Posted by Tom OConnor on April 25, 2013 at 13:08:50 from (71.205.213.241):
In Reply to: batch dryers posted by pine forest on April 25, 2013 at 10:09:49:
We used a Behlen 500 bu batch dryer back in the sixtys and used a 730 Diesel to run it and it worked great. That being said propane was less than 15 cents per gallon then. The newer dryers are much more efficient as they recycle the air used to cool the corn back through the burner. Also the cost of electricity is much cheaper today than running a tractor on the pto. If I remember correctly it would take about two and a half hours of heat and thirty minutes of cooling on 25% corn plus the time it took to unload and reload the dryer. They are much more efficient on warm early fall days than they are on real cold late November days even though might have to take out a few extra points of moisture.You will notice that you will save a lot more corn using a header with stripper plates than the old snapping rolls on a ear corn picker. Hope this helps, It can be done but depending how much you plan on doing something more modern might pay out. If you do use a pto dryer be sure before you start your fall harvest that the tractor has a good fan belt and radiator hoses. It will be running many hours completely unattended.
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