Great Grain Haulers Built From Trucks

Great Grain Haulers Built From Trucks TRUCKS Conversions 23-6-30 Old dump trucks, dumping semi trailers, and trucks fitted with dump boxes can be converted into low-cost grain haulers once their useful "over the road" life has ended. Here are two farmers who created self-dumping, heavy-duty grain haulers on a budget. 500-Bu. Grain Rig Albert Stier, Petersburg, Ill., used the running gear from a tandem axle truck to create this 500-bu. dumping grain hauler. The aluminum box was originally used to haul concrete chunks and dirt during construction at a local airport. It's raised up by a large dump cylinder that was salvaged out of another state truck. Both were mounted on the running gear off a tandem truck. The front end was cut off the truck and the frame formed to a hitchpoint. Stier used an old moldboard plow beam to form a hitch. Stier pulls the trailer behind a tractor, powering it with tractor hydraulics. He uses it to haul grain in from the field, and also to haul to the local elevator. He installed a grain chute on back of the trailer for dumping into augers. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Albert Stier, Rt. 2, Box 37, Petersburg, Ill. 62675 (ph 217 632-2339). Cab & Engine Removed From Grain-Hauling Truck George Becker, Petersburg, Ill., simply removed the front end û including the cab and worn-out engine û from a 3-ton grain truck. He reworked the front end of the frame to form a hitch and rigged up a pto input shaft to hook up to the tractor. The pto drives the truck's hoist pump, just like the truck engine did before the conversion. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, George Becker, RR4, Box 170, Petersburg, Ill. 62675 (ph 217 632-7251).

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