Posted by andy r on January 04, 2016 at 18:05:48 from (166.181.83.95):
In Reply to: Auger Design posted by 2510paul on January 04, 2016 at 15:06:52:
I rebuilt the hopper and incline on a 60 some foot grain auger this last fall. The main long auger was an 8 inch auger. The incline and the hopper was more like a 7". According a replacement auger supplier as the auger gets larger in diameter the clearances get larger. I believe on the 8 inch tube it was around 1/2 to 3/4 each side. I was surprised. Certainly those dents do not help as well as the bow. Too much drag. Wet corn and the incline all increase the power needed. 20% moisture isn't that high. Also remember you might be raising more bushels per acre compared to when that picker was new. A 6" auger should carry quite a bit of corn. You could replace the tubing. I buy 10 and 20 foot chunks of 6" tubing with 1/8" walls from an area metal supplier. They stock it. I can't remember if it is around $4.00 a foot. Might be that the auger is OK. The last auger flighting I bought was from Nebraska I think - shipped UPS. Goggle auger flighting and you will find them. They send it via UPS in 5 foot pieces interwoven into each other. Cut the old off and install the new or maybe just the one end needs to be repaired. Again I think I paid about $4.00 a foot. I have even cut the dented section out of a auger tube and reattached with a collar. I would check to see that the drive components are not slipping. If slipping is going on the auger will fill up and the power requirement will increase to the point that it can't turn it. Good luck.
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