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Topic: How to decide between grain truck and gravity wago

Posted By: Sandknob
Subject: How to decide between grain truck and gravity wago
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2009 at 10:01pm

I do not farm much ground at the moment (5.5 acres, and I harvest another 6 for my father in law), but I am looking to add another 20 in 2011 and then would like to add another 20-40 around 2012/13. How do you decide when the time is to upgrade to a strait truck. I have found a very nice 74 Dodge D700 that can most likely be picked up for a good price. At the moment I have 2 225 bu gravity wagons and a 100-125 bu gravity wagon to use. From what I can tell 40 acres loks to me to be the magic number, but I know I am missing something (I have included liscence and insurance in my figures). Let me know your opinions

Thanks

Adam

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Posted By: farmer_rob
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2009 at 10:13pm

well i have 600aces and been using 8 400bu wagons. they r hooked in pairs. there r always 6 in the field at one time and 2 being unloaded. when dad comes back he picks up the pair that is loaded. u could pick up more wagons if u need them. our big tractor does 50kms which is alittle over 30 mph.. no need of a truck specially when u have to consider plates and other things.

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Posted By: Rfdeere
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2009 at 11:48pm

How far are you hauling? Are you working by yourself? If you have somebody hauling in, are you filling your wagons and combine and having to wait on empty wagons? Hauling to Elevator or Bins? Your saying you will be farming less than 75 acres, that truck is going to cost you around $6-7 an acre every year not including the original purchase price or any major repairs.

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Posted By: Don(MO)
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 5:46am

I'm with Randy on this, I have a old 16' grain truck but its 20 miles to town, If it was closer I'd use wagons.

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Posted By: michaelwis
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 5:57am

Do you have hills . Wagons you dont liscense and register or have as many maintenance issues . And you can always hire a truck , or work with a neighbor . Esp . if he has a pretty lookin Allis

Posted By: John (C-IL)
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 6:16am

Well, wagons don't have batteries, motors, registration or insurance. If the truck dies you don't have a way to haul grain. You can pull the wagons with whatever is handy or appropriate for the situation.

I have about 120 acres and 2 450 bushel wagons and a 250 bushel wagon. We are 10 miles from the elevator.

You don't have to have a truck to be a BTO. One of the bigger guys here has 10 650 bushel wagons and pulls them in pairs with pickup trucks!

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Posted By: David Maddux
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 6:27am

You can always do like my Dad did. After ten years he finally got caught not licenseing the old grain truck. I guess considering the ticket, when you average it out ten years he is still ahead. I don't think he will do that anymore. Dave.

Posted By: jiminnd
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 7:00am

I have about 200 acres and always had a truck, blew the motor a month ago not going to fix it I guess, have had years when I put 50 mile or less on it very spendy for that use.

Posted By: omahagreg
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 7:13am

My grand dad had a 16' grain truck, bought it new in '74. Sold it in the early '90s, got double what he paid for it! It had only 600 miles on it-BUT-Dad was putting on new exhaust every other year! It appeared to not be driven enough to evaporate the water out of the exhaust, and would just rust out-twas VERY spendy I am told.

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Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 7:25am

You will need to buy a truck with working hydraulics as well. Don't know of any elevators around here that have a lift anymore.

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Posted By: Byron WC in SW Wi
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 7:39am

I'm in the same boat. I bought a small truck and put a grain box on it four years ago because I was 35 miles from a facility and haulers didn't want to mess with my small acreage even if it was a couple of semis. I've hauled for my brother which pays for the repairs and license but it's a convenience for me. In the last couple years a new facility has been built only 10 miles from me. It's on the edge of making sense to go either way.

For me I pay $10 for three months of insurance when I'm not using it. It's more than that when I uses it but, without looking it up, I'd say your under $150 a year in insurance. License is about $130 a year. I got a good deal on the truck but needed to put a hoist and box on it. If you don't include that in yearly maintenance I'm probably approaching $300 in stuff to fix, (e.g. tire, battery cables, parking break cable, and now leaf springs). I built a bin so I could load a semi in 15 minutes cause that's what they require but being able to load the grain truck at my convenience is a big plus.

So, if I get rid of the truck I get rid of the $600 in expenses and my time to do those things but I also limit myself to one facility. And, that facility went bankrupt last year and I think didn't pay some farmers. Also, driving on the road is hard on tractor tires. Those buggers don't wear out in one year but their expensive to replace. But, if I end up with a JCB I'll probably get rid of the grain truck.

Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 7:44am

I'd go with more wagons. Less initial invesment, less annual upkeep & repairs. Besides then you get to use an AC tractor to pull them! Heck, buy another tractor! LOL

Brian

Posted By: bobkyllo
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 8:23am

a truck would cut down on the tire repairs. wagons like other said have no license insurance or other items to keep up. personaly i like the grain trucks but that is only because i cant back wagons and i dont like to have all them tires and bearings to keep up

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Posted By: Sandknob
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 8:31am

I like the idea of the grain truck as some of the ground I am trying to pick up would be around 10-15 miles from an elevator and about 20 from the elevator I would prefer, and as bobkyllo said less tires to deal with. Time is also a HUGE constraint as I haul propane as my main job so it has to come first and we all know how this fall went!!!! Yes, for the most part it would just be me farming, but occasionally I will have help. Wife has said she possibly could pull wagons to the mill. I think for now I will just stick with the wagons until I know for sure that I will be picking up the extra ground. Until then I will just keep my eye out for either more good wagons at the right price or a good deal on a strait truck.

Adam

Posted By: Rawleigh
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 8:59am

Adam: Do you have a heavy duty pickup? If so, what about a large gooseneck dump trailer? No additional costs after the initial purchase that way. I hate running the tractor down the road too much with the price of tires these days! You need to factor that into the cost! The round trip with a truck is much quicker than with a tractor too.

Posted By: mark/indiana
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 10:00am

If you go wagons, like I do, be first class and have good mirrors and temporary tail lights....pull mine with a dually with added ballast....Be sure to have enough weight so the brakes work....2cents..Mark

Posted By: Gerald J.
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 10:22am

My tenant harvested a couple thousand acres with wagons and tractors for hauling.
My prior custom combiner hauled with wagons years ago, I pulled them with my tractor some years, but bought a semi and is more effective with the semi though he drives both the combine and the semi.

On a small patch, I believe both the combine and the hauling eat you profits alive with the annual rotting repairs, like battery, belts, hoses, and tires that you never wear out, just they rot with age (and sun). I considered the price of hiring the custom combining and hauling cheaper than that annual maintenance. I do know those with small patches and vintage combines that disagree with that maintenance cost evaluation but that is my view.

There are arguments for both schemes because the fact of the matter is that both schemes work, both get the crop to the buyer, and in a fairly timely manner most of the time.

Gerald J.

Posted By: 9675
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 10:31am

The best argument for the truck is that the 74 and 75 dodge D series were just plain cool looking trucks, we have a 75 that had a beet bed on it up till last year now its sports a feed mixer box! The old dodges just keep ticking!

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Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 10:39am

i have two single axle Chevy trucks one with a 400 bu. and one with a 450 bu. gravity bin mounted. In Ontario they are considered a self propelled gravity bin and are do not require a licence. SMV sign and regular farm insurance the same as a tractor. Both trucks are setup to pull another 400 bu. wagon. Both trucks were surplus from our construction business and had only scrap value. One truck has had the bin on for more than 20 years. My trucks are underpowered with 366 gas engines but there should be lots of good cheap single axle diesel trucks with air brakes available. If you buy a truck, be sure that the wheel base of the truck is compatable with the gravity bin.

Posted By: niele
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 10:47am

Adam remember that Ill cameout with a new tax on trucks If you sell your grain you are suppose to get another tag from Idot Niel

Posted By: DanWi
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 12:30pm

Trucks with working brakes and lights and decent tires, hard to keep tires on gravity wagons, helps on some of the big ones with the truck tires. Depending on tractor tire size getting close or over $1000 apiece. I had 30 acres of beans and 15acres of corn this year but I keep my semi busy all fall hauling for neighbors. Their combines keep getting bigger and they get land farther away so they need more trucks.

Posted By: ryan(IN)
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 1:01pm

this year with drying we used wagons because they are easier to dump in a auger. Most years we use our two grain trucks with one usually pulling a wagon. one is a diesel one is a gas. It depends on where your going. We farm 600 acre with a Gleaner L3 too. it could depend on what combine you have. it might not dump in certain trucks

Posted By: Eric[IL]
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 4:18pm

My 66' chevy c60 300 bu grain hoist truck is more expensive, but also more useful besides harvest. I have hauled the following with it:

ca6 rock for the lane,

landfill trips for roofing jobs, old house restoration material (plaster/flooring),

construction supplies like drywall, sand, rebar, & concrete wire,

farm auction items - tires, combine wheels, fencing material, & fuel tanks.

spring planting season items - water tank, seed, & liquid fertilizer tank.

Insurance is $60/yr, inspection $34/yr, license 24,000lbs $290/yr. Truck weighs 8600 empty, so only haul about 260 bu at a time to be legal.

I also have 4 300 bu gravity wagons, which allow me to continue harvest while the truck is gone or into the evening when the elevator is closed.

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Posted By: T.J._N.J.
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 6:41pm

Old trucks were cheap to come by around here until scrap went crazy a few years ago. I wrench for a living on heavy equipment and trucks for the rail road , one of my biggest problems is occaisionally used equipment sitting is harder on most equipment than being used is. My neighbor used to use an old Chevy single axle dump with a coal chute in the gate for his grain and it worked great for him, we bagged everything with our all crop 60 so we didn't need a truck or wagon. We have an old F-600 that we use for pulling a 9 ton tag along trailer and put a poly water tank on in the summer and plow the lane with in the winter, for me the gas engine works well its no rocket ship on hills but it gets the job done and points and condensors are cheaper than pumps and injectors. It would have been nice to have a few gravity wagons when we were picking corn thogh we put sides on the hay wagons and shovelled the ears into the crib by hand .T.J.

Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 7:03pm

My neighbor has a goose neck gravity trailer. He says it's the best investment he ever made. Pulls it with a 1 ton Dodge. He farms over 1000 acres and has to haul 6 miles one way at the most. He also pulls 500 bu to town with a tractor trying to keep up with the combine. Lots of things to look at here but it sounds like you should keep what you got till you get into farming more ground.

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Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 10:00pm

My dad was faced with the same choices 10 years ago. It was cheap to buy a truck, but with the licensing and maintenance, he would not recover any money whenever he chose to sell it. He ended up buying two new grain wagons that he stores inside. No maintenance required if you look after it, and they will command top dollar when he goes to sell them since they still look brand new.

Posted By: Amos
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2009 at 7:15am

Around here a good old farm truck single axle dump box will sell for $1000-$1500 at the sales. No one wants a gas engine single axle. Great for around the farm at a fair price. I have a v box that holds 375 bu, never use it unless an emergency. We have a couple tandem trucks and a couple semi trucks. I have my own grain storage. When I do have to haul into an elevator I will pass almost always four or five tractor and wagons on the way and am always ahead of them in line to get unloaded because of this. Right now I am on my way out to unload both combines and the grain buggy from last night when it started to rain. I will bring back 20 tonne from them. Go to a sale here and a v box that holds 500 bushels will sell over $6000 easily if decent shape some to $8000 now. Makes my aluminum dump trailer that holds 1100 bushel at $7500 20 years ago look pretty cheap to me. Fuel is way more than license and insurance (about $600 a year) on the semi dump.

Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2009 at 7:34am

I'd get one of each. Remember every project is an oppertunity to acquire more toy's......err I mean tools. LOL Get another tractor too!

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