From truck to sprayer
Hy-Trux Ltd. has introduced a new chassis that turns a pick-up truck sprayer into a low cost, high-clearance sprayer.
The chassis fits half-ton, three-quarter ton and one-ton trucks, including extended cabs.
It is a two-piece frame that allows the unit to float over rough terrain for a smooth ride and low stress on the power unit. It doesn’t require modification to the truck and the company says conversion is simple and quick.
The rear truck axle is lowered and secured onto two mounting brackets that align the axle with a chain case input shaft. The drive cases are double-80 chain with a four-to-one reduction oil bath.
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The front axle is secured to the chassis with two rubber cushioned mounting brackets attached to hub bolts.
Ground-to-frame clearance is 45 inches with standard 12.4-28 tires. Track width is 11 feet centre-to-centre to accommodate most row cropping situations.
For more information contact Hy-Trux Ltd. at 443 North Railway St., Box 726, Killarney, Man., R0K 1G0 or phone 204-523-4644.
Horse information
The Equine Research Centre at the University of Guelph in Ontario has a library of horse production information available for sale.
The library includes a package focusing on hoofs: The three-part No Foot, No Horse and Laminitis.
A general management package includes five publications: The Thinking Horse, Farm Management, Nutrition, The Business of Horses and The Internet and the World of Horses.
Other packages are available on performance horses, horse breeding and racing.
For more information write the Equine Research Centre, 50 McGilvray St., Guelph, Ont., N1G 2W1 or phone 519-837-0061.
Bin alert
Bright Ideas Inc. has introduced Full-Alert, a unit that attaches to an auger and warns when a bin is almost full.
The control unit mounts at the bottom of the auger and the detector at the auger spout. When the detector notes that grain is approaching the top of the bin, it signals the control unit and it sets off a sound and light alarm.
The operator stops the flow of grain to the auger and allows it to empty itself.
The battery-powered unit is portable and can be used on other equipment such as air seeders.
For more information, contact Bright Ideas at 1140 Albert St., Regina, Sask., S4R 2R1 or phone 306-352-8430.
Straw choppers
TSR Parts has introduced a new series of straw choppers for use on John Deere combines.
The units are made from new parts and will fit JD combines built since 1970.
Standard features include new mounting hangers, wide distribution sheets and fins, heavy duty rotors made with thicker tubing than the original JD choppers, quality sealed bearings, #9 gauge heavy duty bottom knife sheets and hammers fastened with grade 8 bolts and nuts to a heavy duty channel type ear.
For more information write TSR Parts, Inc. 101 Main St., Colgate, North Dakota, U.S.A., 58046 or phone 701-945-2777.
Help against parasites
Ayerst Veterinary Laboratories has introduced a new endectocide to protect against internal parasites in horses, including bots.
“Quest is the first totally new parasiticide for horses to be introduced in Canada in more than a decade,” said Richard Donnelly, marketing director for Ayerst.
Quest Gel contains moxidectine, a broad spectrum compound that Ayerst says protects against egg reappearance and reinfection in the pasture twice as long at competing pastes. Eliminating pasture contamination attacks the source of reinfection.
It is designed to kill encysted cyathostomes while they are in the gut wall. This prevents them from emerging all at once, damaging the intestines and creating colic, diarrhea, bleeding and weight loss.
Quest is available only from veterinarians.
