[AT] Grain Augers vs elevators

[john hall]

Well Ron, you've managed to get this thread back where it started. It seems 
Grant was talking about equipment never seen in California. I can attest 
we've never seen corn cribs like the ones in the mid-west. I saw some of 
them back in the early '90's when we traveled to Mt. Pleasant Iowa. Here ear 
corn was stored in a wooden building that was maybe 8' x 20'. They were all 
over the place, every farmer had one maybe two, but that was about it.There 
are 3 here, but one was for the tenants that lived on the back of the place. 
They were filled by hand, no elevators. The only big elevators I have seen 
were on former dairy farms with 3 story barns.

John Hall

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Cook" <rlcook at longlines.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Grain Augers vs elevators


> John,
>     For loading trucks out of a bin, the little paddle elevators had
> the paddle spacing at about 15 inches or so.  These little short
> elevators, 30 footers and less,  were initially used for hay bales, so I
> suppose the original spacing was much like you are talking about.  Here
> it is soybeans and shelled corn, no wheat.  And yes, you need the bottom
> weighted down!  Our ear corn elevators were in the neighborhood of 52
> feet long or so to get up on the corn crib roof and still be not too
> steep.  No good for shelled corn or soybeans at the incline necessary.
>     We ran the truck elevators with probably an 8 horse Briggs.  Not
> much power required for those things.  Now we use a 10-12 inch auger,
> tractor pto powered.  A Farmall H works very well up to a 10 inch auger,
> 34 feet long, inclined enough to get over a semi-trailer.  Anything
> more, requires more power.
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
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