Big Capacity, Quick-Dump Grass Hauler
"The commercial grass cart we had wouldn't hold all the grass from our 1-acre lawn in one load. And it was hard to unload because you had to fork everything out manually and detach the blower tube from the cart," says Ben Grant, of Pasco, Wash.
So, in 1988, he built a big capacity grass cart out of Massey Ferguson cornbine parts that holds twice as much grass as most commercial carts and dumps hydraulically.
"It holds around 1,500 lbs. of grass and dumps completely in about two minutes," Grant says. "What makes it unique is that the blower tube mounts permanently in a frame on front of the cart. You never have to detach it to dump."
The cart is 3 ft. wide by 5 1/2 ft. long by 4 ft. tall. Its frame is made out of 1-in. sq. tubing covered by galvanized sheet metal. A store-bought blower shell and impeller, with drive mechanism that Grant made so he could run it off a tractor pto, blows grass into the cart.
The cart's single mid-mounted axle is fitted with two combine header cart wheels set just 30 in. apart to permit turning the mower 90? without colliding with the cart.
The cart is raised 60? to dump with a hydraulic cylinder, pump and 1-gal reservoir from an old Massey 510 combine. They mount underneath the frame, and are powered by an electric starter and pulley off an old Ford F-250 pickup connected to a-92-amp combine battery.
A Ford pickup alternator mounted on the pto-powered blower keeps the battery charged. A hydraulic valve, originally used to operate the reel on a Massey 760 combine, is used as a master control valve on the front of the cart.
When dumped, the top of the cart opens hydraulically with a cylinder, also off the MF 510. A back door opens manually and secures against the side of the cart. When lowered, the front end of the cart fits flush with the blower tube outlet.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ben Grant, 751 Fanning Road, Pasco, Wash. 99301 (ph 509 547-9977).
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Big-Capacity, Quick-Dump Grass Hauler FARM HOME Lawn Mowers (31h,38) 19-4-39 "The commercial grass cart we had wouldn't hold all the grass from our 1-acre lawn in one load. And it was hard to unload because you had to fork everything out manually and detach the blower tube from the cart," says Ben Grant, of Pasco, Wash.
So, in 1988, he built a big capacity grass cart out of Massey Ferguson cornbine parts that holds twice as much grass as most commercial carts and dumps hydraulically.
"It holds around 1,500 lbs. of grass and dumps completely in about two minutes," Grant says. "What makes it unique is that the blower tube mounts permanently in a frame on front of the cart. You never have to detach it to dump."
The cart is 3 ft. wide by 5 1/2 ft. long by 4 ft. tall. Its frame is made out of 1-in. sq. tubing covered by galvanized sheet metal. A store-bought blower shell and impeller, with drive mechanism that Grant made so he could run it off a tractor pto, blows grass into the cart.
The cart's single mid-mounted axle is fitted with two combine header cart wheels set just 30 in. apart to permit turning the mower 90? without colliding with the cart.
The cart is raised 60? to dump with a hydraulic cylinder, pump and 1-gal reservoir from an old Massey 510 combine. They mount underneath the frame, and are powered by an electric starter and pulley off an old Ford F-250 pickup connected to a-92-amp combine battery.
A Ford pickup alternator mounted on the pto-powered blower keeps the battery charged. A hydraulic valve, originally used to operate the reel on a Massey 760 combine, is used as a master control valve on the front of the cart.
When dumped, the top of the cart opens hydraulically with a cylinder, also off the MF 510. A back door opens manually and secures against the side of the cart. When lowered, the front end of the cart fits flush with the blower tube outlet.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ben Grant, 751 Fanning Road, Pasco, Wash. 99301 (ph 509 547-9977).
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