Portable Fold Up Transfer Auger

Portable fold up transfer auger GRAIN HANDLING Augers (4) 17-1-34 You'll like this portable low-profile transfer auger that was designed by a farmer to fit his own needs and worked so well he put it on the market. Raymond Johnson, president of Butte Manufacturing, says he originally built the auger to unload semi-loads of fertilizer. "Moving a big auger to fit under the trailer was an arduous task. In building a prototype, I wanted it to be compact to make it easy to move around but with high enough capacity to allow fast unloading. Key feature is that you can take the motor off the auger without using any tools, making it possible to pick up the auger and move it by hand. It also lets you interchange power units - from gas engine to electric motor to hydraulic motor, all without using any tools." The auger can be used under semis or other bottom-unload trucks - requires just 12 in. clearance - or it can be used as a swing-away unit at the base of a bin-loading auger or to load grain into mixers, etc. The undercarriage is adjustable so you can vary unloading height from 12 to 60 in. off the ground. The portable transfer auger is fitted with an 8-ft. long, 6-in. dia. auger and rides on 4-ply tires. The tub measures 36 by 24 in. Requires only a 1 1/2 hp. 110-volt electric motor to feed a 7 or 8 in. auger. Johnson also makes a hopper bottom bin unloading auger with the detachable motor mount, which lets one motor drive more than one auger. Like all of Johnson's augers, they have specially-manufactured fighting that fits more tightly to make cleanout easy. That makes them ideal for registered seed growers when switching from one variety to another. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Raymond Johnson, Butte Manufacturing Ltd., Box 100, Ogema, Sask. SOC 1Y0 Canada (ph 306 459-2852).

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