Self-Propelled Grain Loader Works Great On Ag Bags, Flat Storage

2000 - Volume #24, Issue #1, Page #11

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Loading high moisture corn out of Ag Bags û or other flat storage - onto semi-trailers used to be a time-consuming and back-breaking job for Minnesota farmer Francis Brandenburger, but a machine he designed has changed all that.
  With help from a local machine shop, Brandenburger found a way to mount an auger and a pair of conveyors on the frame of a hydrostatic-driven Uni-Harvester. The resulting self-propelled grain-loading machine loads semi-trailers in minutes without the operator so much as touching a shovel.
  "It works so well that when you're done emptying a bag full of grain there isn't even a shovelful left on the ground."
  Brandenburger provided the design plan, and Dallas Bucholz of Hall Machine Works in Clear Lake, S. Dak., did the building. They worked on the project from mid-December until early May, 1999. Since completion, Brandenburger has loaded half a million bushels with it.
  The pair of innovators started with the tractor section of a New Idea Uni-Harvester, using the main drive to run the additional hydraulic pumps they needed. Everything is hydraulic-driven. One of the main features is a rotating conveyor that uses a swivel taken from a utility company's bucket truck. This allows the loading conveyor to rotate 45 degrees, making it easy to accurately fill both the front and back trailer compartments.
  "We've used bags for several years to store grain and loading out of them was the worst part. Picking up the high moisture corn from the heavy plastic 7,000 bushel Ag Bags was really a challenge. We tried using a vacuvator but it was too slow and high priced, plus it wore out too quick. It was finished after half to three-quarters of a million bushels," Brandenburger says. "This machine can also be used in flat storage or on outside grain piles. It fills a semi in approximately five minutes."
  When Brandenburger wants to empty a grain bin, he removes the cross auger from his rig and slips on a home-made hopper attachment with one bolt. He can then load 1,000 bushels in five minutes if the bin door is wide enough.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Francis Brandenburger, Rt. 1, Box 412, Nassau, Minn. 56257 (ph 320 668-2523).

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Self-Propelled Grain Loader Works Great On Ag Bags, Flat Storage GRAIN HANDLING Miscellaneous 24-1-11 Loading high moisture corn out of Ag Bags û or other flat storage - onto semi-trailers used to be a time-consuming and back-breaking job for Minnesota farmer Francis Brandenburger, but a machine he designed has changed all that. With help from a local machine shop, Brandenburger found a way to mount an auger and a pair of conveyors on the frame of a hydrostatic-driven Uni-Harvester. The resulting self-propelled grain-loading machine loads semi-trailers in minutes without the operator so much as touching a shovel. "It works so well that when you're done emptying a bag full of grain there isn't even a shovelful left on the ground." Brandenburger provided the design plan, and Dallas Bucholz of Hall Machine Works in Clear Lake, S. Dak., did the building. They worked on the project from mid-December until early May, 1999. Since completion, Brandenburger has loaded half a million bushels with it. The pair of innovators started with the tractor section of a New Idea Uni-Harvester, using the main drive to run the additional hydraulic pumps they needed. Everything is hydraulic-driven. One of the main features is a rotating conveyor that uses a swivel taken from a utility company's bucket truck. This allows the loading conveyor to rotate 45 degrees, making it easy to accurately fill both the front and back trailer compartments. "We've used bags for several years to store grain and loading out of them was the worst part. Picking up the high moisture corn from the heavy plastic 7,000 bushel Ag Bags was really a challenge. We tried using a vacuvator but it was too slow and high priced, plus it wore out too quick. It was finished after half to three-quarters of a million bushels," Brandenburger says. "This machine can also be used in flat storage or on outside grain piles. It fills a semi in approximately five minutes." When Brandenburger wants to empty a grain bin, he removes the cross auger from his rig and slips on a home-made hopper attachment with one bolt. He can then load 1,000 bushels in five minutes if the bin door is wide enough. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Francis Brandenburger, Rt. 1, Box 412, Nassau, Minn. 56257 (ph 320 668-2523).

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