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Stretched Wagon Axle Reduces Compaction
Two Iowa farmers reduced compaction on their corn and bean fields by adding a 2-ft. chunk to the axle of their new grain cart so it would match their 36-in. rows and follow in the tracks of their combine.
Harold Walters and Kenton Woster, of New Providence, replaced the 6 by 8-in., 120-in. long axle with a 144-in
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Stretched Wagon Axle Reduces Compaction WAGONS/TRAILERS Conversions 14-4-34 Two Iowa farmers reduced compaction on their corn and bean fields by adding a 2-ft. chunk to the axle of their new grain cart so it would match their 36-in. rows and follow in the tracks of their combine.
Harold Walters and Kenton Woster, of New Providence, replaced the 6 by 8-in., 120-in. long axle with a 144-in. long trussed frame that spans four 36-in. rows. They beefed up the new axle with 1 by 4 in. strap iron and added a stub drawbar. Walters says the wide-track rig straddles 4 ridge-tilled or flat-planted rows. By running both combine and grain cart wheels in the same rows they reduce overall compaction.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Harold Walters, Zearing, Iowa 50278 (ph 515 487-7517).
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