Lunding grain stirrer

[Longpod]

We were thinking of investing in a Lunding grain stirrer. It would be the 3 phase 4.4kw with 2.5m auger. Has anyone got any experience with these stirrers? They appear to be cheaper than the grain butlers. Thank you in advance.

 

[Bovril]

Check out grain butler.
https://bdcsystems.com/product/grain-butler-stirrer/

 

[B'o'B]

We were thinking of investing in a Lunding grain stirrer. It would be the 3 phase 4.4kw with 2.5m auger. Has anyone got any experience with these stirrers? They appear to be cheaper than the grain butlers. Thank you in advance.

They work, but they make you work too! It's a slow old job to do it properly. Wheat and barley are not so bad, but peas are really hard work and I had to completely re design the auger to get it to work with them.

 

[Neddy flanders]

we have one. great bit of kit. yes they make you work but great with wooden floors. 20% wheat isnt such a worry that it used to be. (will be used alot these next few weeks)

 

[shakerator]

I like stirrers on floor dryers as can put as much heat as needed through the fan to get better & quicker equalisation of the drying front , ie not 7% at the bottom and 20% above full of condensation & compacted layer

 

[shakerator]

They work, but they make you work too! It's a slow old job to do it properly. Wheat and barley are not so bad, but peas are really hard work and I had to completely re design the auger to get it to work with them.

wider auger flights?

 

[solo]

I have a single phase one here with a 90cm auger which is available for sale. Could
be modified to suit.

 

[warksfarmer]

We were thinking of investing in a Lunding grain stirrer. It would be the 3 phase 4.4kw with 2.5m auger. Has anyone got any experience with these stirrers? They appear to be cheaper than the grain butlers. Thank you in advance.

We had two made for us. I think they were £1500 each. They work either as a pair in tandem or separately but they aren’t automatic so you have to run them. Generally you can stir about 500 tonnes per hour at anything from 4m deep down to whatever length of auger you put in. The different sizes augers I think are about £200 each.

 

[chickens and wheat]

we have the 3ph same stirrer, labelled dan agri, if the top of heap is all but level it will drive itself you need to be there to turn it and correct the steering,

I added a removable jib to the grain pusher, so as to place and remove it from the heap, otherwise its a heavy beast.

definatly speeds up the drying times, I share ownership of it with two neighbours, its not really been used in last 4 years

 

[snarling bee]

We had a grain butler but I have better things to do with my time. We tend to only harvest below 18% anyway. We also found it left a crust 30cm thick about 30cm below the surface. Others have not found this. Each to their own.

 

[EdC]

I've been following the threads on this and the grain butlers with interest. I've got the opportunity to buy a single phase lunding grain stirrer (90cm) and I was wondering if that would go deep enough or if I would be better getting a 3 phase one with the longer auger? The crust tends to form within the top metre, but I wondered if others had found benefits from having the longer augers?

 

[solo]

The one I had worked ok With the short auger but was time consuming. I found it easier to blow for longer or use the grain pusher to move it. I have since sold it. The longer auger would give move even drying of the whole bulk rather than the air just pushing the damp front up through, with the usual over drying at the bottom..

 

[Bramble]

It might depend on how high you’re storing your grain and what drying system you’re using.

I borrowed a short Lunding stirrer a couple of years ago and it did a great job but we are drying over lateral ducts and only storing at 10-12ft. Our crust was only ever near the top

I ended up buying a really long Lunding second hand, it was really heavy and I thought it was far too long once I saw it. Luckily I swapped it with the chap I had borrowed the one off as he was looking for a longer one. He was storing at at least 4m high using drying pedestals and felt the short one wasn’t moving enough grain.

 

[EdC]

It might depend on how high you’re storing your grain and what drying system you’re using.

I borrowed a short Lunding stirrer a couple of years ago and it did a great job but we are drying over lateral ducts and only storing at 10-12ft. Our crust was only ever near the top

I ended up buying a really long Lunding second hand, it was really heavy and I thought it was far too long once I saw it. Luckily I swapped it with the chap I had borrowed the one off as he was looking for a longer one. He was storing at at least 4m high using drying pedestals and felt the short one wasn’t moving enough grain.

Thanks to both you and Solo for the information.

I'm in a similar position to you - drying over lateral ducts at a depth of about 3m (10ft), so it sounds like I should be able to get away with the smaller one. Historically I've been breaking the crust by hand by shoveling the top foot of grain forwards, but it is always the back of the shed where the crust seems to form the most which involves going 18m back - helps build my muscles though!

 

[Bramble]

Definitely speeded up our drying, it’s a steady job doing the stirring though

 

[Grass And Grain]

It might depend on how high you’re storing your grain and what drying system you’re using.

I borrowed a short Lunding stirrer a couple of years ago and it did a great job but we are drying over lateral ducts and only storing at 10-12ft. Our crust was only ever near the top

I ended up buying a really long Lunding second hand, it was really heavy and I thought it was far too long once I saw it. Luckily I swapped it with the chap I had borrowed the one off as he was looking for a longer one. He was storing at at least 4m high using drying pedestals and felt the short one wasn’t moving enough grain.

How was the chap you borrowed stirrer from managing to dry grain with pedestals? Was he somehow adding heat? Interested.

 

[Bramble]

How was the chap you borrowed stirrer from managing to dry grain with pedestals? Was he somehow adding heat? Interested.

Not sure, I never asked him, it was just what was in his grainstore when I picked the stirrer up

 

[warksfarmer]

I've been following the threads on this and the grain butlers with interest. I've got the opportunity to buy a single phase lunding grain stirrer (90cm) and I was wondering if that would go deep enough or if I would be better getting a 3 phase one with the longer auger? The crust tends to form within the top metre, but I wondered if others had found benefits from having the longer augers?

Waste of time. We’ve been stirring grain for 15 years with both a fixed gantry system and also the grain butler type. If you don’t stir from the bottom of the heap or within a few inches your dry everything at the bottom into under feed grade. It basically over time cooks it. Make sure your auger are the full depth of the heap and stir in all directions to mix. We tend to find that blowing air for a week is fine then you’ll need to stir before blowing again.

 

[ZXR17]

Does anyone have or know of a stirrer for sale ?