spout


    The flexible spout sets on a metal frame bolted to the pickup bed that keeps the spout rigid during unloading When not in use Vigar can remove a pin and swing the spout over onto another frame


    “I used it to deliver grain into 100-ft long feed troughs in my pasture and to drop rolled steam barley onto the grass ” says the retired cattleman


     The bale unroller came equipped with a hand-operated winch that was used to raise and lower the unroller’s arms Vigar replaced the hand winch with a 12 000-lb electric winch that’s bolted to the feed bin’s support frame


    The snow blade is fitted with a series of overhead lights mounted on homemade brackets that attach to the top of the blade Vigar keeps the blade on the pickup all year long


    “The lights really opened things up at night and provided a better view ” he says “Even with the blade on I could move cows at night and still see where I was going ”


    The pickup originally came equipped with a chrome stack on each side and straight pipes underneath “The stacks were so loud that I couldn’t even hear myself thinking I replaced them with 6-ft long stacks that direct the noise above the pickup ” says Vigar


    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Brian Vigar P O Box 40 Lancer Sask Canada S0N 1G0 ph 306 689-2888

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