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Ground-Driven Feed Pusher Wheel
This new rotary, ground-driven feed pusher for skid loaders is designed to keep feed moving smoothly and evenly back into the animals’ feeding area.
  “It solves the problem of feed bunching at the end of the alley like you can get with rubber tire scrapers,” says Eric Johnson, Johnson’s Innovations, Ithaca, Mich.
  “The Wheel” consists of a 3 1/2-ft. dia., 1-ft. high metal wheel mounted on a hinged metal arm that’s attached to a quick-tach plate. The rotary action of the wheel pushes feed directly over to the side as the skid loader goes forward.
  “You just raise the skid loader’s arms to the desired height and go,” says Johnson. “The arm that supports the wheel pivots up or down on a 1-in. pin and is therefore able to float over obstacles. As a result, the wheel’s outside front edge always stays in contact with the floor. There’s no motor or cylinders, and no way you can apply too much downpressure and cause damage.
  “The wheel can be moved to either side of the plate by simply pulling a pin at the arm’s hinge point. However, most operators keep the wheel on one side so they can drive down one side of the alley and then turn around and come back.”
  The Wheel sells for $2,800.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Eric and Jan Johnson, Johnson’s Innovations, 1311 E. Center St., Ithaca, Mich. 48847 (ph 989 875-5117; ejohnson@johnsonsinnovations.com; www.johnsonsinnovations.com).
  


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2012 - Volume #36, Issue #2