Orbit Motor Powers Conveyor On Aging Silage Wagon
When the gears that drove the conveyor on his old front unloading silage wagon wore out, Eugene Wimmer couldn’t find replacement parts. He came up with an inexpensive solution by bolting an orbit motor off an old combine reel on the front of the wagon. The motor operates off his tractor’s hydraulics.
He went to a salvage yard and paid $40 for the orbit motor, which came off a Deere 6600 combine. Then he removed the two worn-out gears on the conveyor driveshaft and bolted the motor directly to it.
“I installed the orbit motor 3 years ago, and it still works great,” says Wimmer. “The wagon is more than 20 years old, and the company that built it went out of business, so parts for it are no longer available. A local company wanted $750 to custom-build new gears,” says Wimmer.
Wimmer uses the tractor’s hydraulic control lever to adjust the motor’s speed. “At first, I considered installing a gearbox to chain-drive the conveyor, but if anything got caught on the conveyor chain, it could have easily stripped the gearbox. With the orbit motor, if something catches on the conveyor chain, the motor will just stop.”
Running the conveyor separately from the wagon’s main floor apron provides some flexibility, says Wimmer. “If the wagon box or the floor apron ever wears out, I can unbolt the front conveyor and use it separately with the motor; for example, to deliver silage out of a silo into feed bunks,” he notes.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Eugene Wimmer, 7626 Delta Road, Little Falls, Minn. 56345 (ph 320-573-2057; joannwimmer3@gmail.com).
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Orbit Motor Powers Conveyor On Aging Silage Wagon WAGONS/TRAILERS Conversions When the gears that drove the conveyor on his old front unloading silage wagon wore out Eugene Wimmer couldn’t find replacement parts He came up with an inexpensive solution by bolting an orbit motor off an old combine reel on front of the wagon The motor operates off his tractor’s hydraulics He went to a salvage yard and paid $40 for the orbit motor which came off a Deere 6600 combine Then he removed the 2 wornout gears on the conveyor driveshaft and bolted the motor directly to it “I installed the orbit motor 3 years ago and it still works great ” says Wimmer “The wagon is more than 20 years old and the company that built it went out of business so parts for it are no longer available A local company wanted $750 to custom-build new gears ” says Wimmer Wimmer uses the tractor’s hydraulic control lever to adjust the motor’s speed “At first I considered installing a gearbox to chain-drive the conveyor but if anything got caught on the conveyor chain it could have easily stripped the gearbox With the orbit motor if something catches on the conveyor chain the motor will just stop ” Running the conveyor separately from the wagon’s main floor apron provides some flexibility says Wimmer “If the wagon box or the floor apron ever wears out I can unbolt the front conveyor and use it separately with the motor; for example to deliver silage out of a silo into feed bunks ” he notes Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Eugene Wimmer 7626 Delta Road Little Falls Minn 56345 ph 320 573-2057; joannwimmer3@gmail com
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