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Hay Barn

02-16-2008 11:30:29




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I have a horizontal elevator with a sled hanging in the top of my hay loft. I need a 40-50 foot elevator to take the wire tied square bales from my wagon to the loft elevator. Would a grain/hay elevator with dual chains and cross-bars, like a Kewanee, work better or a skeleton type with a single chain in the middle, like a New Holland? I prefer the elevator have an electric motor instead of pto drive.
Thanks for the help,
Gary

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Hay Barn

02-17-2008 10:54:55




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 Re: Hay Elevator in reply to Hay Barn, 02-16-2008 11:30:29  
I live just north of Kansas City, MO.



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RickL

02-17-2008 10:20:42




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 Re: Hay Elevator in reply to Hay Barn, 02-16-2008 11:30:29  
don't know where you at but I have a unit for sale that was used for what you are wanting to do if that helps. Don't need it since I don accumulator setup for last several years. Its hyd lift also. Last used it for putting shingles up to two story building



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hayray

02-17-2008 08:35:52




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 Re: Hay Elevator in reply to Hay Barn, 02-16-2008 11:30:29  
I have two New Idea double chain elevators and they work great, one has a electric motor and the other is PTO powered. The skeleton type bale elevators are usually pretty weak and get over-loaded easily. The big double chain elevators move a lot of product fast and can be bought used cheaper then buying the skeleton type single chain elevators.



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Randy-IA

02-16-2008 20:43:35




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 Re: Hay Elevator in reply to Hay Barn, 02-16-2008 11:30:29  
I have a JD 350 36' grain elevator that works good . But like the other poster stated the crossbars get sharp and will cut the strings on the bale sometimes if the bales are dropped flat instead of on edge but since you are using wire that shouldn't be a problem . The 350 was designed to do both jobs so it was also available with a bale chute for loading which I'd like to find . The grain elevator might require a larger electric motor than a similar sized bale elevator due to the extra chains and friction . I think you'll find the grain elevator a LOT easier to find and will cost nothing in comparison to a truck mounted hay elevator . I've never seen a grain elevator of any length sell for more than $400 at an auction , generally they go for no more than $200 . I've seen a lot of 20' hay elevators without a motor go for that much or more without trucks under them . ...Randy

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Don-Wi

02-17-2008 12:11:00




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 Re: Hay Elevator in reply to Randy-IA, 02-16-2008 20:43:35  
We've got an Owatonna grain elevator for $100 if i remember right about 8 years ago.... the motor on it is worth more... Don't use it often, but it is nice to use when we need it.

Donovan from Wisconsin



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s. crum

02-16-2008 17:46:19




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 Re: Hay Elevator in reply to Hay Barn, 02-16-2008 11:30:29  
We did hay in the new barn exactly like you described for well over 30 years, The square bales went up a 50' X 18" electric motor (that caught fire about 2X a season) driven John Deere grain elevator that was old enough that John Deere himself probably put it together. 2 guys worked the wagon and one guy worked at the top of the elevator flipping the bales flat to make the trip down the mow skeleten elevator to the "tipoff" or "sled" as you call it. Unless the bales were damp which we would mow with the cutside down, we would otherwise freemow from the tipoff. Some afternoons we would put up 1,500 to 2,000 bales. The poor sap that had to work in the peak of the mow roof flipping bales (me 90% of the time)was pretty well whipped by milking time.

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Lee in Iowa

02-16-2008 17:24:22




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 Re: Hay Elevator in reply to Hay Barn, 02-16-2008 11:30:29  
If the elvator in your loft takes the bale the flat way you might need an elevator up to it that is the same. I have a wide stanhoist elevator you can lay the bales flat in, but the flights wear sharp enough to cut the twine on twine bales, so you have to lay twine bales on edge. You might want to check that if you buy a grain elevator. Lee



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paul

02-16-2008 15:40:14




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 Re: Hay Elevator in reply to Hay Barn, 02-16-2008 11:30:29  
The hay elevator is a little nicer for hay, but the grain elevator will work just fine & do two things. Be sure you get the wide grain elevator, not the older narrow type that a bale doesn't lay down in.

--->Paul



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James22

02-16-2008 16:05:14




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 Re: Hay Elevator in reply to paul, 02-16-2008 15:40:14  
Yes a wide elevator is nice, but a narrow one just requires more unloader skill. At the tender age of 8-9 we didn't have any problems, but there was great incentive for no problems since Dad was always in the mow. Couldn't keep the elevator completely full at age 8-9 but maintained enough for two men. At age 14-15 could keep more hay/straw in the elevator than five men/teenagers could drag a few feet and stack.

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Farmallb

02-16-2008 12:41:13




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 Re: Hay Elevator in reply to lfc, 02-16-2008 11:30:29  
Whatever can be had before you need it and is the cheapest will be the best, HOWEVER< if you ever expect to move grain, then the hay elevator will work best. DO NOT USE A GRAIN ELEVATOR TO MOVE HAY. DOSENT WORK WELL unless you paint the inside and put polyyurathane over the paint,yearly, then you have a chance. If you intend to move grain with it, it will bog down a electric motor



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James22

02-16-2008 13:47:03




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 Re: Hay Elevator in reply to Farmallb, 02-16-2008 12:41:13  
Don't understand your problems with grain elevator. We used a NI grain elevator for over 40 years to move hay and grain without any problems. Moved more hay than grain. The only disadvantage was that the grain elevator would dump all the chaff into the mow in addition to the bales and eventually it had to be removed (pitch forked out. Probably did this every 5-10 years. Never painted the inside of the elevator and the last 20 years it sat outside with an engine cover.

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