[AT] Grain Augers

[Al Jones]

That Long was a nightmare.  They sold a lot of bins, and grain equipment but a lot of it wasn't very good.  Starting at the ground, where you would dump into the auger, you had about a 7' section, which ran up to a big "box" about 10" wide and 1' deep.  Out of this came the rest of the auger.  THat meant you had the gearbox run by the tractor PTO, which drove the upper (long) section of the auger, plus two sets of sprockets, two chains, and a drive shaft to run the bottom section.  In general even now it seems like most grain equipment is "just barely enough" in terms of design and construction.  Dad has a bin and unloader now that is about 4-5 years old, and to tell the truth, it is not great.....something has gone wrong with the gate on the center well so now it is wide open and I can't close it.  So you have to turn the auger on and off every few seconds so I don't overflow the little portable auger that carries the corn from the unloader head to the grinder mixer.  It'll be summer (hottest time of the year!) before we will get enough corn out so we can access the well and see what is wrong.  I guess the engineers that design grain equipment are the ones that graduated at the bottom of their class.....


Al

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net>
>Sent: Dec 29, 2011 5:53 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] Grain Augers
>
>On 12/29/2011 11:43 AM, Al Jones wrote:
>> And here I thought out 8" x 47' was a cadillac!  Sure is faster (and less trouble/maintenance) than the old POS 6" Long Mfg. model it replaced!
>>
>> Al
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Al, no doubt your 8x47 is a cadillac compared to the auger it replaced 
>> . My "little" 10x50 footer is now considered small compared to some of 
>> the 13x70 augers the neighburs have. When I bought it they called it 
>> "the backsaver" and its true. No more struggling to lift the heavy 
>> bottom end of an auger and push it to the bin or wherever. This Farm 
>> King hitches to the tractor and I back it into position, raise by 
>> tractor hydraulics and it will empty a 300+ bushel truck box of grain 
>> in a few minutes. We thought we had the world by the tail when we got 
>> the 7 inch Sakundiak auger back in 79 but this ten inch FArm King is 
>> way faster even at idle speed.
>Herb, first of all, that was a Wisconsin engine in the video and I've 
>always had better luck starting them than a Briggs. And second,  in the 
>90 plus videos I have on youtube you might find my face in there 
>somewhere  but I'm not sure where. For now I'll just direct you to this 
>one from last July showing both grain augers in action when I was 
>transferring some canola from one bin to another. Theres even an antique 
>tractor in this one to keep on topic. :-) Uncle Don's old 730 Case.
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxzNh4XyvuQ
>
>Ralph in Sask.
>
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