1997 - Volume #21, Issue #2, Page #07
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Low Waste Round Bale Feeder
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The feeder holds three round bales. It has V-shaped sides that are hinged at the bottom, allowing either side to be flipped over onto the other for easy clean-out. A pair of dolly wheels on front makes it easy to maneuver. "My total cost was only about $700," says McCoy.
He already had the bomb trailer which his dad had bought but never used. He used 3 1/2-in. sq. steel to make a 17 1/2-ft. long frame that mounts on the chassis of the trailer. He welded old "diagonal bar" steel hay panels to the sides and ends of the trailer and bolted a 2 by 12 wooden board on top of each side. The boards force cows to reach through the panels instead of feeding off the top of the bale.
A pair of steel pipes run the length of the floor. The center V-panels are U-bolted to pipes so they pivot back and forth freely.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, David C. McCoy, 16413 Old Mansfield Rd., Fredericktown, Ohio 43019 (ph 614 397-4664).
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