26-Ft. Grain Trailer Made Out Of Two Wagons

26-Ft. Grain Trailer Made Out Of Two Wagons WAGONS/TRAILERS Conversions 34-5-30 Gabriel Verleun, Montague, P.E.I., made his own 26-ft. long grain trailer by mounting a 12-ft. fertilizer wagon on front of a truck chassis, then adding a 14-ft. potato wagon behind it. An electric motor, mounted under the front wagon, belt-drives an auger that extends out the back and unloads grain into the back wagon. "I use it to haul oats, wheat and soybeans from the field to my grain bins. It'll hold about 700 bu. My total cost was less than $1,000," says Verleun. "I use my Valtra 900 90-hp 4-WD tractor to pull it. "I built it because I needed more grain hauling capacity, but couldn't justify the cost of another grain trailer or tie up another tractor. The potato wagon on back unloads via a chain-type conveyor. I geared down the conveyor's speed so that both wagons unload at about the same speed. As a result, I can unload both wagons into a bin auger without having to move twice." The potato wagon was originally equipped with an open chain conveyor that ran on rollers on each side. There were 1-in. openings between the bars on the conveyor. Verleun installed a metal floor under the conveyor to keep grain from falling through the openings. He also turned the chain to run backward. The fertilizer wagon was originally equipped with a side-unloading auger that was rusted out. Verleun removed it and closed up the opening, then welded in a new, shorter auger that extends through the back side of the front wagon and front side of the back wagon. "Maybe it isn't the prettiest grain wagon in the world, but it didn't cost much to build. I paid a total of $500 for both wagons and $100 for the truck chassis," says Verleun. "Even though I was able to buy the two wagons cheap, I didn't want to put them on 2 separate trailers because that would add to the cost and tie up another tractor. "If both wagons are full, I don't unload them at the same time because that would put too much weight on back of the tractor. Instead, I unload the back wagon first. Once the back wagon is nearly empty, I start unloading the front wagon into it." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gabriel Verleun, RR 3, Montague, P.E.I., Canada C0A 1R0 (ph 902 969-9991; gabenive@hotmail.com).

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