Three Ideas From A Southern Farmer

Three Ideas From A Southern Farmer BALERS Bill Ausburn recently sent in 3 ideas that make life a little easier around his Easley South Carolina farm Twine Pulley Detector “I had trouble seeing the left side of the twine as it fed through my Vermeer baler so I couldn’t tell when it ran out of twine ” says Ausburn     “I solved the problem with a cable pulley from a roll-up door I mounted it in an existing hole near the twine route I ran the twine over the pulley and put white and red X marks across it so I can easily see when the twine is moving ” Cups For Fertilizer Spinner Plate “The metal cups rusted out on the spreader plate on my hitch-mounted fertilizer spreader Instead of buying an expensive replacement plate I split pieces of 1 1/2-in pvc pipe in half and mounted the half-rounds onto the plate Works great and they’ll never rust ” says Ausburn Pto Tailgate Tie-Down “When towing my Vermeer baler to the field with my pickup I had a problem with the pto shaft getting in the way I solved the problem by lowering the pickup’s tailgate laying the shaft in the center of the tailgate and then ran a bungee cord from one side of the tailgate around the shaft and then to the other side of the tailgate It eliminated the need to take off the pto shaft for transport and it stays at the center of the tailgate even on sharp turns ” says Ausburn     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Bill Ausburn 508 Three Bridges Rd Easley S Car 29642 bjamba@bellsouth net

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