Modified Endgate Simplifies Unloading
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Unloading grain is made more difficult by the need to clean out truck box corners, but a Morinville, Alberta farmer has made the task a lot easier. He altered his truck box endgate so that it's no problem to reach in while standing at the back of the box to scrape out the corners.
Robert Bokenfohr horizontally split his wooden endgate in two, so that when it's in the closed position, the top half slightly overlaps the bottom, sealing the joint. When unloading the last bit of the load, he can flip the top half of the box up and out of the way, thanks to a hinge. An old hockey stick with a nail in it drops into a hole to keep the top section in the up position.The remaining lower half is just below chest level, so he can easily reach in and shovel out the corners.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Robert Bokenfohr, R.R. 2, Morinville, Alberta, Canada T8R 1P5 (ph 780 939-3329.
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Modified Endgate Simplifies Unloading GRAIN HANDLING Miscellaneous 27-5-11 Unloading grain is made more difficult by the need to clean out truck box corners, but a Morinville, Alberta farmer has made the task a lot easier. He altered his truck box endgate so that it's no problem to reach in while standing at the back of the box to scrape out the corners.
Robert Bokenfohr horizontally split his wooden endgate in two, so that when it's in the closed position, the top half slightly overlaps the bottom, sealing the joint. When unloading the last bit of the load, he can flip the top half of the box up and out of the way, thanks to a hinge. An old hockey stick with a nail in it drops into a hole to keep the top section in the up position.The remaining lower half is just below chest level, so he can easily reach in and shovel out the corners.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Robert Bokenfohr, R.R. 2, Morinville, Alberta, Canada T8R 1P5 (ph 780 939-3329.
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