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East Central Mo. | After spending lots of time with the help of my wife filling a Kinze split-row planter last year, we decided in order to save our marriage, we needed a one-man seed tender. Apparently, some women don't appreciate being yelled at, even though they can't read hand signals or look when you nod your head. Backing in from both sides on the front and filling the back rows from behind with an old #68 John Deere Auger cart with her manning the PTO wasn't to handy or quick. I've had an old M&W gravity wagon for years that I'd always thought would make a good seed tender. It pulls great at any speed and has two compartments. After seeing an ad on here from a guy in Iowa with a used hydraulic power unit and auger for sale, we decided it was time! I turned my box around on the running gears, so the auger would be on the driver's side when pulling with a pickup. I made a wider sloping hopper, a frame for the motor and battery, mounted the remote controls and made a few minor changes to the auger, which took much longer than I expected. I removed the winch from the auger tube and attached it to the wagon after seeing other's pictures on here. I like that better. I also made a tube holder out of 4" exhaust pipe and a new inlet for the telescoping tube, since Sudenga's just stuck out so far. I'm just hoping it isn't constipated there now. I also gave it two coats of graphite slip plate to the inside and lightly sanded it to make it slick. I think it's going to work, I slid out twice! I've enjoyed seeing what other people do and have gotten lots of good information from this site.
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Gravity wagon/ seed tender finally finished [a few pictures]
