[AT] [External] Enormous grain wagon

Tue Jun 9 06:07:57 PDT 2020

I can't count how many times I have tried to buy one of these at a farm 
sale, but there is always someone there with deeper pockets.  I have 
seen those dump wagons bring more than a truck with a good bed and hoist..
Cecil

On 6/9/2020 2:16 AM, deanvp at att.net wrote:
>
> Here is a picture of the 300 plus bushel Anthony wagon we purchased 
> for the farm in the late 40’s or early 50’s. Steel box with wood 
> cheater boards on top so a little more could held. Two Hydraulic 
> cylinders raised the bed driven by the PTO from the tractor.  A dream 
> to unload, especially ear corn.  Shelled corn just flowed out as the 
> bed was raised.   I”m pretty sure this is my Dad on what may be a 44 
> JD A.  The portable sheller is pulling air dried ear corn out of the 
> corn crib and shelling the corn off of the ears.   We always had a 
> large quantity of animals that were being finished fed.  Straight 
> shelled corn was the maximum load for maximum daily gain.  Would love 
> to be able to find that kind of meat now.  This wagon was probably 
> twice as big as most in the area at the time.  We farmed a lot of 
> rented land that was miles away from the home farm so we needed a way 
> to transport bigger loads.  I have no idea what was paid for it but 
> I’m sure it paid for itself many times over.   Just think the big 
> Demco wagon holds over 7 times as much as this wagon.
>
> Dean VP
>
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
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> We had a 300 bushel wagon on truck running gear in the 50’s. Made by 
> Anthony.  A brute. You didn’t pull it, it  pushed you.  But man was 
> that thing worth the money.
>
> Dean VP
>
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
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> *Gunnells, Brad R
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> I was kind of busting your chops a bit Dean, I apologize. My 
> father-in-law lives in the Okoboji area so we travel up that way 
> fairly frequently (we live near the Iowa City area). I've noticed that 
> beautiful topsoil you mention but I too wondered if drainage was an 
> issue. I'm sure as you travel towards your home town closer to the 
> river it can bet a bit more rolling.
>
> I was hoping maybe another list member might mention how many bushels 
> the average semi transports. Back in the early 80's I worked for a 
> local farmer hauling corn in a '76 IH 1600 Loadstar. I believe it had 
> what was referred to as a 400 bushel box on it. Some fond memories of 
> that time in my life.
>
> Brad
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> Brad,
>
> It isn’t what we call flat. If I remember right we called it “gently 
> rolling”.  East of my home county which is Sioux County there is a 
> county (IIRC Obrien county) where a significant part of it is flat as 
> a pancake. Deep dark rich top soil.  But one problem…. No drainage. 
>  Huge untillable wet spots. When it is reasonably dry that soil will 
> produce 300 bushel an acre corn.  Too much wet weather.  Might as well 
> take a vacation. There is a track version of this wagon also on the 
> drawing boards.  I have no idea what kind of soil is needed to keep 
> this thing on top of the ground rather than in it.  Wet weather forget 
> it. Maybe a track type tractor could pull this in wet soil if the 
> wagon was also a track type.   I would be curious what the “lbs per 
> square in” is with this in either a wheel type vs a track type. 
>   Compaction has to be an issue to worry about. My first reaction to 
> this when I saw it was:  The only reason this wagon exists is to say 
> “mine is bigger than yours” I haven’t farmed for 60 years plus now but 
> I would think that even the guys with 10,000 acres would say “too 
> big”.   What would a 18 wheeler with a grain bed on it carry?
>
> Dean VP
>
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
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> *Gunnells, Brad R
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> Good thing it's flat up there. I would take a heck of a machine to 
> pull it loaded!
>
> Brad
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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.
>
>
> Dean VP
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
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