Low-Cost Feed Wagon

Low-Cost Feed Wagon COMBINES Conversions 15-4-11 The cost of commercial grain feed wagons prompted Clint Watson, Scandia, Alberta, to build his own feed wagon using the hopper from an old combine. Watson removed the 75-bu. grain hop-per from a Massey Harris self-propelled combine and welded it to the frame of a junked 2-ton truck. He equipped the truck frame with the axle and 15-in. tires from a 1/2-ton pickup. A pto-driven 4-in. dia. auger, fitted with a plastic chute on the end, is used to unload feed from the hopper into fence line bunks. "I use it to feed rolled barley to calves in my feedlot," says Watson. "I try to feed two or three pounds to each calf, and the small auger makes it easy to control the amount of grain coming out. The plastic chute swings out of the way if I hit an obstruction. It cost less than $100 to build. A comparable size commercial feed wagon would cost at least $2,000." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Clint Watson, Box 85, Scandia, Alberta, Canada TOJ 2Z0 (ph 403 362-2249).

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