One Motor Does It All

One Motor Does It All Regardless of how big or how small your farming operation you’ll be interested in a first-of-its-kind hydraulic “power package” introduced by the McMillen Division of Sates Engineering Corp Fort Wayne Ind With this new concept in harnessing hydraulic power you buy as much capacity as you need to fit your farming or ranching operation The power system drives three different attachments – a posthole digger a post driver and a portable cement mixer called the Rotamixer that discharges itself eliminating the need for manual tilting or dumping When the drum rotates in a clockwise direction the Rotamixer mixes Operated counterclockwise it discharges the full load Specially-designed spiral flighting inside the drum permits the Rotamixer to discharge just like a ready-mix truck into forms wheel-barrows or whatever You first buy the hydraulic powerhead which comes in three sizes ranging in cost form $522 to $746 The cement mixer Rotamixer and post driver Rotadriver attachments will operate satisfactorily with any of the three motors Consequently motor size is determined by how big an auger you want in buying the post hole digger Rotadigger attachment The smallest drive motor model 3000-P is rated at 3000 inch lbs of torque and will handle an auger 4 to 9 in in diam The next size motor model 4800-P handles an auger 4 to 15 in in dia and the largest drive motor model 8000-P handles up to a 36 in dia auger All motors feature reversible rotation with infinite speeds up to 120 rpm in either direction If they auger strikes a rock or other obstruction an “auto-stop” feature prevents damage to the hydraulic motor You can hang the drive motor and any of the three attachments on the front end of a tractor loader or a utility loader or you can buy them with 3-pt hitches for rear tractor mounting They’ll fit most tractors with 3 to 20 gal hydraulic capacity depending on size of drive motor purchased Once you’ve invested in a drive motor individual attachments are relatively inexpensive since the one hydraulic motor is used interchangeable to drive them Suppose for example you wanted to buy the Rotomixer with 3-pt hitch You’d need the drive motor $522 for the smallest one and A-frame assembly $70 an adjustable upper hitch link $84 two flow controls $34 each and the mixing drum $513 To add the Rotodriver you’d need only to buy the post driver assembly $832 and a mounting beam $78 To add the digger you’d need only the auger a boom assembly $104 and a swivel $33 50 Or suppose you wanted to buy the various attachments for use with your tractor-mounted loader rather than with 3-pt hitch assemblies In this case you’d need a universal mounting bracket $356 that works interchangeably with all three attachments Maximum steel or wood post length handled by the Rotodriver is up to 10 ft Impact force is adjustable in a range up to 257 lbs The unit quickly adjusts to plumb for hillside work For added versatility an attachment is available for breaking concrete For more details on the complete system contact: FARM SHOW Followup McMillen Division States Engineering Corp 4419 Ardmore Ave Fort Wayne Ind 46809 ph 219 747-6195

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