Posted by andy r on April 25, 2013 at 19:56:16 from (75.91.149.15):
In Reply to: Re: batch dryers posted by SD Pete on April 25, 2013 at 10:14:38:
I have ran the Behlen 500 and it was a good dryer. The corn does not move once in the dryer and I am sure some places gets a little dryer and some places might be a little wetter, but it all gets mixed when it comes out and is at a perfect moisture percentage. The fan blades on a Behlen have an adjustable pitch so the dryer can accomodate various hp tractors from an Famall M to a JD 4520. The guy I bought it from ran it with a Deere 4520. I left the blades the same and ran it with a Farmall 706. Since the corn doesn't move it doesn't get ground up much. Not a bad dryer overall. Loading and unloading are a little more complicated than a Tox-o-wik. I now have two Tox-o-wik dryers. The corn is always moving so it drys very uniform. Loading and unloading is simple. Takes less horsepower as the fan isn't as big. Not near as much static pressure in a Tox-o-wik. I think the owners manual might say a good 3 bottom tractor might run one. They are not as noisy either. Most all of the parts are generic - belts, bearings, shafts, augers, electrical. I grew up using batch dryers and my farms don't have the best electrical service so batch drying works OK for me. Also, one of the most important things is I know what is in the grain bin. I do dry in the dryer and cool in the bin. I bring 500 bushel in, fill the dryer, start drying, and go back to the field. The dryer shuts off at a certain grain temperature which corresponds to a certain moisture %. Sometimes the heat is still on and sometimes most of the cooling is done - just depends on the moisture of the corn you are combining. Over the years I have rebuilt about everything on them. Bearings go bad, auger flighting wears out, belts wear out, the bottom metal "boot" or "sump" rusts out, and flame sensors go bad. I don't think it really costs much if any more to dry with a batch dryer than a bin dryer if you take into consideration everything. Stirators aren't the most trouble free device. I do like the Tox-o-wik better than the Behlen.
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