Power-Unloading Wood Trailer

Power-Unloading Wood Trailer WAGONS/TRAILERS Miscellaneous Roger Reibsamen hauls a lot of logs and firewood out of the woods near his Titanka Iowa home To make the job easier he built a self-unloading trailer out of a chopped-down silage wagon that unloads out the back using the original apron chain “I built it about 5 years ago It gets used a lot and cost very little to build ” says Reibsamen “I always enjoy the challenge of home-built projects Whenever I need a piece of equipment I go look at a new commercial model and then come home and build it myself ” The silage box trailer is 14 ft long 7 ft wide and has 2-ft high sides It still has the original wooden floor and apron chain The original wheels were worn out so Reibsamen replaced them with the rear steering wheels off a pair of old Massey combines The wagon came with sides made from 18-in high horizontal steel panels and Reibsamen removed all of them from each side except for the bottom one He also removed the wagon’s side unloading conveyor as well as the hinged rear gate leaving the trailer open on back “Over the years we’ve used this trailer to haul a lot of logs out of the woods to our splitter at home ” says Reibsamen “We use an elevator to load the firewood into the trailer and then drive to a lean-to and unload the wood out the back ” says Reibsamen Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Roger Reibsamen 123 Ingham St N W Titanka Iowa 50480 ph 515 928-7006

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