"Bubble-Up" Auger Fills Combine Bin Extension

"Bubble-Up" Auger Fills Combine Bin Extension AUGERS Augers (29B) 30-3-3 1660 combine equipped with a flare-top extension," says Glen Woodside, Thorndale, Ontario. "In wet corn, it was very hard to fill the top part of the bin." To remedy the problem, Woodside made a "bubble up" auger by removing the original cross fill auger and replacing it with an auger that just goes to the center of the bin, where it fastens to a right angle gearbox which then drives another auger that goes straight up. Once the bin fills half full, the vertical auger grabs the corn and carries it up to fill the top portion of the bin. "We didn't have to modify the combine hardly at all when we put it on." They made the auger with a gearbox and scrap iron on hand. They spent less than $500 on the project. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Glen Woodside, R.R. #3, Thorndale, Ontario, Canada N0M 2P0 (ph 519 284-3509).

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