Grain Wagon Truck

Grain wagon truck TRUCKS Conversions 16-6-36 It looks a little like a Brinks armored truck but to Clair and Warren Wilson, in Winchester, Ill., it's the key to efficient harvest-time grain hauling. The two brothers built the unusual looking truck for shuttling corn from combine to bin site. The flotation tires and beefed-up suspension let it ride smoothly over the field while the truck transmission gives it highway speeds, allowing one man to keep up with an 8820 Deere combine at a distance of up to a mile from the bin site. Capacity is 320 bu. yet the quick-dump truck will unload its cargo in less than 15 seconds. There are four hydraulically-opened slide gates - two under the center "V" and two behind the wheels - and they can all be opened at once or individually. The men built the grain hauler on the chassis of a 1979 Chevrolet 65 series, 2-WD truck. They built the grain box out of 1/8-in. thick sheet steel, designing it so frame members run right through the bottom of the box, keeping the center of gravity low for better handling and easy unloading. A pair of chains run across the top of the box to keep the sides from bowing out. When harvest is over, the Wilsons pull off the grain box and switch to a lime spreading box to get a another use out of the truck. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Clair Wilson, Rt. 2, Winchester, Ill. 62694 (ph 217 742-3809).

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