2020 - Volume #44, Issue #3, Page #31
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High Capacity “Quad Feeder”
The molded poly feeder has a double-walled patent pending design that keeps even big bulls from tipping it over. It weighs about 180 lbs. and can support a herd of up to 165 cattle.
The unit comes in 3 pieces - the base, hopper and lid. The base is equipped with built-in “access pans” located at a height that allows easy use by all sizes and types of livestock, including calves, sheep and goats. A pair of pallet fork slots are built into the base. The hopper, which sets inside the base, comes with 4 spring-loaded doors that can be easily adjusted to control the flow of feed. An optional divider can be placed inside the hopper, allowing up to 4 different kinds of mineral, feed or supplement to be fed.
“The lid has an overhanging design, with gutters over each of the access pans to keep rain from getting into the feed,” says Graves. “The lid also protects minerals from destabilizing due to ultraviolet rays. Trailer coupling pins (provided) are used to secure the lid to the base.”
The Quad Feeder’s doors can be adjusted to shut the flow of feed off completely, making it easy to move the feeder even when it’s full.
“The underside of the feeder is molded to fit an old semi truck tire,” says Graves. “You drill a hole through the lower portion of the tread side of the tire, and insert a provided 12-in. eye bolt to the inside of the tire. Then set the base down over the tire so the eye bolt sticks out from one of the fork slots in the base. A chain or rope can then be attached to the eye bolt, allowing you to use an ATV, UTV, pickup or tractor to drag the feeder from pasture to pasture. You can also move the Quad by sliding loader tractor forks into the slots.”
Fly bullets or insecticide strips can be installed on each side of the feeder by drilling holes in the upper arch of the lid. “It allows for true hand-free and stress-free fly control, as the cattle treat and retreat themselves while consuming mineral,” says Graves.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, AmeriAg, LLC, 4824 Friendship Rock Creek Rd., Burlington, N.C. 27215 (ph 877 551-4916; info@ameriag.com; www.ameriag.com).
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