Tote Mineral Feeder

Tote Mineral Feeder LIVESTOCK Feeding Equipment Boggs used an old tote and its enclosed plastic “bladder” to make a big outdoor mineral feeder Using a cordless angle grinder he cut a 2-ft wide 14-in high opening into one side of the tote cutting through both the tote and bladder He then made a cover for the opening by cutting several several 6-in wide flaps out of some tire inner tubes overlapping them to keep out rain and snow The flaps are attached to the container with 2 rows of self-tapping screws spaced about 6 in apart They hang down well below the opening but can be raised out of the way and clamped on top of the tote A horizontal metal strip screwed on above the opening and treated wooden strips screwed onto each side of it protect the edges of the opening Boggs also attached a 1 3/4-in dia horizontal plastic pipe to the bottom of the opening “I drilled holes into the pipe to correspond with short metal stubs that I left in place as I cut out the opening The pipe friction fits onto the stubs and extends a few inches outside the opening which keeps calves from pushing the flaps inside the opening and letting rain in “I can quickly move the tote around by hooking a chain onto it ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Don Boggs 619 Amberwood Rd Pickens S C 29671 ph 864 787-4596; donboggs1937@gmail com

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