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South of Springfield IL | I have been running a 36' 11 ring Top Dry since 1995. I have one 30 hp fan and heater on top. I run it as a continuous flow dryer. Biggest problem with the dryer itself is an error message that say's no flame detection. Other than that not much else to go wrong. It does a very good job of drying and I think I can get 2 points extra by letting it steep in the bottom before I start the bottom fan. I clean the drying chamber on top where it drops down to the chutes and I will also scrape and clean the chutes. With the drying chamber empty I take a long broom handle and tap the top side of the drying floor to knock off the dust that has built up on the underside of the floor. I will clean it every 3 days. I leave it run all night but I do check it usually twice. I think that you need to be able to refill it as fast as possible so that the corn in the very top can start to warm up.
What I don't like about the Top Dry is that the only moisture control is by heat probes. This is ok , but how do you get a sample of corn in the bottom of the storage bin.. its around 130 to 180 degrees down there. Ya I know what your thinking, turn the heat off for a while and then go down and get the sample. Well it is still 120 down there. If someone had a good moisture control and some way of getting a sample it would be an excellent dryer. I ran all year just using time per dump instead of temp because my temp dial broke and I didn't want to spend 800 bucks for a new one. I'm thinking about a new gsi control box and a second fan and heater for 2010. | |
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