Homemade 'Corn Saver'

Homemade æCorn Saver' COMBINES Miscellaneous 24-1-39 Ron Saltzman, Corning, Iowa: "I used sheet metal to make a 2-ft. long funnel that bolts onto the end of my grain auger. Grain was splattering off a flipper at the end of the auger and, if it was windy, some of it blew away before reaching the truck. The funnel makes the grain flow straight down. "I made a pattern in the sheet metal, cut it out, and pop riveted it together. I bolted a pair of small steel tabs onto the auger and drilled a hole through each one. A steel rod goes through both brackets and is secured by a cotter pin. I bolted a small wooden block onto each side of the funnel to keep the rod from wearing through the metal. "I made two of these funnels, one on an auger that I use to fill my dryer bin and the other on a transport auger that I use to load trucks. The rod is off an old wagon box. My only cost was for the sheet metal which I bought at a plumbing store. "To keep ears of corn from flipping out of the feederhouse on my Deere 7720 combine, I made my own æcorn saver'. I used a curved angle iron frame that came off an old Deere pull-type rotary hoe and welded expanded metal onto it, bending the metal to match the curve of the angle iron. The angle iron bolts onto the header. I made a hinging mechanism so that the corn saver can be flipped up out of the way whenever I need to work on the header. It works good and cost almost nothing to build. I paid $10 for the expanded metal. Commercial models sell for about $200."

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