Auger in Grinder Problem

nh8260 · Sep 23, 2013

So I got the flighting and paddles welded onto the shaft on my Farmhand F81-B grinder mixer, put everything back together and tried it out but for some reason the paddles are not throwing the ground corn into the main hopper, it is just bunching up back there (mineral box was rusted off and we cut the shaft and put a bearing at the back of the channel tube) It is throwing a little in but not near all of it, I was running the tractor about half throttle, does the RPM"s need to be higher or is something else wrong?

paul · Sep 23, 2013

I tend to run things a little slower than full pto speed if I can, but a grinder mixer needs full rpm to make things work right, the fan paddles make a vacuumed that helps pull the feed, as well as the paddles need to throw the feed with some force.

Could be other stuff, but you need to run a grinder fills speed.

Paul

JMS/.MN · Sep 24, 2013

PTO machines are made to run at rated speed....either 540 or 1000. I"m tempted to say more and give examples.....but seriously, kick it up to what it was designed for! I used to punch haylage into a 90 foot Harvestore with an IH 600 blower, with a JD 4430 cranking 137 hp....at 540 rpm. ok, no more examples....just kick up the rpm to where it should be!

notjustair · Sep 24, 2013

It doesn't have a choice but to go in there. Is the auger able to get it away from the mill? I just had mine out to do a bearing and there wasn't a lot of paddle in there. It works though. As long as it isn't piling up at the bottom of the mill (which I don't think it even can) I wouldn't worry.

I run corn at full tilt, but when I do wheat I run it about half throttle. I haven't noticed an issue getting the grindings back to the tank.

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