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Topic: ot - ez trail auger matic forage wagon
Posted By: cob_crusher
Subject: ot - ez trail auger matic forage wagon
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2016 at 5:04pm
has anyone used these forage wagon without apron chain but with auger in bottom. pros cons. if heavy corn silage or haylage will it twist drive sprocket off auger ? does auger rust and rot if not cleaned. i will ask if parts are avail from manufacturer tomorrow. can one use it for hmec or dry shell corn as well. thanks.

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Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2016 at 5:33pm
I've never seen one for silage...have seen them for grain, and they work good!


Posted By: eighty nine
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2016 at 7:16pm
We used one for several yrs. It fed out evenly with corn silage or haylage. (Nice feeding into a blower). Never used it with anything else, but I know several of the Amish used them for sawdust. We broke the cable that pulls the back end of the auger once, kinda a pita to fix. But very reliable compared to other wagons we had. never any auger rust problems , but stored it cleaned out & shedded.    


Posted By: wayneIA
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2016 at 9:21pm
Looking at the picture I found of the E-Z trail, I have two farmhand forage boxes that have an auger in the bottom that goes back and forth, just like the E-Z trail.  Unloads nice and evenly, I have broken a few shear bolts that drive the auger when unloading ryelage, but it works great on corn.  Not the greatest in grasses though, since they tend to pack in the box and not break apart as easily as corn when unloading.  Probably wouldn't work at all for shelled corn, since it would flow around the auger and lock it in so it couldn't start.  Always make sure the auger is under the shelf before loading.  If feeding off of one, be very careful about starting it the next feeding when the auger sat stopped under the load and not the shelf.  When unloading forage grasses (hay, rye, sudan grass, etc.)  don't run the tractor too fast (half throttle is usually OK).  It looks like they possibly bought the wagons from Farm Hand, and changed a few minor details and re-branded them.  On the Farmhand there is a cam (offset lobe) to operate a cam follower that moves a one-way bearing to drive a shaft that moves the auger across the wagon.  When in grasses, and you run the tractor too fast, the lobe will slap the cam follower, since the auger actually moves under spring tension, and it will break the cam follower.  They have their good and bad points, but if cared for and understood on the limitations, they work good.




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