Posted by fixerupper on December 11, 2020 at 08:46:07 from (100.42.82.64):
In Reply to: Handling corn posted by JayinNY on December 10, 2020 at 21:40:06:
I have never seen it done that way around here but maybe I just haven't noticed. Most elevators around here used to have an auger or conveyor set up on the back of a tractor where the tractor backed up into the corn pile and the conveyor picked it up via a cross auger. One fella made a self propelled outfit that incorporated a cross auger pickup on the front and conveyor going out the side. He had a hydrostat on the wheel drive so he could go into the corn pile evenly. It would load a truck in about three minutes. The truck driver had to be on his toes so be able to drive forward RIGHT NOW when the conveyor operator waved to him. I hauled away from him for awhile when I was driving a truck. If I was day dreaming for a second or two he would be waving his arms and hollering at me to get moving. LOL
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