Followed me home Brent 670

redgreen · Dec 13, 2015

Well here's a follow up to the auction results I posted below. I finally managed to get a grain cart!! Bought a Brent 670 corner auger. Has brand new Firestone 30.5x32 tires, gearbox feels tight, augers look good, didn't see any frame cracks/repairs anywhere. Paid $6600. Anyone have one of these? Anything to pay attention to? Any do's or don'ts? Did I do ok? Thanks

redgreen · Dec 13, 2015

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JD Seller · Dec 13, 2015

Just make sure you have a heavy enough drawbar on your tractor and even then a drawbar support is added safety. You will like the corner auger cart. They are much easier to load a truck with.

Brent Zappe · Dec 13, 2015

Does this mean I should buy one just because it has my first name on it (Brent). It has to be a good buy just because it has my name on it. Thanks for posting the picture.

John_PA · Dec 14, 2015

Excellent price for a corner auger cart!

Be sure to buy U.S.A. made hitch pins to pull it.

redgreen · Dec 14, 2015

How heavy of a drawbar would you recommend? I am never going to have it full out in the middle of the field. It will do some unload on the go to keep combine moving and be an extra truck at the end of the field. Have a JD 7700 MFWA and duals, and a JD 4960 MFWD and duals that are the likely candidates.

JD Seller · Dec 14, 2015

redgreen: You will fill it out in the field. LOL The truck will be late and the combine full with rain coming etc. You will fill it. The factory drawbars are strong but they extend out past the drawbar support a good ways. When you have heavy loads like grain carts and liquid manure tanks you can easily break the drawbar. There are several ways to help support the drawbar better. There are even kits for JD and other companies for doing this. The one from JD is actually found in the planter whole goods manual for use with the larger planters that are drawbar mounted. K&M makes them too. They are called drawbar reinforcement kits I have also wrapped a strong chain around the lift arms and lifted them to help carry some weight. you can make them too. Most go from the front hole where the hammer strap hitch bolts and up to the sway block mounting holes.

The picture is one on a JD 8000 tractor. I could not find a picture of the one for your tractors but they do make them as I sold several of them to guys for carts and manure spreaders.

caterpillar guy · Dec 14, 2015

Looks good. I still think those style look prone to tipping over easy. They are an upside down pyramid. I prefer the kinzie style with the drag auger. I guess it is just a preference thing. I also used the Kinzes when out west cutting wheat. We had 2 1240's and an 840 the 840 was on a 4955 MFWD and the 1240's were on a Stieger 1370 tiger the other was on an 876 Versatile. The Stieger would go anywhere we needed with no problems full. The Versatile was lets just say less desirable. With no duals the Versatile was laid over when the bolt in the middle of the cart auger broke and left the back half not emptied out. The cart would shove the Versatile around on a down hill then we would have to go drag it off the tire so the versatile could get straight again.

Blackhole49 · Dec 14, 2015

Just curious, why do they put tractor lug tires on it?

fixerupper · Dec 14, 2015

We had 3-900 bushel and one 1000 bushel Brent's on the harvest and all I can say about them is they are tough. Those young cart operators pulled them as fast as the tractor could go, With the cart wheels sometimes leaving the ground on bumps when the cart was empty. Having only one auger they have fewer moving parts to break. We never had gear box problems but we did replace the auger on a couple of them because the flighting wore out. One weakness was in the auger hinge area. There is a tremendous amount of pressure on the hinge when the folding cylinder is just starting to lift the auger off the saddle and the hinge structure will start to break. The newer models have different geometry in that area that has reduced the breakage problems. They are more top heavy than a Kinze and our drivers were careful on side hills but we never did tip one over.

fixerupper · Dec 14, 2015

Oh yes, the drawbar. I'm amazed at how much abuse a drawbar can take but they do break. We broke one WITH the Deere support installed. Fifteen years ago on a large farm we were on in Idaho a California crew had a Deere tractor lose the whole bottom casting out of its rear end housing from cart abuse but that crew was absolutely nuts.

ztrmower · Dec 14, 2015

those and getting way down in price simply cause they do not hold a semi load thats all. i used to run them boy they are ground packers and watch the drawbars and sidehills. good luck

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