High Capacity Bagger Handles Silage, Grain

High Capacity Bagger Handles Silage, Grain CROP STORAGE Bag Silos 21-5-19 "My high capacity bagger lets you store wet or dry grain as well as silage in oxygen-free storage bags and fill either 8 or 6-ft. dia. bags with just one machine," says Merle Martin, Lititz, Penn. The machine features a hydraulically-powered belted elevator that can be loaded directly from either side. The elevator de-livers feed into a pto-driven, 18-in. dia. auger that sends material directly into the bag. A attachment can be bolted onto the 8-ft. dia. machine that allows it to fill 6-ft. dia. bags. A 6-ft. dia. machine is also avail-able. Martin also makes equipment for using a silo blower roller mill to fill the bagger with grain or silage. A gooseneck equipped with a telescoping pipe fastens with a swivel clamp to the roller mill and a combination bin and dust collector mounts on top of the bagger. "The idea is to crack shelled corn or silage and blow it directly into the bagger," says Martin. "The dust collector swivels to follow movement of the bagger, allowing the bagger to be moved up to 20 ft. without having to move the roller mill ahead. "My bagger is relatively maintenance-free compared to other models on the market. The auger is chain-driven directly off the pto shaft so there are no gearboxes to wear out. The auger has two heavy double tapered bearings on the front end and none on back which also reduces maintenance. The machine is equipped with lights for highway towing." The model for filling 8-ft. dia. bags sells for about $12,000. The attachment designed to fill a 6-ft. dia. bag sells for about $1,000. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Merle W. Martin, Martin Baggers, 446 E. Brubaker Valley Road, Lititz, Penn. 17543 (ph 717 626-4915).

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