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JEEP/CORN HARVESTER
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DESCRIPTION: For this build, the team turned a 1969 6x6 5-ton military Jeep into a corn harvester.

BUILDER BIOS

* Dave and James Kaye, Detroit Brothers
* Dewey Santoro, who spent much of his childhood on his uncle's corn farm, owns a heavy snow equipment company with his brother. A master welder and mechanic, he works on large trucks and plowing and construction components.
* Mitch Wiley is a hairdresser with build skills. He's built a few large trucks for wilderness adventures. He's also given people cornrows.
* Carlo Izzi owns a cornfield with different corn mazes cut through it. A farming equipment specialist, he works with tractors and plowing machines.
* Michael Loudermilk is a heavy equipment specialist who works on large military vehicles. He's also a master welder and mechanic.
* Ron Rodzos' farm produces a variety of grains, from corn to wheat. He runs most of his own farm equipment — and repairs it when it fails.

VEHICLE SPECS

VEHICLE NAME: Corn Stalker
MAKE: Jeep
MODEL: 6x6
YEAR: 1969

LENGTH: 33 feet
WIDTH: 10 feet, 5 inches
HEIGHT: 11 feet, 6 inches
GROUND CLEARANCE: 5.75 inches
WEIGHT: 17,000 pounds

HYDRAULICS: The team used the corn head and hydraulics from a 1970s combine.

ADDITIONAL ACQUIRED OR MACHINED PARTS:: Burners Inc. burners to cook the corn
* conveyor from salt spreader
* corn picker head from combine
* metal grill for cooking corn
* butter sprayer

MOVING PARTS: The builders created an elevator (conveyor) out of a salt spreader.

SPECIAL WELDS: The frame had to be MIG/TIG welded back together after being chopped. Also, the builders welded a propane rack to the back left side of the Jeep.

BODY MODIFICATIONS: The team removed a corn picker from a combine and bolted it to the front of the Jeep. They also mounted a custom butter-sprayer rack to the back right side.

DESCRIPTION OF BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACED IN TRANSFORMATION: In the original design, the two elevators from the combine were to work together as one. Unfortunately, they were both used at different tensions and speeds originally, so they did not work together well. The builders had to obtain a salt spreader, in which they took the elevator. Though a little rusty, it worked!