Bale Feeder Made From Old Tires

Bale Feeder Made From Old Tires HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Bale Handling (5) 20-5-12 Less waste and a reduction in injuries are promised with this new small square bale feeder for horses that's made from a pair of old tires. Raymond Behrens, Byers, Colo., uses 5-ft. dia. industrial tires to make the 400-lb. feeder. He cuts one of the tires in half and screws it down on top of the other tire. A steel plate bolts to the center of the top tire. The 3-ft. dia. basket holds one small square bale. A steel pipe on the bottom of the basket slips over a 2-in. long steel peg at the center of the plate and is secured by a set screw. "You can pull the entire unit over onto its side and roll it to a new location or use a front-end loader to move it," notes Behrens. Sells for $250. Behrens also makes feeders equipped with 48 to 52-in. dia. baskets large enough to hold two or three bales. They sell for $300. He also uses old tires to make stock tanks that range from 5 to 12 ft. in diameter and sell for $200 to $550. And he uses big industrial-size rubber tires to make 3-pt. tire scrapers that range from 5 to 10 ft. wide. Mounts are available to fit skid-steer buckets, tractor 3-pts., and quick-tach. When mounted on the rear of a 3-pt., the scraper can be positioned to either pull or push. The scrapers sell for $500 to $1,000. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Raymond Behrens, Tuff Tanks, Inc., 4674 South C.R. 193, Byers, Colo. 80103 (ph 303 822-5595).

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