[AT] Grain Augers

[Jim & Lyn Evans]

When I was a kid, Dad and I would by old elevators for about $25.   I 
would get the 6-10 HP Wisconsin engine off of it for my collection and 
he would use the sections for feed bunks for cattle.

On 12/29/2011 10:29 AM, Grant Brians wrote:
> This posting is interesting to me since here in California, while there are
> lots of Tomato harvesters, nut harvesting equipment, cotton and so many
> other kinds of machinery, I have never seen a grain auger in active use!
> Here the grain is passed from the combine to a semi-truck trailer or if a
> rice operation to a Bankout unit. The Bankouts are a motorized grain wagon
> with either tracks or BIG 4 wheel drive tires. So those mid-western farm
> auctions are just a remote item to us....
>          Grant Brians
>          Hollister,California vegetable, nuts and fruit farmer
>
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Ralph Goff
> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 10:04 AM
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Carb problems
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> From: "Dick Day"<ddss at telebeep.com>
> To: "ATIS"<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 7:24 PM
> Subject: [AT] Carb problems
>
>
>> A while back, I posted a question about David Bradley tractors. Well, I
>> bought two, one is the very first model they sold through Sears, a 5751
>> and
>> the other is a 1955 Super 3.
>>
>> The Super 3 was re-powered with a Briggs Model 14, 5hp engine.
>>
>
> Farm auctions are , or used to be, a good source for old Briggs engines.
> Probably half the grain augers out there used to be powered by a Briggs 12
> or 16 hp engine. Smaller ones too. I think I still have a black one, (9or 10
> hp?) Can't recall the model numbers. Carb kits were not a problem to buy
> last time I tried but that is a few years ago. A lot of these engines have
> been retired as grain augers grow bigger and require newer, bigger engines
> for power.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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