Not a tractor question, but maybe somebody knows the answer.

Wesley Stephens · Oct 29, 2009

I have a New Holland model 181 gravity box. We cut about all of our corn for silage, so I am buying corn from a neighbor for hog and chicken feed by the wagon load. Does anyone know the capacity of this wagon? It's not practical to weigh it empty and full and figure the bushels of corn by weight because the closest scales are 20 miles away. I guess I could take a geometry textbook and figure out some way to calculate the irregularly shaped bottom portion, but I thought I'd ask here first. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Paul from MI · Oct 29, 2009

If you can agree on the volume calculation method, then OK. I might suggest that you carefully measure one load, then weigh it. As long as you always fill the wagon the same, the bushels should be close.
Paul

RayP(MI) · Oct 29, 2009

There is a website which has a calculator for gravity boxes. Just put in the measurements and it"ll figure it for you. Sorry, don"t have tue url handy - try google. Maybe someone else can supply..

IaGary · Oct 29, 2009

Pull the empty wagon to the cloest elevator. Fill the wagon,weigh it,dump it back, weight it empty. Give the elevator something for their time and trouble. Fill it the same each time.

Or go by measurements of the wagon.

Gary

Wesley Stephens · Oct 29, 2009

Ray, thanks for the help. Here is the URL

http://grapevine.abe.msstate.edu/~fto/tools/vol/index.html

It has a lot of difficult volume calculations like tanks laying on their sides, milk tankers, and a lot more. My wagon is 100 bushel.

BDT in Minnesota · Oct 30, 2009

Inquire at customer service on the New Holland website,, they should be able to answer that question..

Not a tractor question, but maybe somebody knows the answer.

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