He Turned His Bale Bed Into A Livestock, Cargo Hauler

He Turned His Bale Bed Into A Livestock Cargo Hauler LIVESTOCK Miscellaneous Barry Reinert is a livestock producer in Salina Kan who came up with a way to make use of his pickup-mounted Hydra-Bed bale hauler
    His patented Porta Pen is a self-contained livestock pen that’s loaded and unloaded by the bale handling arms on his pickup It essentially lifts the pen similar to the way dumpsters are loaded and unloaded onto flatbed trucks The Porta Pen can also be used with DewEze bale beds
    “It lets you load and unload livestock without the need for a loading chute ” says Reinert “It can load out of a catch pen runway by use of a slide gate or out on pasture by using a wing panel and the swing gate on back of the pen
    “You can also use it to work newborn or sick calves by lowering it down over the top for ear tagging or vaccinations providing easy separation from angry cows
    “It’s especially beneficial for anyone who makes frequent runs to local sale barns or the vet You can haul a couple head without having to hook up a big livestock trailer ”
    Reinert also made a Bac-Pac hauler which is a cargo hauler that mounts in place of the Porta-Pen It can be used to haul damaged round bales firewood or other loose material It dumps out the back via a swinging door It can also be set flat on the ground to haul a 4-wheeler mower furniture etc all of which can be loaded at ground level without any lifting
    Since patenting the Porta-Pen and Bac-Pac system Reinert has been looking for a manufacturer to bring the products to market At this point he has no plans to build units himself
    There’s a video of the Porta Pen in use at farmshow com
    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Barry Reinert 416 Garden Ave Salina Kan 67401 ph 785 826-7902; barr549@cox net

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