Caddy Makes Setting Up Pneumatic Grain-Moving System A Breeze

1999 - Volume #23, Issue #3, Page #27

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efore Bruce and Roger Elliott built a caddy for their Kongskilde pneumatic grain-moving system, the Montrose, Ill., brothers had to load the components onto a hay rack with a skid steer loader.
  "It took us at least two hours to organize the components, load them and then set them up," says Bruce. "Now, they're all stored together in one place and can be moved quickly to our dryer and bins by our Honda ATV or we can pull it by hand. It takes only a half hour to get completely set up."
  The 6 by 9-ft. caddy has an angle iron frame and a plywood floor. The platform rides just 6 in. off the ground.
  The Elliotts fitted the shop-built rear axle with 4-bolt hubs and 14-in. tires off an old corn planter. The single pivoting front wheel is fitted with a 4 by 12-in. tire.
  They made a gooseneck hitch for the front out of a length of axle off an old Kewanee disk. It was already bent in the shape of the gooseneck.
  Three V-angled racks for the system's pipe mount on angle iron supports on the front and back end of the caddy. The top rack, which is 7 ft. off the ground, holds up to eight lengths of 10-ft. (6-in. dia.) pipe, as does the middle rack. The bottom rack holds up to eight lengths of 6-ft. pipe.
  The platform underneath holds the Elliotts' assortment of 15, 30, 45, 60 and 90-degree elbows and 1, 2 and 3-ft. lengths of pipe as well as their system's air lock and two 10 hp blowers.
  "With more than 24 lengths of pipe and all the elbows, we're able to reach any of our nine grain bins, which are separated from our dryer by up to 300 ft.," notes Bruce. "What's more, when we're done using it in the fall, we simply pull the caddy into the shed and park it. That way, all our components are stored together in one place for the following season.
  "Best of all, it cost practically nothing to build since we used scrap materials we had on hand."
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Roger and Bruce Elliott, 19478 North 400th St., Montrose, Ill. 62445 (ph 217 924-4350).

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Caddy Makes Setting Up Pneumatic Grain-Moving System A Breeze GRAIN HANDLING Pneumatic Systems 23-3-27 efore Bruce and Roger Elliott built a caddy for their Kongskilde pneumatic grain-moving system, the Montrose, Ill., brothers had to load the components onto a hay rack with a skid steer loader. "It took us at least two hours to organize the components, load them and then set them up," says Bruce. "Now, they're all stored together in one place and can be moved quickly to our dryer and bins by our Honda ATV or we can pull it by hand. It takes only a half hour to get completely set up." The 6 by 9-ft. caddy has an angle iron frame and a plywood floor. The platform rides just 6 in. off the ground. The Elliotts fitted the shop-built rear axle with 4-bolt hubs and 14-in. tires off an old corn planter. The single pivoting front wheel is fitted with a 4 by 12-in. tire. They made a gooseneck hitch for the front out of a length of axle off an old Kewanee disk. It was already bent in the shape of the gooseneck. Three V-angled racks for the system's pipe mount on angle iron supports on the front and back end of the caddy. The top rack, which is 7 ft. off the ground, holds up to eight lengths of 10-ft. (6-in. dia.) pipe, as does the middle rack. The bottom rack holds up to eight lengths of 6-ft. pipe. The platform underneath holds the Elliotts' assortment of 15, 30, 45, 60 and 90-degree elbows and 1, 2 and 3-ft. lengths of pipe as well as their system's air lock and two 10 hp blowers. "With more than 24 lengths of pipe and all the elbows, we're able to reach any of our nine grain bins, which are separated from our dryer by up to 300 ft.," notes Bruce. "What's more, when we're done using it in the fall, we simply pull the caddy into the shed and park it. That way, all our components are stored together in one place for the following season. "Best of all, it cost practically nothing to build since we used scrap materials we had on hand." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Roger and Bruce Elliott, 19478 North 400th St., Montrose, Ill. 62445 (ph 217 924-4350).

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