Auger Bucket For Front End Loaders

Auger Bucket for front end loaders GRAIN HANDLING Augers (4) 15-5-10 A home-built 27-bu. "auger bucket" mounted on Mark Herickhoff's skid steer loader turns it into a feed mixer that cuts his normal feeding time in less than half. The 8-ft. wide bucket is equipped with an 8-in. dia. hydraulic-driven auger that mixes feed and discharges it from the bottom of the bucket. Herickhoff raises the bucket and tilts it backward, then drives alongside the bunk and pulls a hydraulic lever to unload. Herickhoff uses the bucket to feed high energy grain rations, including dry shelled corn and wet corn, to 300 Holsteins. "I scoop up feed at the silo, then add four or five shovels of protein pellets on top. Feed is mixed as it flows down to the auger. I also use the. bucket to mix low quality feed with good feed. "I had been using a front-end loader and bucket to dump feed into bunks, but protein pellets never got mixed and the job took 35 minutes. With my auger bucket it takes only 15 minutes. I can vary the feeding rate by varying the speed of the skid steer loader. I haven't used it for silage yet, but I think it would work if grain was added. It works better than an automatic silo conveyor because there's much less maintainance, and I can have feedlots in several different locations. It also makes a beautiful snow bucket." The bucket, custom built by Peltz Mfg., St. Martin, Minn., quick-taches to the skid steer loader's mounting brackets. The brackets on the bucket are located slightly to the right of center so the operator can drive closer to the bunk. The auger is chain-driven by an orbit motor that's powered by the skidsteer loader's auxilliary hydraulic outlets. Herickhoff spent about $1,000 for the bucket. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mark Herickhoff, 26804 U.S. Hwy. 71, Belgrade, Minn. 56312 (ph 612 254-3636).

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