Posted by Caterpillar guy on May 04, 2015 at 05:19:06 from (75.134.175.12):
In Reply to: Grain bins posted by Dave H (MI) on May 03, 2015 at 15:38:24:
The teapot dryer will be slow. If you are wanting to get done fast that is not it. I would like to put in a Cal-cu-dri. It is a version of bin dryer with a twist. They pull the dry grain off the bottom and move it to a separate dry bin. This lets you keep dropping wet corn on the top till you are done. It also helps prevent some, heat damage to the grain. I was working for a guy back years ago that had one in a 30 ft bin. If we started it with about a foot to 2 feet in the bin it would keep up with an 88202 with 8 row head in 150bu. corn. We have a tox-o-wik dryer it is a 350 model have had it for 40 years. If it sets outside the bottom will rot out and the bottom bearing will be your issue with it. Take the belt of the bottom and see if it will wiggle if so the bearing is out and will need replaced. There is a rubber plate like that goes in over the bearing to keep the corn out of the bearing oil seal. If it is not there the bearing will not last. Also the chain inside of the plenum will need oiled. We oiled ours each batch. Greased it each batch also. If the chain is oiled before starting each batch and the little chain tightener on the stirer is greased when empty each time the rest other than the pto shaft can be greased while it is running. The top auger bearing we used to grease after filling. I would put a grease hose on it if I had to do over. That was 30 years ago though. I would not try to dry corn in MI with just air. I live about 30 miles north of you. Owosso.
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