Auger Flighting Manure Pit Agitator

Auger Flighting Manure Pit Agitator MANURE HANDLING Equipment 20-5-11 A Minnesota hog producer made his own 2-wheeled manure pit agitator using a length of auger flighting from an old feed mixer-wagon. "It cost less than $100," says Jerry Dick, of Millville. Dick used a torch to cut off a 1-ft. length of 18-in. dia. auger from the bottom of a Gehl mixer-wagon. He slid the auger section over one end of a 2-in. dia., 20-ft. long steel pipe and welded it on. He then welded a pto coupling to the other end of the pipe. The agitator mounts on an axle made out of a length of 2-in. dia. pipe fitted with 15-in. wheels. "It stirs the pit up good and runs smooth and quiet," says Dick, who operates a beef and dairy operation. "It isn't as aggressive as a commercial manure pit agitator but it does the job. Our 150,000-gal. manure pit is 30 ft. wide, 60 ft. long, and 10 ft. deep. The agitator reaches out far enough to agitate most of the manure. I welded lengths of angle iron together to make a 2-ft. long rectangular frame and bolted it onto the pipe just ahead of the flighting in order to help break up large solid pieces." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jerry Dick, Rt. 1, Box 134, Millville, Minn. 55957 (ph 507 798-2349).

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