Bearings Relieve Pressure On Grain Wagon Doors

Bearings Relieve Pressure On Grain Wagon Doors WAGONS/TRAILERS Accessories 19-1-30 Almost everyone has trouble opening slide gates on hopper-bottom wagons. Illinois farmer John Friedman came up with a simple idea that permanently eliminated the annoying problem for him. He simply bolted four steel bearings to the frame supporting the slide gate. They're positioned so that they just slightly lift the door off the frame so that the door rides on the bearings, eliminating metal-to-metal contact. Friedman notes that by making the slide gates easier to open you prolong the life of the gate opening mechanism. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, John Friedman, Chatsworth, Ill. 60921 (ph 217 388-2478).

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