"Swing-Away" Grain Auger Converted To Right Angle Drive

"Swing-Away" Grain Auger Converted To Right Angle Drive AUGERS Augers (29B) 25-4-37 "It makes unloading grain from my semi trailer a lot faster and easier because I never have to back up," says Joe Jacobs, Carlinville, Ill., about the modification he made to his Brandt "swing-away" grain auger. Jacobs uses the 10-in. dia., 61-ft. long auger to fill his grain bins. The auger was originally designed to be pto-driven, with the tractor in-line with the auger. As a result, every time Jacobs wanted to unload grain from his 50-ft. semi trailer, he had to back it up. To solve the problem, he removed the auger's original pto driveshaft and bolted a used right angle gearbox - off a Kewanee auger - onto a steel plate that he welded to the top of the tongue at the bottom of the auger. He also added new universal joints onto the gearbox. The original pto shaft was then hooked up to the gearbox. The addition of the gearbox allows the tractor to pto-drive the auger at a right angle, which leaves room for the semi trailer to pull in alongside the tractor. After parking the trailer, Jacobs pulls the swing-away unit into place behind the truck. "The semi-trailer is 50 ft. long so whenever I backed up I needed another person to tell me when to stop. Now I can just drive in without having to back up and do everything myself. It's such a simple idea that I'm surprised I couldn't find anything like it on the market," says Jacobs. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Joe Jacobs, Box 21, Carlinville, Ill. 62626 (ph 217 854-2356).

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