Grinders revisited

Most don't know this but Gehl hammer mills have twice as many hammers as some models and more than all other models per inch of width on mill.

For that reason they grind faster but also pull harder.

Gary

Oh, and don't ever try to grind wet cob corn with a Gehl, as it plugs up the tube comming out of the blower and breaks all the paddles off....

Erik in WI

Gary

The finer the grind the better the pigs will gain though.

Gary

My neighbors have a 125 Gehl and use the same size screeen I did and you couldn"t run that with a smaller tractor if you wanted to, unless you put in one ear of corn at a time..... .100 hp 766 is the limit on the low end and you still can outshovel it if you wanted to from a corn crib. My grandfather has a 95 as well, and its a power sink..... ...takes 80 hp to run it.

I"d never have a Gehl, it be a 357 NH or Arts-Way..... I"ve been known to grind feed with what ever was at the farm where the mill was. We used our "49 JD A more than acouple times when everything else was tied up..... ....Slow, but got "er done.

Out of all the mills I"ve seen and used, if you have a problem with grinding a batch of feed in the least amount of time, get yourself a old big Farmhand Mill(Big models with tandem axles under them) and put a real tractor on the shaft(1256 or something like it)..... ....

So yes running the same size screen in a Gehl as you would a NH or Artsway would take much more power but grind much finer.

The 9/16s screen on a Gehl will grind finer than a 3/8s in a Artsway.

I know this don't seem right but it is.

Gary

Alot of guys around here swear by Gehls, doesn't bother me a bit..... .I've used Gehls, NH's, and Arts-way(IH) and I personally wouldn't have a gehl unless it was my last option. I am a big fan of Gehl's ag equipment but was never a fan of their grinder/mixers.

It sure did pull down our 285 when we would use it here & there though with oats...

Donovan from Wisconsin