Front Mount Spray Tank

Front mount spray tank MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 13-6-7 Front-mount spray tanks are handier to fill and easier to see around than saddle tanks or in-between trailer tanks, according to two Marshalltown, Iowa farmers who built a sturdy mount for their 4-WD 8630 Deere tractor. Jim Beem and Steve Harre built a front frame to support a 500 gal. tank using two pieces of 8 in. wide, 3/8-in. thick plate steel for the frame and 2 by 6-in. tube steel for the cross frame. The two lengths of plate steel weld directly to the tractor chassis. "It's important to extend the tank frame back about as far as the tractor door," Beem says. "That eliminates twisting and a lot of the bounce that can shorten frame life." Beem and Harre mounted headlights on front of the tank frame. The two men supplement their farm income by doing custom welding for neighbors in their farm shop. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Steve Harre, 2561 Reed Ave., Marshall-town, Iowa 50158 (ph 515 752-5873).

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