Old Hay Elevator Brings Wood To House Basement
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“It’s a real labor and time saver,” says Joseph Taylor, Corvallis, Oregon, who uses a 16-ft. hay bale elevator to bring firewood into his 1904 farm house. He places one end of the elevator on the step bumper on back of his pickup, and the other end on the sill of a basement window.
To keep wood from catching on the elevator chain, he cut a sheet of 16-in wide, heavy-duty standing seam metal roofing down the middle. The 2 halves were then bolted onto either side of the chain track to form a trough for the wood to slide on. “It only takes about 5 min. to remove both metal sheets so I can use the elevator again to handle bales,” says Taylor.
He says the wood stacking system works fast with 2 people. “One person takes the wood as it comes off the elevator, and the other stacks it. We can stack a whole cord of wood in only 10 to 15 min. without ever picking up more than one piece at a time,” notes Taylor.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Joseph W. Taylor, 501 N.E. Thousand Oak Dr., Corvallis, Oregon 97330 (ph 541 602-5405; jokaracres@aol.com).
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Old Hay Elevator Brings Wood To House Basement BUILDINGS Houses “It’s a real labor and time saver ” says Joseph Taylor Corvallis Oregon who uses a 16-ft hay bale elevator to bring firewood into his 1904 farm house He places one end of the elevator on the step bumper on back of his pickup and the other end on the sill of a basement window To keep wood from catching on the elevator chain he cut a sheet of 16-in wide heavy-duty standing seam metal roofing down the middle The 2 halves were then bolted onto either side of the chain track to form a trough for the wood to slide on “It only takes about 5 min to remove both metal sheets so I can use the elevator again to handle bales ” says Taylor He says the wood stacking system works fast with 2 people “One person takes the wood as it comes off the elevator and the other stacks it We can stack a whole cord of wood in only 10 to 15 min without ever picking up more than one piece at a time ” notes Taylor Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Joseph W Taylor 501 N E Thousand Oak Dr Corvallis Oregon 97330 ph 541 602-5405; jokaracres@aol com
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