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“Easy-Unload” Big Round Bale Trailer
To offer local farmers a better way to haul their round bales, Bob Denning, owner of Denning Machine Shop, Inc., WaKeeney, Kan., decided to add a fleet of 10, 12 and 14-bale 5th wheel trailers to his equipment line.
    All sizes feature either a single or double row frame with a wireless electric hydraulic dump system. Operators push a button in the truck cab releasing the cradles and dumping the bales. Gravity forces them to dump, and once empty, they spring back unassisted locking in place.
“As long as the vehicle is running, it’s charging the battery,” says Denning. “The operator never has to leave the cab.”
    He explains his trailers are made heavy with the cradles built from 3/16-in. metal rather than the usual 11-ga. They also bolt on for easy removal and repair, rather than being welded in place. Many other models require torch and welder fixes if they become bent or damaged.
“We build them heavy because we don’t want them to come back. It works for us. They don’t come back,” Denning claims.
    All trailers can be loaded from the side or the rear and come standard with 10 and 12,000-lb. axles. They run on 10, 12 and 14-ply tires, which are more heavy-duty than other makes and models. Each trailer also carries a spare tire and sports LED tail lights.
    As far as Denning knows, his trailers are the only ones fitted with grease zerks on all pivot points. Buyers can also choose between custom paint colors of black, yellow, green, or red.
“Our cradles also stick 6 in. over the back of the frame, so when loading from the rear, the operator can see them and know exactly when to stop. Other brands end their cradles 6 in. in front of the rear frame making it harder to see and much easier to constantly bump into them.”
    All three sizes of trailers are built in the Denning machine shop and can be shipped across the country.
    Denning explains that with the volatility of metal prices it’s difficult to give pricing in advance. “Whenever we get one built, that’s the time I can give a real price,” he says.
    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bob Denning, Denning Machine Shop, Inc., P.O. Box 126, East Hwy 40, WaKeeney, Kan. 67672 (ph 866-293-5450; denmac@ruraltel.net; www.denningmachine.com).


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