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Nubbin
Joined: 21 Nov 2008
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Location: Illinois
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 Posted:Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:06 am Post subject |
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| y'know I have put about 200 bushels of corn thru opur burner, n the funny thing is when I get way low in the hopper, I still see some of the pellets from that first 6 bags we started it with before we got the corn over here, I wonder how long I will keep seeing these - probably till I run outta corn, wondering about those who mix, don't you find the pellets float up and the corn goes right past them? |
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vbgagnon
Nubbin
Joined: 02 Mar 2008
Posts: 63
Location: Maine
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| Posted:Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:11 pm Post subject |
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AAAAARGH!!!!!!!
had about 120lbs in the hopper and the fire went out! This is getting old!!!!!! |
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Nubbin
Joined: 21 Nov 2008
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Location: Illinois
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| Posted:Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:06 am Post subject |
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| I forgot that I didn't fill all the way up the night before, and then didn't get right out ther in the morning, so when I did it was out, thought I was out of propane, but it was just shut off, If it wouldn't of been snowing I was going to wax the sides of the hopper with car wax and get it goin real slick, pellets are worse, but I had at least 3/4 bushel left of corn and it was not goin down. I think real car wax will do it. |
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Nubbin
Joined: 21 Nov 2008
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Location: Illinois
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| Posted:Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:08 pm Post subject |
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the car wax did not help they need steeper walls
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pk
Learner Burner
Joined: 05 Jan 2007
Posts: 37
Location: West Michigan
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| Posted:Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:55 pm Post subject |
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| Before my Maxim, I had a corn boiler that was gravity fed from my bin. Occasionally the corn would not flow so I connected a hand held body massager to the gravity feed pipe (3" PVC). When ever the boiler feed auger would run it would turn on the massager. It worked well. I think you could put one right in the hopper and have it turn on when the boiler calls for the feed auger to run. I am sure you could be inventive in what size and shape of vibrating apparatus you used. |
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jdeere5220
Serious Burner
Joined: 28 Jan 2009
Posts: 730
Location: Michigan
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| Posted:Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:33 pm Post subject |
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My opinion is pellets seem sorta sticky and corn rolls a lot better. That said, the last 10 bushels of corn doesn't want to run out of my gravity box either, I have to bump it for a few days and then climb inside fwhen I'm down to the last last 5 bushels or so.
That vibrator idea is a new one, nice creative thinking!!
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tallcorn
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Joined: 02 Jun 2006
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Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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| Posted:Thu Dec 17, 2009 12:18 am Post subject |
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Watch a dump truck dump their load. They have a vibrater on them to get the box cleaned out.
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SidecarFlip
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Joined: 28 Mar 2008
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Location: Deerfield, Michigan
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| Posted:Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:25 am Post subject |
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| rowerwet wrote: | | vbgagnon wrote: |
Now on to what burns my rear!
When I get down to about 1.5 to 2 bags of pellets in the hopper, they do not fall into the auger hole. |
I'm trying to figure out how to have a vibrator wired into the power for the upper auger motor so I can attach it to the bottom of the hopper to fix this problem. |
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jdeere5220
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Joined: 28 Jan 2009
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Location: Michigan
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| Posted:Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:37 am Post subject |
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They have a power outlet in the hopper on the M250, it's for powering the optional external auger, it turns on periodically to fill the hopper. I would think if you connected that up to some sort of 120V vibrating device you would be good to go.
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gutu
Joined: 27 Jan 2010
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Location: fargo
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| Posted:Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:55 pm Post subject |
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| My dealer said that CB is coming out with a viberator soon to attach to the bottom of the hopper getting its power from the upper auger............. |
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ayrporte
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Joined: 06 Oct 2008
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Location: Eastern Ontario
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| Posted:Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:54 pm Post subject |
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It just like your truck.
Do you wait until it running on fumes to fill or do you keep it at least half full or so
Why wait for it to be empty ?
Keep it filled
The hopper works just like any grain bin it empties from the top to the bottom
Thus you will always have the first stuff you put in unless you completly empty it |
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