Motorized Cart Installs Concrete Slats In Hog Barns
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We can install concrete slats in our hog barns faster than the company can deliver them thanks to this motorized cart I had built two years ago. That's when we decided to replace 32,000 sq. ft. of metal flooring with concrete. We only work on the project during winter, installing up to 40 slats a day. The 3-wheeled machine is powered by a rear-mounted 5 hp Kawasaki engine. It has hydrostatic drive and a rear platform for an operator to stand on. It has two stabilizer arms on the side that extend when picking up concrete slats with the boom. We usually use 4 by 8-ft. slats weighing 1,200 lbs. apiece but it'll handle slats up to 10 ft. long. Height is just under the 86 in. of our door-ways. It steers with a rod attached to the front tire. Rear tires are foam-filled 10-in. tires. Custom-building the cart cost $4,000 from a nearby manufacturer of TMR mixers. (Amos L. Hoover, RR 1, Box 80, Blain, Pa. 17006; ph 717 536-3458).
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Motorized Cart Installs Concrete Slats In Hog Barns HOG EQUIPMENT & IDEAS Hog Equipment & Ideas (351) 21-2-38 We can install concrete slats in our hog barns faster than the company can deliver them thanks to this motorized cart I had built two years ago. That's when we decided to replace 32,000 sq. ft. of metal flooring with concrete. We only work on the project during winter, installing up to 40 slats a day. The 3-wheeled machine is powered by a rear-mounted 5 hp Kawasaki engine. It has hydrostatic drive and a rear platform for an operator to stand on. It has two stabilizer arms on the side that extend when picking up concrete slats with the boom. We usually use 4 by 8-ft. slats weighing 1,200 lbs. apiece but it'll handle slats up to 10 ft. long. Height is just under the 86 in. of our door-ways. It steers with a rod attached to the front tire. Rear tires are foam-filled 10-in. tires. Custom-building the cart cost $4,000 from a nearby manufacturer of TMR mixers. (Amos L. Hoover, RR 1, Box 80, Blain, Pa. 17006; ph 717 536-3458).
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