This buyers' guide appears in the June/July 2021 issue of Sugar Producer.
They cause traffic jams on highways and washboardy county roads. They’re incredibly fun to drive, but not because they’re fast or smooth. They’re big, they’re loud, and they’re powerful. They are the heavy haulers of the agriculture industry, carrying loads our farming ancestors would have deemed impossible. The trucks, bulk beds and trailers in use on today’s farms are a testament to the wonders of modern engineering.
Take a look through our buyers’ guide. Hopefully you’ll find something that will help on your operation.
Logan Farm Equipment
(800) 279-2689
Logan Load Pro
Logan’s Load Pro truck bed is designed with the grower in mind and has been recognized for years of excellent performance. Its 100-inch-wide body provides the largest capacity from 20 to 30 feet in length on the market. With construction of standard carbon steel and complete stainless steel, the Load Pro is capable of meeting all your needs.
Main components such as the side door, non-door and main frame rails are a single piece, providing strength and longevity. Important structural members are bolted into place, allowing twisting and torsion to happen without cracking.
The beds are feature-rich and have unique advantages such as large 3-inch carry-up rollers, heavy side support ribs spaced close together, upper rear hydraulic doors, turnbuckle ratchet take-ups and more. All Logan equipment is sandblasted, primed and painted with a high-gloss polyester paint that is very durable and provides years of attractive quality.
Safe-T-Pull Inc.
(701) 284-6100
Strong Box Live Bottoms
Strong Box specializes in live bottom semi-trailers and bulk beds that give growers versatility across many crops or aggregates. A new continuous belt option is still positive-drive, giving operators a more even product flow, reduces skinning and ensures no belt slippage. The proven plastic drag floor eliminates the hassle of replacing rollers or bearings.
The rubber profile belting along with a skirt board seal guarantees Strong Boxes’ belting is the best on the market. With custom end gate options and various belt widths, STP Manufacturing is capable of building the perfect bulk box or trailer to fit any grower’s needs.
H&S Mfg., Inc.
(800) ROW-CROP
H&S Beet Cart
With nearly 30 years of experience manufacturing sugarbeet carts, H&S has developed a cart with the customer’s needs in mind.
H&S Mfg. offers 24-, 30- and 35-ton beet cart model sizes. H&S carts add efficiency to keep the harvester moving during the short window of fall beet harvest. H&S carts can continue operating in extreme or muddy conditions with available tracks or large flotation radial tires. Unloading boom sizes are available in widths of 42, 52 and 64 inches. The elevator boom provides for fast unloading while scrub cleaning the beets for producer tare incentive payments. Unload speed can be optimized with any available tractor, as the elevator can be driven by hydraulic or PTO power. Convenient water kits and scale options are available.
Art’s Way Manufacturing
(712) 864-3131
9016 High Dump
The 9016-BT wheel base is set so the tires can run through the field without damaging unlifted beets. This machine is offered in different axle options to match each field’s row spacing. The cart features a large, 20-ton capacity and can be easily set to dump to the left or right side. When combined, these features allow the 9016-BT to be pulled alongside the harvester when opening and dump back to the left when full. This allows the harvester to run at a much more continuous pace, greatly reducing the amount of lost time.
Spudnik Equipment Co.
(208) 785-0480
Crop Cart
Utilizing the versatility of the Spudnik Crop Cart, growers are able to increase their harvest efficiencies in the field. The 4835 Crop Cart is a 35-ton multi-use implement with a variety of optional factory attachments that include a sugarbeet boom.
STC Trailer
Spudnik Equipment acquired Blackfoot, Idaho-based STC Trailers in early 2020. For over 10 years, STC has manufactured diamond-quality semi-trailers and bulk beds.
Growers can load on the go with Spudnik’s Dynamic Transloading System. This system optimizes the harvesting window by minimizing trucks in the field, with a harvester loading a Crop Cart and the Crop Cart loading a semi-trailer in ideal field conditions.
Amity Technology
(701) 232-4199
Amity Sugarbeet Cart
The sugarbeet cart from Amity Technology fits any operation and unlocks profit potential. Capable of unloading up to 30 tons per minute, the Amity sugarbeet cart with a 35-ton capacity will keep harvesters running at maximum capacity and quickly turn trucks to get them back on the road, no matter the field conditions.
Parma Company
(208) 722-5116
Parma Combo Box
The Parma multi-use combo box is a heavy-duty manure spreader that can be simply converted to forage or bulk box for year-round usage by removing the rear attachment and adding different side extension kits for silage, sugarbeets or other commodities. Three different spreader attachments are available: the horizontal beater, the compost and manure spinner unit or the vertical beater spinner. These boxes are available in truck-mounted pull-type trailer or pull-type semi-trailer configurations ranging from 16 to 30 feet.
Ropa North America
(810) 705-0297
Big Bear Sugarbeet Cart
The Big Bear sugarbeet cart is a quick way to transport beets from the harvester to the truck or clamp. Both 35- and 40-ton models ensure quick unloading by hydraulically driven conveyors to the center conveyor, keeping a balanced load at all times. Track undercarriage keeps compaction at a minimum and allows harvest of beets even in adverse conditions. A scrub roller provides cleaning action as beets pass from the center floor to the truck conveyor. Operators can select left- or righthand unload with or without a hydraulic lift.
Grover’s All Wheels
(800) 625-7077
Full-Size Trucks
Grover’s All Wheels has been serving the heavy-duty truck needs of its customers nationwide since 1978. Grover’s specializes in heavy-duty truck sales, service and parts, as well as in configuring trucks with Allison automatic transmissions. Grover’s carries a large selection of trucks, as well as the equipment required to get trucks ready to go to work. Rigorous inspection and reconditioning ensures customers the highest standard of quality. Grover’s custom-builds trucks on-site to meet the specific demands of growers’ work and has many trucks available for seasonal lease.