"Lift-Out" Grain Feeder

"Lift-Out" Grain Feeder GRAIN HANDLING Miscellaneous 34-2-11 Steve Speegle couldn't justify the cost of a new grain feeder, so he built a plywood insert for his 16-ft. long hay feeder that converts it into a grain feeder with a removeable top. "I needed a grain feeder to fatten up some calves," says the Kingfisher, Okla. cow-calf operator. "Whenever I want to convert back to a hay feeder I just use a front-end loader to lift the entire plywood insert out." To make the insert he built an angle iron frame that he bolted sections of -in. thick plywood to line the sides and both ends of the hay feeder. The insert has openings at the bottom for feed to drop out. He also used plywood to build the cover, which is nailed to a 2 by 6 frame. I-hooks are bolted onto each end of the top so it can be lifted off. "It works good and cost less than $100," says Speegle. "To fill the insert I just back up a truck and auger the grain in. The top extends about 2 ft. out on each side to keep rain and snow off the feed." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Steve Speegle, Rt. 3, Box 69A, Kingfisher, Okla. 73750 (ph 405 433-2195).

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