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Twin 8-In Auger Built From Single 60-Ft Model
The cost of a new 10-in. load-out auger prompted Everett Meister, Fairbury, Ill., to look for a cheaper alternative. He ended up buying a used 60-ft. long, 8-in. dia. auger, cutting it in half, and putting the two halves together to make what he calls a "twin 8-in. auger".
The 30-ft. long auger is pto-operated.
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Twin 8-In Auger Built From Single 60-Ft Model AUGERS Augers (29B) 26-5-12 The cost of a new 10-in. load-out auger prompted Everett Meister, Fairbury, Ill., to look for a cheaper alternative. He ended up buying a used 60-ft. long, 8-in. dia. auger, cutting it in half, and putting the two halves together to make what he calls a "twin 8-in. auger".
The 30-ft. long auger is pto-operated. The two 8-in. dia. augers are clamped together side by side.
"I use it to unload grain from my bins into trucks. It has more capacity than a 10-in. dia. auger but not quite as much as a 12-in.," says Meister.
The 60-ft. auger was originally equipped with a 5 hp, 3-phase electric motor. Meister removed the motor and installed a new pto shaft and gearbox. He had a local machine shop make a pair of metal bands which are used to clamp the two augers together. Meister welded together a big spout that bolts onto the twin auger. A driveshaft runs from the pto shaft up to three sprockets that bolt onto the spout housing and are used to chain-drive both augers.
The underside of the auger was originally equipped with a U-shaped trough that supported the auger's drive lift mechanism. He moved the trough over between the two auger tubes and then attached the drivelift mechanism.
He used sheet metal to build a 2-ft. wide, 30-in. long metal hopper that mounts at the bottom of the auger. Two short lengths of auger flighting deliver grain from the hopper to the twin augers. A long hitch, hinged at the middle, folds down over the hopper for transport.
"I built it two years ago as a challenge and had no idea that it would work as well as it does," says Meister. "I bought the auger at a sale for $260 and spent a total of about $800 to convert it. A used 10-in. dia., 30-ft. long auger would've cost about $1,800, and a new one at least $2,400."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Everett Meister, 11934 N 2150 E, Fairbury, Ill. 61739 (ph 815 692-4029 or 815 848-0001).
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