Homier Farm Pro Wagon

[AndyM]

I've probably asked this before, but has anyone bought one of these wagons at a Homier sale before?

1 Ton 4-Wheel Wagon with Dump Kit--

7 Ft. Long bed has removable side racks
2" Channel steel tongue
1-1/2" x 1/4" Steering tie rods provide maximum stability
Wood not included
16" x 6-1/2" Flotation tires on 8" steel wheels
Shipping Weight: 253 lbs

The price is real good at $199, but all of the ones there are unassembled in the box, and they have none out on display.

I haven't met anyone on TBN yet who has one. I figured at least one member out of 12,000 has to have bought one!

 

[Bob_Skurka]

AndyM, I have not seen them either but have always been very curious. The description says with a dump kit. What does that consist of? Does it include a hand pumped hydraulic cylinder? I always question the quality of Homier, never bought anything from them, but for a thing like a wagon I really wonder if they are the right source for the frame because their prices are low enough that if the wagon is junk, you could still put some $ into beefing it up and in the end be lower priced than many of the other wagon frames I've seen.

And with every brand I've seen I would like to add some additional cross support pieces so it could be decked with some splinter/maintainence free "plastic" lumber, but as that stuff can't support weight over the same spans as real wood, the added support would become necessary.

 

[Inspector507]

Andy,
Looks identical to the one that Country Maunfacturing sells. Both have the dump option and removable sides
One is $199 w/dump the other is $605+105

 

[AndyM]

That also looks like the same one Northern Tool sells for $549.99.

1 Ton Versatility Wagon

We're going to head off to the tent sale this evening when Heather gets home. I'll try and talk her into letting me buy one! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Inspector507]

Take the truck, just in case, if you still have it....... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Larry_Van_Horn]

Andy,
I was thinking about that unit for awhile as well as the other country manuf. options. The thing at the end of the day that concerned me was the 1 ton (or 2 ton for that matter capacity). For my purposes I want a wagon I can load with my loader and move stuff around and dump it. A 1 ton wagon is about a bucket and a half. I decided to go another route and picked up a 6-ton set of Kory running gear and am building the dump bed for it now. I must say that it is pretty darn impressive. I towed it from the dealership 30 miles away down the road and could easily pull it much much faster than it was ever designed to go. I have no concerns that it will take 6 tons. With the high floatation tires the bed will be about 3 feet off the ground. I am making the bed 7 x 10 ft. Still small enough to be manueuverable. It was more yes, $950 for the gear + steel, + ag cylinder, but in the end it will last a very long time.

Not to hikjack your post, but since we are talking about dump wagons... I was wondering if anyone had ever used a DC powered HYd powerpack. I am thinking that to make this dump wagon even more useful would be if I could tow and dump it with my truck and not have to hook it up to the tractor Hyd to dump it. I am a little confused by the options on the DC powerpacks as well as a good source for them.

Finally, I do remember seeing a rather extensive discussion of this particular wagon within the last year. Some folks had concerns about the build quality and whether it would actually take a ton.
Best,
Larry

 

[Larry_Van_Horn]

I am modeling my build after the haywagon you can see on
Machinebuilders

 

[SPIKER]

I looked at them too, none were assembled, and the steel seemed a bit light to me, I did buy one of the hyd cylinders though 4x24, it is HEAVIER than other same sized cylinders... it is shipped empty too! must weigh in at 105 lbs or so! hard for me to lift it out of trunk that was for sure! had my crown vic which of corse is a good 4 body trunk /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif only cost somethign like 74 bucks too! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Mark M /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Cliff_Johns]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( We're going to head off to the tent sale this evening when Heather gets home. )</font>

Please let us know what you think of the tent sale. There's one near me next week, and I was thinking about going, but I have no idea what to expect. It's probably a 45 minute drive, and I didn't want to get there and find that they just had lawn furniture, shovels and grinders for sale.

Cliff

 

[Inspector507]

Cliff,
A lot of their sales depends on the area they have to display merchandise or park trailers. If they have plenty of room for trailers, they bring everything they can including tractors. I've gone to 5 or 6 in the last 2 years and only the last 2 I went to had implements/tractors/wagons. They had no place to store them at the fist places they set up.
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