JohnDeere8530
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I am in the process of changing the way I handle seed peas, as augers / sucker blowers etc are to hard on them resulting in rejections.
I need to fill two silos side by side. I have an vertical box elevator (chain and paddle) which I can site next to the silos. The height is sufficient whereby I can get a 35 degree fall from the top of the elevator to the silo, so the peas should run under gravity
I am thinking of using large diameter plastic soil pipe (160mm instead of the normal 110) as discharge chutes. Quite a practical solution I thought, as it doesnt rust, its very free flowing and lots of sockets and bends etc are available off the shelf
Before I go ahead, is there an alternative do you think? Also is 160mm (ID) sufficient for 30tph at around 35 degree?
I need to fill two silos side by side. I have an vertical box elevator (chain and paddle) which I can site next to the silos. The height is sufficient whereby I can get a 35 degree fall from the top of the elevator to the silo, so the peas should run under gravity
I am thinking of using large diameter plastic soil pipe (160mm instead of the normal 110) as discharge chutes. Quite a practical solution I thought, as it doesnt rust, its very free flowing and lots of sockets and bends etc are available off the shelf
Before I go ahead, is there an alternative do you think? Also is 160mm (ID) sufficient for 30tph at around 35 degree?