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What Caker Do You Run?

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WesternMBRancher

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Hey all I am currently in on process of building the "Ultimate Ranch Rocket" for my every day ranch truck . Its a 1998 12 valve diesel 3500 dodge diesel dually reg cab 4x4 5 spd with bramco bed . I was just wondering everyones choice of caker or range feeder. I have experience with -6 cakers from when going to school in Kansas and living and working at ranches and feedyards in many parts of western states. See lots of other brands just wondering... thoughts?



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I sure like my Hydra-Bed with a Hydra-Bed brand caker. My pickup is also a 1998 Dodge 3500 regular cab 4x4 diesel dually. It does have an eleven-foot bed, which works great. It is all I have used all winter to feed quite a few cattle. 1500 pounds of cake can be hauled, along with two 1500 pound bales of hay. The ol' Dodge is a great work horse. It just saves an extra trip by being able to cake and feed hay all in the same operation. With an overhead cake bin to load out of, there is no physical work involved. :-)
 
Thanks Soapweed. I would like to install a Hydra-bed on this pick-up when funds allow . I think I would like the hydrabed caker for it but for now I need a reasonably priced sturdy caker for the bramco bed. This bed will like be transferred to one of the 3 other duallies running around the place so it will be here for a while. :lol:
 
We have a welker caker and a 1970 something ford that hauls it. Wouldn't want to drive it to far on the highway but it works great on the ranch. :wink:
 
I have a FEEDBOX from Ray's welding Nielburg Sask. It is a 3 point hitch model that i use on a tractor or on my Dew Eze deck It works fine but sits fairly high for running thru the hills. I won it at Agribition so I can't complain about it much. Hauling it around threw the hills on the back of the tractor with Canola meal and salt was a little much for it so used some 1/2 inch plate and 2x4 tubing and it's much stronger now.
I also have a home built feeder out of a old heater oil tank. I like it better on the truck as it sits tight to the headache rack but it doesn't carry as much.
 
Oh this is right up my alley...I've been feeding cake for about 10yrs now...(It's the tuff job that no one wants ya know.. :wink: ) We run all chevy's or gmc's on the place...Mine was once brand spankin new...1999 4speed...turtle....It doesn't have much for guts,,,but hey,,,if I drove any faster the cake would blow away in the wind..lol We have a Welker Caker and according to our settings, it'll hold 2200lbs...it's a big one...plus like soapweed we also have the standing Welker bins that we drive under to reload...Hardest part is setting the lbs on the calculator and pushing the button...my thumb gets tired...lolIt's a pretty good setup and it's one job that I don't get into much trouble with,,except during calving and I show up before they get the calves tagged...Not good..lol Cows luv me...cowboys,,well they like me most days.. :roll:

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Hey Jassy we are big Chevy and Gmc poeple as well I have 2 dodge duallies and the only reason is that amazing Cummins Diesel. The other two duallies are Chevys and then the run around ranch pickups are all chevy or gmc. My mother has the only bad one a King Ranch F*%d Lol jk.
The welker cakers seem to work well. Like to hear opinions of the TX and Ok boys and Girls as This Truck used to be on the -B Ranch in Beaver, Oklahoma.

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WesternMBRancher said:
Hey Jassy we are big Chevy and Gmc poeple as well I have 2 dodge duallies and the only reason is that amazing Cummins Diesel. The other two duallies are Chevys and then the run around ranch pickups are all chevy or gmc. My mother has the only bad one a King Ranch F*%d Lol jk.
The welker cakers seem to work well. Like to hear opinions of the TX and Ok boys and Girls as This Truck used to be on the -B Ranch in Beaver, Oklahoma.

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Hubby is the only one on the ranch that has the diesel,,which he loves...tells ya who rates on this place! :wink:
 
I'm with Soapweed. My Hydra feeder is great. You have to count the cost of a product when it is wore out, so I don't have a clue what this one will cost me--it seems to have lots of life left. Got my bed in 1990, and its wore out two pickups. My caker is new this year.
 
I have a homemade gravity feed caker mounted on a 1985 F-250 ford pickup, it holds about 1800 lbs of cake. It has three compartments of different sizes so several groups can be fed in one trip. just have to feed them in the order of the compartments. I also have another homemade caker mounted on a 2 wheel trailer that I pull with a 4-wheeler, it holds about 1200 lbs of cake and also has three compartments. If I get a chance I will get a picture of them.
 
You might want to look at T&S Trip Hoppers in Jermyn Tx, Or 3c's in Oklahoc'ma, I use a T&S b/c it slaps when it dumps and when we are catching cows they are caught before they realize there is no feed. You set it on the side and turn it on inside and it has a counter to tell you how much feed you are putting out. The 3's has an auger and puts out feed faster also has counter and inside controls. I like the 3c's better for some stuff but am also partial to my T&S so for me it is a toss up. Not much price difference either if I remember correctly.
 
I dont think you can find a better brand than the T&S Trip Hoppers. We have the big trailer mounted version, which if my memory is right holds around 2500lbs. Big enough to feed our big pastures and the cows know that white trailer with a red lid. We have wore out one and are working on our second one now. The trailers even hold up to UPS package drivers. :D
 

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