[AT] Enormous grain wagon

[Mattias Kessén]

What a monster!

Med vänlig hälsning

Mattias Kessén

Hässelstad Solhöjden 2
594 93 Gamleby

070-523 59 00


Den mån 8 juni 2020 kl 00:19 skrev Aaron Dickinson <a_dickinson at att.net>:

> I have what is left of an old David Bradley running gear with grain sides.
> The gear needs a little TLC, the metal gain side just need paint, but the
> wood deck needs to be completely replaced (just enough of it left to use as
> a pattern). It was my great uncle’s. My dad’s cousin had the same gear but
> with hyd hoist (I now have the hoist).
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> Aaron Dickinson
> Mason, Mi
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> *From:* Kenneth Gene Waugh <kgwaugh0943 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* ‎Sunday‎, ‎June‎ ‎7‎, ‎2020 ‎8‎:‎56‎ ‎AM
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> And if I am not mistaken, we used to haul 100 - 120 bushels in the old
> wagons---and shovel it all by hand. I recall that a couple of my
> grandfather's wagons still had old auto wooden-spoked wheels, and the
> sideboards were what - maybe a foot high? As us kids left the farm, they
> finally got a gravity feed wagon.
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> On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 7:03 AM John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
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>> Assuming 60 lb per bushel (corn is upper 50's, wheat/beans around 62),
>> that would be 132,000lbs. factor in high moisture and the weight of a
>> tractor big enough to move something twice the size of what a semi can haul
>> and that is a ridiculous amount of weight. Watch some online videos of how
>> fast those guys drive, its insane.
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>> John Hall
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>> On 6/7/2020 1:21 AM, Bruce Fallon wrote:
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>> 2200 BUSHELS What would that weigh fully loaded?
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>> Bruce Fallon
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>> Langley, WA 98260
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>> *From:* AT [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com>] *On Behalf Of *Mike M
>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 06, 2020 8:31 PM
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>> *Subject:* Re: [AT] Enormous grain wagon
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>> Holy crap.
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>> On 6/6/2020 8:07 PM, deanvp at att.net wrote:
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>> In my home area in NW Iowa there is Manufacturer by the name of Demco.  Here is one of their latest protypes. See attached.   2200 bushel capacity.    Is your farm big enough for this? Cheaper by the dozen.
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>> Dean VP
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>> Snohomish, WA 98290
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