Its defo worth doing,just depends how worn the rest of the auger is,I've gained two years
Making auger flights?
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Its defo worth doing,just depends how worn the rest of the auger is,I've gained two years
- Location
- Devon
I think I may do mine in the near future!
- Location
- Devon
How much a year you putting through though or how much a day?Its defo worth doing,just depends how worn the rest of the auger is,I've gained two years
8.5t+ to the milkers every day of the year then winter another 3t or so to dry cows and a few heifers,try to feed heifers with the grab to save time and avoid doing extra mixes.
fermerboy
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- Location
- Banffshire
Where did you get the flights from eventually?
Pics when you get on a bit would be good!!
We welded a 15mm round bar round the outside of the flight on our old one. Definitely worth doing something as long as you are early enough. No point once its worn out and starting to bend/break up.
Wear plates where the blades bolt on would be worth it too.
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
Looks like ireland is the workshop of the world now!See we do export other things that are useful !
I've also heard good reports about them , even do they have done nothing for me , have to wave the Irish flag when get chance
I got them from roto spiral,unwrapped them yesterday and they've drilled them for the blades
they said they wanted extra to drill them but I did give them a bit of stick about price.
@fermerboy did you countersink the holes for the blades?
fermerboy
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- Location
- Banffshire
Hi, no we didn't countersink, maybe should have.
Local blacksmith we got bolts from just had ordinary bolts, so that was what we used.
The countersunk ones on the original were a pain to keep tight so it's not really a concern.
Was going to weld a small strip across the front of the bolts bit haven't done it. Might do it yet, but reckon bolts will last out blades no bother.
Hope you have plenty welding wire in!
I love welding but by the time I'd lined the tub moved the door and done the auger I was welded out!
Local blacksmith we got bolts from just had ordinary bolts, so that was what we used.
The countersunk ones on the original were a pain to keep tight so it's not really a concern.
Was going to weld a small strip across the front of the bolts bit haven't done it. Might do it yet, but reckon bolts will last out blades no bother.
Hope you have plenty welding wire in!
I love welding but by the time I'd lined the tub moved the door and done the auger I was welded out!
I've a chap here doing allsorts of jobs and he's done one auger,just need to bolt the blades on.
Last time we beefed one up we welded a ring around the head of the bolt to act as a wear point so we've done the same again.
I will get some pics tomorn.
dannewhouse
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- Location
- huddersfield
I know this is from a long time ago.
how did you find best to weld 15mm round bar on ie did you cut it to short pieces or just weld it and bend it too in short sections? I think 15mm would take a fare bit of bending?
dannewhouse
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- Location
- huddersfield
that's what I was picturing just cant make my mind up how hard 15mm bar would be to bend, I picture 12mm as easily bending but for some reason 15mm in my mind seems too stiff to bend, porbably best way to weld and bend as you go
fermerboy
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- Location
- Banffshire
Its been a while now but as I remember I used as long lengths of bar, the lower bit is easiest as it was done through the door and the auger rotated to bend it to shape. Possibly used as long as I could manage in the tub further up, and welded a bit, then bent a bit as I went. The heat of the welding helps, and I may have used the Oxy/propane torch to heat it a bit.
- Location
- East yorks
When we used to put the bar on sugar beet harvester augers, I used to get a full length of solid bar weld it on at one end to match the flight then just work along with the gas heating and walking it round the auger tacking as I went till it ran out. The weld the next length on.
OwenCattleCoLtd
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- Location
- Cardiff
Enjoyed the read on repairs and options on repairing auger flighting. A few thoughts;
Plate your new auger flighting (walls or belly plates) if you buy and standard spec mixer. Then just change out the wear plates. Next option is to hard face the outer edge with welding seem. This will increase the abrasive resistance at the outer edge and increase working life. Most operations won’t want this initial outlay so the next option is to use 6” wear plates on the outer edge before you need it. You can buy off the shelf options but these are fairly lame only covering 50mm on outer edge. Use some callipers to measure flighting thickness and you will find at least 4” cover is required.
For DIY try using 6mm plate over entire flight, a box of 9” and 4” grinding disks and a lot of swearing and a few 4t bottle jacks, a couple of boxes of welding rods and you’ll be pretty happy for a few years on a family sized farm.
With a new workshop nearly fitted out (not sure that will ever end!) we are happy to quote on replacing or rebuilding your auger for a vertical tub mixer. And yes, the Summer months are better to do this work, not the week before winter feeding starts!!
We cover all of the UK and need about 5 day turnaround with a push. We will try and tie this in with other work to keep freight costs down.
If required we can pick up, complete repair and refit...job done! We have a 140T working capacity press and can press up to 20mm hardened plate.
Call Sam Owen 07528 436 163 or drop us an email [email protected] or visit www.owencattle.com for an overview on what we get up to.
Plate your new auger flighting (walls or belly plates) if you buy and standard spec mixer. Then just change out the wear plates. Next option is to hard face the outer edge with welding seem. This will increase the abrasive resistance at the outer edge and increase working life. Most operations won’t want this initial outlay so the next option is to use 6” wear plates on the outer edge before you need it. You can buy off the shelf options but these are fairly lame only covering 50mm on outer edge. Use some callipers to measure flighting thickness and you will find at least 4” cover is required.
For DIY try using 6mm plate over entire flight, a box of 9” and 4” grinding disks and a lot of swearing and a few 4t bottle jacks, a couple of boxes of welding rods and you’ll be pretty happy for a few years on a family sized farm.
With a new workshop nearly fitted out (not sure that will ever end!) we are happy to quote on replacing or rebuilding your auger for a vertical tub mixer. And yes, the Summer months are better to do this work, not the week before winter feeding starts!!
We cover all of the UK and need about 5 day turnaround with a push. We will try and tie this in with other work to keep freight costs down.
If required we can pick up, complete repair and refit...job done! We have a 140T working capacity press and can press up to 20mm hardened plate.
Call Sam Owen 07528 436 163 or drop us an email [email protected] or visit www.owencattle.com for an overview on what we get up to.
