Loader-Mounted "Chop Hopper"
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When Earl Priest of Lloydminster, Sask., decided to build a loader-mounted hopper to feed ground barley to his cattle, he found the materials he needed in a scrap pile on his farm. That was where he found the re-mains of his 1950 Case 6-ft. pull-type combine.
Priest used the hopper and unloading auger off the combine to build what he calls a "chop hopper" (in Canada ground barley is often called chopped barley). He mounted the hopper on an angle iron frame. He uses bale forks on his front-end loader to pick it up. He bolted plywood extensions on top of the hopper to increase capacity to 1,500 lbs., and he shortened the auger by 12 in. to make it easier to direct feed into bunks. The auger is driven by an orbit motor taken off his swather.
"The hopper is always in front of me so I can easily see the auger and what it's doing," says Priest. "My brother Tom and I built it in one day for less than $200. I don't have a 3-pt. hitch on my tractor and wouldn't use it for this job if I did."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Earl Priest, RR 2, Lloydminster, Sask., Canada S9V 1E9 (ph 306 825-3223).
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Loader-Mounted "Chop Hopper" TRACTORS Loaders 21-5-10 When Earl Priest of Lloydminster, Sask., decided to build a loader-mounted hopper to feed ground barley to his cattle, he found the materials he needed in a scrap pile on his farm. That was where he found the re-mains of his 1950 Case 6-ft. pull-type combine.
Priest used the hopper and unloading auger off the combine to build what he calls a "chop hopper" (in Canada ground barley is often called chopped barley). He mounted the hopper on an angle iron frame. He uses bale forks on his front-end loader to pick it up. He bolted plywood extensions on top of the hopper to increase capacity to 1,500 lbs., and he shortened the auger by 12 in. to make it easier to direct feed into bunks. The auger is driven by an orbit motor taken off his swather.
"The hopper is always in front of me so I can easily see the auger and what it's doing," says Priest. "My brother Tom and I built it in one day for less than $200. I don't have a 3-pt. hitch on my tractor and wouldn't use it for this job if I did."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Earl Priest, RR 2, Lloydminster, Sask., Canada S9V 1E9 (ph 306 825-3223).
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