Power corn rake

Cclark1952

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This message is a reply to an archived post by rrlund on October 21, 2013 at 10:09:36.
The original subject was "Power corn rake".

My father did custom corn shelling over a three county area when I was a young man. I started scooping corn for him when I was 13. Hard, hard work. When I was 15, he got a power rake, not like the one here. It had a channel down the center with 60 rollerchain. Every foot and a half or s there was a crossbar with four 1/2 tines about a foot across. On the end, a pair of round plates about a foot and a half apart with tines on the wheel like spokes. They turned and dug into the crib braking up the corn and bringing it back to the conveyor. It had a pair of adjustable handles and on weeks so I could pull it back and swing it back and forth. The 6 horse gear reduced Briggs engine gave it the power. It was a bear to operate but it could clean out a crib with minimal cleanup. In the mid 60's we shelled 165000 bushel. Seven days a week, 12 hours a day. Hard to feel sympathy today for kids who complain about how tough they've got it. Anyone ever see one like that? We sold the shelter a few years back and I don't have any pictures of it.
 
Nope,never saw one with chains,but sounds like it would really move the corn. I saw one with a single auger,a little larger than the two augers on mine. Seems like it would want to wander off to the side.
 
Sounds kinda like a hydravator? Something like that feed mills had them mounted on trucks a nd went to the customers and picked up the corn took it to the mill and returned by different truck. It was hydraulic operated and would fold on top of the truck.
 
The sheller crew here had a rake like that. It lasted from the early 60's up to the middle 90's. That thing moved a lot of corn in its life.
 
Yes, we had one of those rakes too. Kind of awkward to move around, but saved an awful lot of scooping. If you weren't careful, they would also remove a wooden floor from a crib. They were made in Illinois (don't remember the town) by a guy named Puzey.
 
I bought a 2 auger type a few years ago at an auction, $25 I think. The engine is locked.

Never seen one work, so wouldn't really know how to use it. I shelled a lot of corn for dad back in the day, but haven't much now the past few.

Paul
 
Mine's a Sudenga. Life would sure be a lot harder without it,that's for sure.
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the guy shelling our corn had 1 in 1961. I got to use it many times. Better than that old steel scoop shovel I had to use.
 
Mine must be also, or some company copied it very closely!

Ok, it can be set up higher on the legs to get over the drag, I never looked at it that close. That helps make some sense of it, poke in the openings between the studs on my wood crib.

I see.

Paul
 

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