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SHeiserman

04-03-2005 19:17:33




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What do these go for? I need to load my barn with straw in reasonable amount of time and have no idea what a decent, modern elevator goes for. I've already tried the 100 year old JD elevator and now I have a busted sprocket and twisted pto shaft. No idea what it's problem is, but every now and again it catches on something and then breaks. I had to carry 60+ bales up the elevator because of it. I need an elevator and would like to know how much they bring, roughly. Thanks.

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Randy-IA

04-07-2005 19:14:36




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to SHeiserman, 04-03-2005 19:17:33  
Hi , I'd say that a grain elevator in good shape would bring $300 -500 here in Iowa . I saw 2 good ones go for $ 275-325 two weeks ago at auction . Look for straightness side to side and sag . The trucks should of course be in good shape also . I live just east of you about 40 miles? near Waverly . I'm looking for a good one and was going to bid on the one that turned out to go for $325 but the colonel said 325 once , twice sold ! Took about 10 seconds for him to say it so I didn't make the decision to bid again fast enough , I only WANTED to spend 300 but was willing to go more , was just thinking to slow :-( OH well , more will show up ! Good luck in your search ...Randy

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jimont

04-04-2005 05:33:06




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to SHeiserman, 04-03-2005 19:17:33  
Unless you're going to handle grain and corn, I'd never even consider a closed bottom elevator. The paddles tend to develope an edge to them which cut strings and you have twice the chain to break. Skeleton elevators on the other hand are much lighter to handle and away quieter to work around with only one chain to maintain.



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RickL

04-04-2005 05:10:09




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to SHeiserman, 04-03-2005 19:17:33  
Where you located I have a unit that worked fine when I last used it hyd lift $150.00



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Steve (Magnolia, TX)

04-04-2005 06:16:57




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to RickL, 04-04-2005 05:10:09  
I don't suppose you're anywhere near SE Texas?

I'd be interested in one, too (if SHeiserman isn't)

Steve



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RickL

04-04-2005 17:17:33




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to Steve (Magnolia, TX), 04-04-2005 06:16:57  
located southeast Iowa



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SHeiserman

04-04-2005 17:30:45




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to RickL, 04-04-2005 17:17:33  
That's fairly close. I live 10 miles west of Hampton right off I-35. I've got to get this done by the 18th, so I won't have time to go get it. I like the price too. Thanks for the offer.



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Steve (Magnolia, TX)

04-05-2005 06:34:03




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to SHeiserman, 04-04-2005 17:30:45  
It's all yours.... I don't think the ~2000 mile drive (one way) would be worth the savings on the elevator... :-(


Thanks, though...

Steve



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RickL

04-04-2005 05:08:41




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to SHeiserman, 04-03-2005 19:17:33  
Where you located I have a unit that worked fine when I last used it hyd lift $150.00



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Michael Soldan

04-03-2005 20:24:39




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to SHeiserman, 04-03-2005 19:17:33  
Little Giant elevators were very popular at one time..maybe60's and 70's, I bought a 40'for $100. works great. Your elevator sounds to me like it is catching at the bottom, behind the bottom sprocket, the paddles may be catching on the sheet metal of the elevator bed and this is causing chain links to break. A hammer and pliers may fix this, have also seen debris build up at the bottom end causing the chain to jump...good luck..Mike in Exeter Ontario

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SHeiserman

04-04-2005 03:32:38




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to Michael Soldan, 04-03-2005 20:24:39  
Definitely acts like it's catching on something, didn't really check it out. It's in decent shape and would be worth fixing, but didn't have the time to mess with it this weekend. Seems like it's only catching at one place on the chain, bent paddle/s maybe? I have removed 4 links on both sides since I started, and it just keeps getting loose. I did oil the entire chain before I started. Is it common for the chain to stretch?

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Coldiron

04-04-2005 13:17:42




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to SHeiserman, 04-04-2005 03:32:38  
The dump end of the elevator should have an adjustable sprocket on it to take the slack out of the chain to keep it from slapping around. Both of my 20` elev`s have the adjusters and they were made in the mid 40`s and 60`s. It would be easy enough to add adjusters if yours doesn`t have them.



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SHeiserman

04-04-2005 17:33:26




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to Coldiron, 04-04-2005 13:17:42  
This one has 3/8 threaded eyelets to tighten the chain. I'm afraid if I keep removing links and tightening it, I'm going to tear a shaft out of it. They're maxed out now and it's loose as a goose again.



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Okla Kansan

04-05-2005 19:09:34




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to SHeiserman, 04-04-2005 17:33:26  

well, if its catching and bending the paddles, id say, yes, thatll stretch the chains. I got my uncles Kelly Ryan GRAIN elevator, 32ft I think. I poured oil down the chains before I ran it, and didnt have a bit of trouble. and it hadnt ran in 10 yrs before that. Its got the grain table on the ground end of it. IT wasnt so great for hay, being a grain elevator. If the tractor startesd surging for whatever reason, it could buck a bale off. I realize now, all we would hav e had to do, is paint the inside, and then put linseed oil (back then) on it, Polyurathane nowadays, and it woulda slide those bales right up, surge or not. Same thing with dads bale loader that he got from another uncle of mine. I dont remember the make, but it was an off Oliver green. Henry made one like it. Anyway, if dad had painted the pan that held the bale against the pcikup chain and then put linseed ooil on it. they would have slid right up, rather thn bow the pan which guaranteed the bales would roll up inside it occasionally

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coldiron

04-05-2005 16:20:27




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to SHeiserman, 04-04-2005 17:33:26  
I tighten my 20`s where the chain sags about 2 to 2 1/2 inches in the middle. It allows it to run with out much slap and still stays on the cogs. so far it has been serviceable. Then I run them so that they move no faster than an average man would walk. I leave it up to the man loading them to keep pace with the stacking crew.



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Tim(nj)

04-03-2005 19:42:31




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to SHeiserman, 04-03-2005 19:17:33  
That depends where you are. Here in New Jersey (and in eastern Pennsylvania, for that matter), a good modern one (meaning less than 30 years old) can easily go for $1500 or more depending on how long it is. People seem to like the double-chain, solid floor and side type that can be used for ear corn better than the open skeleton frame, single chain bale-only elevators.



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SHeiserman

04-04-2005 03:25:53




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 Re: bale elevators in reply to Tim(nj), 04-03-2005 19:42:31  
Little higher than I was hoping, of course. Big consignment auction on the 6th, would like to picksomething up there. The solid floor types are definitely the more common of the two here (that I've seen).



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