"Payloader Tire" Mineral Feeder

"Payloader Tire" Mineral Feeder TIRES/WHEELS New Uses 33-6-20 Big industrial tires make good low-cost livestock mineral feeders, says James Pierce, LaPorte, Minn., who uses payloader tires and railroad ties to feed salt and minerals to livestock. "Cattle can't knock them around and they won't rust out. They're practically indestructible," says Pierce. "I came up with the idea because my cattle were tipping over my commercial feeders, which were rusting. I've used these tire feeders for years and the cattle have never tipped one over and they can't rust." The feeder consists of two big, junked, payloader tires and three railroad ties. Pierce cuts one tie in half and lag bolts it across the other two ties, then wedges the tires tightly between them. "I already had the payloader tires and happened to have a cement slab to set the ties on. Without it eventually the dirt around the feeder would wear away," says Pierce. "I got the tires free from a local dealer. They're happy to get rid of old tires like these." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, James Pierce, 28495 State 200, LaPorte, Minn. 56461 (ph 218 224-2696).

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