Double Hopper Trailer Built For $5000

Double hopper trailer built for $5000 GRAIN HANDLING Miscellaneous 14-4-8 Richard Hinds, Springfield, Ill., built an 800-bu. tandem axle double hopper trailer from used channel iron beams and light gauge metal. A partition separates the hoppers, which Hinds built from light gauge steel sup-ported by vertical 3-in. channel iron beams. Horizontal 10-in. channel iron beams on either side support the bottom of the trailer and a 2 by 4 rectangular tube supports the top. Hinds pulls the trailer behind his semi tractor. "I built it for $5,000. Commercial trailers of comparable size cost $10,000 or more without the axles." Hinds salvaged the axles from an old soda delivery trailer and mounted 9.00 by 20 tires on them. He put a 16-in. sq. door on the bottom of each hopper. He uses auto steering wheels to open each door. A roll tarp covers the hoppers. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Richard Hinds, Rt. 1, Springfield, Ill. 62707 (ph 217 544-2956).

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