Re: used stirrator

Posted by JDseller on August 21, 2011 at 21:13:13 from (208.126.196.144):

In Reply to: used stirrator posted by isacc on August 21, 2011 at 10:29:02:

I would run from a Suckup stirrator. The old ones that had the screw that moved them in and out where a nightmare. I had Suckups and replaced them with DMC ones. I like them they are very simple to work on and maintain.

I don"t get what Bob below was talking about them being complicated. You have a motor on each screw. The out side one does have a ujoint in it to get it out closer to the out side. You have ONE mercury switch that controls the advance motor. It works on the fact that as it pulls the augers around the bin the corn will make them angle back the way they came from. The motion makes the mercury switch shut the advance motor off. As the stirrator augers catch up and work there way back to straight then the mercury switch starts the advance motor again to re-start the cycle. A very simple cable system moves the augers in and out as they rotate around the bin.

You do have to have a little common sense with them. You do not fill the bin and then turn them on. Put a few rings in and then turn them on as you are filling the bin. If the corn is above 20 percent than only fill the bin half way. Then dry that for a day and then completely fill the bin up the partially dry corn will mix with the wet corn and let the stirrators move it much easier. You will have better quality corn as you don"t have any hot/wet spots if you run them regularly.

They will finish cracking kernels that where cracked by the combine or heat from drying. The fine usually end up in the very bottom six inch or so of the corn. I just use this in my cattle feed.

I dried in the bin for twenty plus years with out much trouble. I got a good deal on a used tower dryer. It does work better but it would cost way more when new. It also depends on how much corn you are drying. If the one bin full is all you need to dry I would go with the stirrators and in bin drying. It is simple and not to high to install. IF you are drying a lot of corn than I would look for a good stationary dryer.

I would caution about dropping hot corn in a bin with out stirrators to cool and leave it there. You will get uneven moisture levels in the corn. The air flow is not uniform through the corn and you get wet spots that will spoil.

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