Rock Spreader Lays Trails In Woods
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When people around Kansas, Ill., need something built, they turn to Sam Honnold. The 85-year-old former farmer runs a welding shop and teaches welding at the local school. It was only natural that a local man with a shooting range asked Honnold for help when he needed to put in trails.
"He needed a way to spread gravel in 4-ft. wide paths, and he wanted to pull it with his Kawasaki Mule," recalls Honnold. "He had shooting stations in the woods, and they were hard to get to except with a four-wheeler."
Honnold started with two house trailer axles, cutting them down to fit inside the 4-ft. limit. The rear one is the full 4 ft., while the front one is only 2 ft. apart. The front axle swivels beneath a support post at the front of the rock box.
The V-shaped box is about 4 by 5-ft. at the top. It's fabricated from 10 ga. steel on the sides with 4 by 6-in. angle iron wrapped around the box at the mid point and the top to add support. The front support and a matching rear support post over the back axle are 5 by 6-in. rectangular tubes that Honnold made in his shop.
Honnold extended the sides of the rock box so gravel could be heaped in the center. The sides also were reinforced with angle iron. To unload the gravel, he installed a commercial spreader that he cut down to fit the 4-ft. spread.
"It was a chain drive, so I mounted an electric motor on a sprocket," says Honnold. "The motor is designed to use from 6 volts to 92 volts, depending on how fast you want it to run. Two 12-volt batteries gave it just the right speed."
Honnold mounted a shelf with space for the batteries on the cart and across from the motor.
"It holds a little more than two tons, and it takes him about two hours and 15 minutes to spread," says Honnold.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Sam Honnold, 101 East North, Kansas, Ill. 69133 (ph 217 948-5487; slhonnold@mchsi.com).
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Rock Spreader Lays Trails In Woods FARM HOME Miscellaneous 32-3-43 When people around Kansas, Ill., need something built, they turn to Sam Honnold. The 85-year-old former farmer runs a welding shop and teaches welding at the local school. It was only natural that a local man with a shooting range asked Honnold for help when he needed to put in trails.
"He needed a way to spread gravel in 4-ft. wide paths, and he wanted to pull it with his Kawasaki Mule," recalls Honnold. "He had shooting stations in the woods, and they were hard to get to except with a four-wheeler."
Honnold started with two house trailer axles, cutting them down to fit inside the 4-ft. limit. The rear one is the full 4 ft., while the front one is only 2 ft. apart. The front axle swivels beneath a support post at the front of the rock box.
The V-shaped box is about 4 by 5-ft. at the top. It's fabricated from 10 ga. steel on the sides with 4 by 6-in. angle iron wrapped around the box at the mid point and the top to add support. The front support and a matching rear support post over the back axle are 5 by 6-in. rectangular tubes that Honnold made in his shop.
Honnold extended the sides of the rock box so gravel could be heaped in the center. The sides also were reinforced with angle iron. To unload the gravel, he installed a commercial spreader that he cut down to fit the 4-ft. spread.
"It was a chain drive, so I mounted an electric motor on a sprocket," says Honnold. "The motor is designed to use from 6 volts to 92 volts, depending on how fast you want it to run. Two 12-volt batteries gave it just the right speed."
Honnold mounted a shelf with space for the batteries on the cart and across from the motor.
"It holds a little more than two tons, and it takes him about two hours and 15 minutes to spread," says Honnold.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Sam Honnold, 101 East North, Kansas, Ill. 69133 (ph 217 948-5487; slhonnold@mchsi.com).
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