Tractor-Mounted Auger Loads Grain From Piles

Tractor-Mounted Auger Loads Grain From Piles AUGERS Augers (29B) 22-6-25 If you've got grain in flat storage, or outside in piles, you'll like this tractor-mounted auger for loading trucks. It has an 8-ft. wide, pto-driven cross auger that feeds grain into an unloading auger which runs alongside the tractor. The auger attaches to the lower lift arms of the tractor's 3-pt. hitch and also bolts onto the front and side of the tractor. "It loads grain much faster than a grain vac or front-end loader," says Larry Lempka, Minden Machine Shop, Minden, Neb. "A lot of farmers are piling grain on the ground for the first time this year and don't have a fast way to load it into trucks. "We offer four different models in 9, 11, 12, and 14-in. diameters. The 14-in. dia. model can load up to 15,000 bu. per hour while the 9-in. dia. model can handle about 4,000 bu. per hour. All models are equipped with the 8-ft. wide cross auger. Standard auger length is 30 ft.; the 9 and 11-in. dia. augers can be custom built up to 55 ft. long. The auger is raised or lowered by a hydraulic cylinder that operates off tractor hydraulics. The auger's unloading spout can be raised as high as 23 ft. depending on auger model and length. An optional hydraulic-operated, 360 degree rotating grain spout makes it much easier to fill big trucks evenly." The tractor-mounted augers sell for $6,000 to $12,000 depending on auger size. The rotating grain spout can also be fitted to other augers. It sells for about $1,200. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Minden Machine Shop, Inc., 1302 K Road, Minden, Neb. 68959 (ph 308 832-0220; fax 1340).

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