This week after moving all my coal I was wondering about making a small conveyor belt set up. Something that would move the coal about 10-12 feet through a hole in the house then dropping it into the bin. The auger idea is not workable because the power head would need to be inside the house and there is no clearance.
So anyone made one or have any ideas? Found belting on McMaster Carr.
Thanks!
A Conveyor Belt??
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Here's one idea:
I have seen augers that have no bulky large electric power-heads, they use a much smaller hydraulic motor on the auger shaft and then 2 lengths of hose run to a remote power pack.
I have seen augers that have no bulky large electric power-heads, they use a much smaller hydraulic motor on the auger shaft and then 2 lengths of hose run to a remote power pack.
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Have you thought of moving the motor to the bottom of the auger instead of the head?Kungur wrote:This week after moving all my coal I was wondering about making a small conveyor belt set up. Something that would move the coal about 10-12 feet through a hole in the house then dropping it into the bin. The auger idea is not workable because the power head would need to be inside the house and there is no clearance.
So anyone made one or have any ideas? Found belting on McMaster Carr.
Thanks!
If you have the ability to build a belt conveyor than you should be able to swap the motor around.
If the auger has a good heavy motor on it than it should be reversible. Most farm elevators and conveyors are bottom driven for convenience of maintenance , all the augers I have seen have the motor on the head end to protect it from being damaged while unloading. Since you are most likely shoveling coal into the hopper you would not have to worry about the gravity box or a skid steer bucket running into the motor.
Another thing you could do is to move the motor half way down the tube and drive the head end off a shaft. Would probably be the easiest and quickest way to convert the auger.
Building the conveyor would run into quite a bit of money compared to relocating the drive motor and hopper on an auger.
Dan.
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Conveyor belts are a pain to deal with. If the rollers are just a little out of parallel then it will run off the side.