Mini Auger Makes Grain Handling Easier
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When Gerard Devloo, Somerset, Manitoba, bought a new 10-in. dia. grain auger, he discovered it wouldn't fit into smaller grain bin hoppers openings because of its large safety screen. He didn't want to take it off so he made a mini auger to move grain from the bin to his big auger.
He used some old piping and 8-in. dia. auger flighting to make the 6-ft. long "mini auger". It easily fits into smaller openings and delivers grain to a hopper Devloo set up under the bigger auger.
He painted the mini auger red and added pieces of reflective tape to make it visible at night.
Devloo takes the motor off the bin sweep on his new auger and attaches it while in the bin opening.
"I use it until the grain is down to the point where I can open the door and put the big auger in. Then I move the motor back to the sweep auger," he says, noting that the mini-auger is light enough that he can lift it into his pickup for transport.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gerard Devloo, Box 223, Somerset, Manitoba R0G 2L0 Canada (ph 204 744-2773; fax 204 744-2045).
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Mini Auger Makes Grain Handling Easier AUGERS Augers (29B) 29-5-11
When Gerard Devloo, Somerset, Manitoba, bought a new 10-in. dia. grain auger, he discovered it wouldn't fit into smaller grain bin hoppers openings because of its large safety screen. He didn't want to take it off so he made a mini auger to move grain from the bin to his big auger.
He used some old piping and 8-in. dia. auger flighting to make the 6-ft. long "mini auger". It easily fits into smaller openings and delivers grain to a hopper Devloo set up under the bigger auger.
He painted the mini auger red and added pieces of reflective tape to make it visible at night.
Devloo takes the motor off the bin sweep on his new auger and attaches it while in the bin opening.
"I use it until the grain is down to the point where I can open the door and put the big auger in. Then I move the motor back to the sweep auger," he says, noting that the mini-auger is light enough that he can lift it into his pickup for transport.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gerard Devloo, Box 223, Somerset, Manitoba R0G 2L0 Canada (ph 204 744-2773; fax 204 744-2045).
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