Bin-Mounted Drill Fill Auger Makes Nifty Cattle Feeder
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"It lets me feed 50 calves in just 5 to 10 minutes," says Larry Sommerfeld, Moose Jaw, Sask., who mounted a drill fill auger and flexible spout on an old 700-bu. hopper bottom bin in one of his cattle pens. He uses the flexible spout to fill a pair of bunks just outside the bin.
The 4-in. dia., 15-ft. long auger ex-tends out the side of the bin and is powered by a 112 hp electric motor mounted on top of the auger. Feed drops from the auger into a 5-in. dia., 10-ft. long flexible spout that telescopes out to 15 ft.
"It saves a lot of work compared to using 5-gal. pails like I had been doing,"
says Sommerfeld. "The bunks are set at a 90 degree angle to each other so I can entirely fill both bunks. I wrapped a section of truck tire inner tube around the hinged section of the spout to protect it from the weather. I fill the bin twice a year with a mixture of rolled lentil screenings and barley."
Sommerfeld also has another drill fill auger on a bin in another pen.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Larry Sommerfeld, Box 1781, Moose Jaw, Sask., Canada S6H 7K8 (ph 306 693-2352).
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Bin-Mounted Drill Fill Auger Makes Nifty Cattle Feeder DRILLS Drills (42C) 18-1-9 "It lets me feed 50 calves in just 5 to 10 minutes," says Larry Sommerfeld, Moose Jaw, Sask., who mounted a drill fill auger and flexible spout on an old 700-bu. hopper bottom bin in one of his cattle pens. He uses the flexible spout to fill a pair of bunks just outside the bin.
The 4-in. dia., 15-ft. long auger ex-tends out the side of the bin and is powered by a 112 hp electric motor mounted on top of the auger. Feed drops from the auger into a 5-in. dia., 10-ft. long flexible spout that telescopes out to 15 ft.
"It saves a lot of work compared to using 5-gal. pails like I had been doing,"
says Sommerfeld. "The bunks are set at a 90 degree angle to each other so I can entirely fill both bunks. I wrapped a section of truck tire inner tube around the hinged section of the spout to protect it from the weather. I fill the bin twice a year with a mixture of rolled lentil screenings and barley."
Sommerfeld also has another drill fill auger on a bin in another pen.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Larry Sommerfeld, Box 1781, Moose Jaw, Sask., Canada S6H 7K8 (ph 306 693-2352).
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