Posted by dmiller on February 22, 2014 at 18:14:49 from (162.253.12.150):
So I went to the neighbors (7am) to get 3 ton of corn for my pigs. Got home and almost immediately the auger I was using to unload the truck (40 ft to get the corn into the top of an overhead bin feedmill)broke. Climbed the mill to check the top, everything there seemed alright, decided there must be a shear bolt somewhere in the middle that was gone on the drive shaft. Had my son lift me in the loader to check the bolts, found out the loader needed more fluid to go all the way up. Had to drive to town (14 miles) to get fluid since I found out I was out. Finally found that all the bolts were fine. Determined that the end shaft at the top had broken a weld holding the drive gear shaft to the extension shaft. Hauled my little 110 welder to the top of the feedmill with a rope. Turned it on and had no power. Found the extension cord had shorted and tripped the breaker. Went to fix it and the breaker wouldn't reset, tested it with a voltmeter and found it was getting power, played with it a while and got it to reset. Made the weld. By the time I got the auger working discovered the door on the truck had been left open enough that during all of this the battery had worn down and couldn't start the truck to raise the bed. Ended up shoveling the corn ito the auger just to get it done. While I was up on top of the mix-mill I found that one of the downspouts to the bins had seperated from the diversion box. Have a guy coming tomorrow afternoon(ox in the ditch)with a bucket truck so I can get to it.
To keep this rant tractor related there was a farmall a powering the auger. picture is of the setup this past summer when I was unloading wheat, feed mill is in the background.
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