Grain Feeder Made Out Of Tractor Tire

Grain Feeder Made Out Of Tractor Tire GRAIN HANDLING Miscellaneous 19-2-39 Old tractor tires can be used to make grain feeders that drop a precise amount of grain on the ground for range-fed cattle, according to Peter Brosinsky. "I put 15 5-gal. pails of rolled oats or other grain in it for my range cows, hook it up behind my pickup, and then drive along dropping about 5 gal. of grain every 15 ft.," says the Bashaw, Alberta, farmer. "It works great and it only cost me about $100 in materials." Brosinsky made the feeder last winter out of a 34.0 by 38-in. tractor tire off a D21 Allis-Chalmers tractor. He cut four 4-ft. dia. circles out of two 4 by 8-ft. sheets of 3/4-in. plywood. He puts two circles on each side of the tire, with one inside and one outside of the tire sidewall. Six 3-ft. long rods run from the plywood on one side of wheel to an old wheel hub Brosinsky had on hand. Six 18-in. lengths of 2-in. dia. galvanized pipe fit inside the tire, pushing outwards on both sides to keep the tire spread to hold grain. A hinged wooden flap inside the grain drop hole keeps too much grain from drop-ping out at one time. The feeder mounts on Brosinsky's pickup-mounted bale hauler. A 4 1/2-ft. long piece of 4-in. dia. pipe runs through the wheel hub and center of the tire. Biggest expense in making the feeder was the plywood at $40 a sheet, Brosinksy says. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Pe-ter Brosinsky, Box 242, Bashaw, Alberta, Canada TOB OHO (ph 403 372-2426).

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