Crushed Kicker Hay Wagon

Bill VA

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On our farm, we get some serious wind from time to time.

I have an older kicker wagon that was not of the best construction and somewhat rotted.

We got a strong wind and ripped the racks completely off of it.

Anyone had wind damage to kicker wagons or wind pushing them around?

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Crushed Kicker Wagon
 
Hurricane Sandy flipped a wooden one I had and wrecked it. None of the steel ones moved. I guess the narrow steel tubes didn't offer enough resistance for the wind. A couple empty gravity boxes got dumped over, too, but were only dinged up a little. Put them back upright and still using them.
 
I have a metal bale basket, the triangle type that the baler pushes bales up and in.

We had a strong wind, they estimated 90 mph. It moved a gravity wagon sideways through the field.

And it pushed the bale basket down the field road several 200 feet. There is very little metal exposed on those metal ones, skinny square stock.

Nothing was damaged.

Surprisingly.

Paul
 
3 big silage wagons we cleaned n oiled were parked in front of barn,was time to milk park em in barn when finished milking. severe wind came up n blew every 1 out in road. had to quit n move em to open road up
 
Our hay rack on steel wheels would get pushed arround so much that Dad would stick a crowbar through the spokes of the rear wheels to lock them up.
 
I had a kicker rack parked in a field all winter. When I went out with a tractor to move it, it was right as I left it but the tounge was back under the wagon. The only way I could think it got there was wind lifted the front end of the wagon enough that the tounge swung down towards the reach then the wagon dropped back down on it's wheels. I had to tip the wagon over on it's side to swing it out back in front where it belonged.
 
Several years ago neighbor had just gotten a new pole barn built, had not had time ti wire it for power. Wind came and lifted that barn and pulled every post out of ground, did not break a single post but blew the barn across the railroad tracks and laid it on other side totally destroyed. Part of the barn was scattered in field between where the barn was and the rail road. Insurance put up a new barn.
 
Back in early 80's tornado went thru. Several years for they cleaned it up. Was on a Palm Sunday. Was the year that the big tornado about wiped Zenia, Oh off the map, tractor show was just getting ready to start next day.
 

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