Ohio | Racer57 - 3/1/2021 20:36
Have 10,000 and 20,000 bins and getting a 25,000bu bin. 98% corn use and the rest soybeans. Sweep augers in all of them leave about 3" on the floor that requires shoveling/sweeping to get to center sump. Auger has trough behind it. Would extending the trough closer to the floor help ? Planning on using some heavy belting. Seems like a good idea, but can it somehow prevent sweep from functioning properly ?
I bolted a rubber belting to the bottom of that back shield, about a 3" strip just above the floor. Works great ! I got one at 1/2 inch gap, leaves about 1.5" corn, and another that just touches the floor, and leaves just enough to push broom clean, it needs a push once in a while, but that is much easier than shoveling 3-4 " corn. Flexible rubber like round baler belting is better than stiff belting like grain leg belting, because it will catch on bolt heads like the slide gates and need a push.
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Edited by tj_farms 3/2/2021 08:35
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Sweep auger leaves 3" behind
