Look What They're Doing With Old School Buses Cattle Hauler

Look What They're Doing With Old School Buses Cattle Hauler AG WORLD Ag World 7-2-15 For about $1,500, Leonard Cox, Asheboro, N.C., has a "cattle bus". Cox modified a 1966 Chevrolet bus so it now hauls 19 head of 900 lb. cattle. "The main advantage of the bus," explains Cox, "Is the cost. Even so, there is still a lot of work involved in the remodeling." Cox removed all the windows, other than the driver's windows, and tore out the side panels down to the floor. He then welded the side panels back onto the inside of the window posts, spacing each panel about 6 in. apart all the way to the top of the old window frame to provide ventilation. He fastened plywood sheets to the floor using metal screws. He uses sand to keep the cattle from slipping. Ideally, he says, he'd have corrugated metal on the floor. The driver's seat is sealed off from the cattle with a divider made of 3 in. angle iron framework and plywood. Cox made the back door hole higher and replaced the door with a hinged swinging metal gate made of the side panels. He also reenforced the wheel wells, put in a divider gate and painted the bus a barnyard red. Besides the $1,000 bus cost, Cox figures he has about $500 invested in the modifications. One disadvantage to the bus, Cox says, is the slow rear end gear ratio that limits the bus's top speed to 40 mph. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Leonard Cox, Rt. 1, Box 291, Asheboro, N.C. 37203 (ph 919 625-2787).

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