How many bushels?????

gmccool · May 14, 2018

I was talking to a friend & he mentioned that his friend has a auger that is 16" x 105'. How many bushels of corn or beans ect. would be in the auger if it was running at full capacity??? Any body good with math & volume & bushels conversion. Thanks Gerald

johndeere720GA · May 14, 2018

guessing that the drive on the flighting it probably 2 inches. That leaves 14 inches. pi*r^2 = area 3.1416*7^2=153.9 square inches area. 153.9*105=16159.5*12=193914 cubic inches. 2150.42 cu inches per bushel. 193914/2150.42=90.17 bu.
so somewhere around 90 bushels.

Bob Bancroft · May 15, 2018

I'm not going to do the math. But are you figuring a tube full? The tube, at best, when operating at full capacity, will be maybe half full, probably less. Then the angle is going to affect that too.

hydro70guy · May 15, 2018

I know a 13" will fill a truck in 10 minutes so thats a 100 bushels a minute. The angle of the auger is biggest factor in capacity.

BarryfromIA · May 15, 2018

What does he use for power?

RWT · May 16, 2018

The guys I work for have a 13" 105. It's rated at 125 hp. Dry grain would actually take less. A hundred would probably run it.

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