2019 - Volume #43, Issue #4, Page #26
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Dragline Trailer Unloads Square Bales
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“I sell hay to Mississippi State, but the spot I deliver to requires I unload off the back end,” explains Simmonds. “I needed an easier way to unload quickly.”
Simmonds started out with an old chicken hauling trailer that was missing its floor. He built a floor with a sunken dragline down the middle. Metal 3 by 6-ft. panels cover the dragline when the trailer is loaded with bales. As he unloads the bales, he uncovers the dragline, which carries bales to the back of the trailer.
A second 16-ft. dragline conveyor hangs off the back and is raised or lowered by an electric winch.
Both draglines are powered by a geared-down electric motor.
Once the loaded trailer is backed into place at the university, unloading begins from the rear. “It used to be a terrible job, as we had to carry bales the length of a trailer to unload it,” says Simmonds. “Now we’re only carrying them a few feet.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Rick Simmonds, 281 Richards Rd., Macon, Miss. 39341 (ph 662 361-8266).
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