The HD mover looks exactly like my batco mover. It is probably the best mover on the market with the hydraulic steering. The meridian mover is probably second and and sometimes requires body english to maneuver, but not as bad as the old wheathearts. The meridian auger portion is still the best built and are sneaky fast. Make sure to get the electric clutch, reversing gearbox, and lights. The vanguard 35hp has been excellent compared to the kohlers.

Look for a new non-current and get the same warranty while saving a few $$$.

IMO, a 45/46' is a better load out auger length. Can reach out to better ground in soft conditions and a flatter auger has greater capacity.

 

brandt sc better capacity, made better

 

We have Sakundiak with the old Brandt tracker mover (love it)and Meridian with the 2 wheel mover(lots of shoulder pushing). Both augers with Kohlers on them. There nice augers but the Brandt's do look better built .
Brandt's are Very competitive on price too. Local one at the Deere dealership is $18,700 10x42 with 4 wheel mover and 37hp 999cc Kohler
(they all say 999cc). I've seen the wheat heart cheapest then Westfield then the Meridians, but I guess it depends where you live. Some good deals out there

 

I bought a slightly used 8 * 41, 2 wheel Westfield 1 1/2 years ago. Works fine. Also have a new Westfield 10 * 41 with the hopper built on and the 4 wheel mover. I like the 4 wheel as there is no yanking around to steer it The joystick is too finicky and makes for jerky steering for my liking but probably could do some adjusting, just haven't looked. I wonder sometimes about putting aggressive tread tires on the drives because it runs out of traction if you have too much loose stone and or snow etc. As for quality, I never compared but an auger is pretty basic stuff. A few bearings, flighting and a tube and then some hydraulics for control and operation. I'd say the best way to have longevity is to park it in the shed when you're not using it.

 

We put tire chains on the sp auger in the winter. Works really good (not if you have to go down the road)

 

Wheatheart and Westfield are the same auger, made in the same shop. Apparently the only difference is engine choice and the mover is slightly heavier built on the wheatheart. Bought a new 10x41 with a vanguard engine 5 years ago, electric clutch, works great, haven't touched it. Lots of bu through it.

 

If you are using a 10” auger now, ok. If this is your first 10” auger make sure it will work in your bin doors.

 

I would consider 10-46 just easier for getting under big hoppers

 

Got two 10x40 wheathearts. The older one we have replaced the flighting in it once and also the gearbox. The gearboxes are small on them but we have only had one fail in 8 years. Personally I don’t like the 4 wheel mover with the hydraulic steering on our Batco. The hydraulic steering makes the wheels rigid and if you have ruts to go through it will stop you instantly. We also have a 13” wheatheart swing. For the price of their products we will keep buying them.

 

No flats all hoppers to load out off.

 

With my 27’ hoppers you pretty much need a 53’ to reach under. Depends on how the mover is set up I guess.

Our Brandt 1545 conveyors reach under but you end up with the controls under the bin.

 

Westfield seems lighter built, wore right through the tube with zero fertilizer use. Sakundiaks/Meridian last decades longer before that happens. Brandt is fast and well made however I found their mover has some weak points. The Meridian auger with 4 wheel mover would be my pick for overall durability and performance.

 

Westfield seems lighter built, wore right through the tube with zero fertilizer use.

Ours did the same thing. Couldn't believe it, I never would have thought the tube would wear out, I would of thought it would last a couple flighting changes. I really hate the mover on it, always shimming the motors on the the wheels to get them to mesh properly. I beefed the frame up this year so hopefully that stops it from flexing.

 

We have two 10" wheat hearts with 40hp kohlers, a bigger brant 20-45 belt and now a 12-39 meridian with 36hp diesel pusher

By far the brant has the worst mover on 20-45.. Don't go with that style, for wheatheart I have always liked there older style system, easy to maneuver and quick, as for the new meridian, also works well and handy,

Our wheathearts have worked well over the years, and like someone else said half the price of the latest meridian and than some.. We did have a gearbox go out on the older one, but newer one has been good, flightings is thicker for first few feet giving longer life.. Don't let anyone tell you 35hp is enough to for a 10 inch 40'.. Anything heavy or tough and you will be swearing.. Go with remote clutch, the hopper, and good lights.. Can't go wrong

Got the 12-39 median a few months back and it's pretty quick, close to twice the speed of the 10", and diesel motor has been great so far, starts in cold no problems, don't think I would go shorter than that.. And not longer than 45'

Got a buddy with a 50' 10" and swears at it every time, had to replace motor a few times because lack of hp and clutch a few more.. Just to big a load

 

By far the brant has the worst mover on 20-45.. Don't go with that style, d

Is that the two little drive wheel setup you are talking about? Our 1547 has that and it's atrocious. Brandt has changed to driving the main frame wheels too and are making it to retro fit on the older conveyors too.

We will definitely be putting it on after trying to move ours through the snow for the first time this year, totally useless.

 

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What price range is this one at ??
Remote start and wireless mover looks pricey ! Looks like a nice unit though and at 42’ looks like a long intake

 

I just bought a new meridian 10x53or54. I figure it might be better to have it longer to use on some smaller bins for filling. Have some small bins in a tighter spot. Anyway it has a 35 Vangaurd on it. The reason for buying it first off was I had purchased 2 augers for my dryer setup. 8x61 westfield dry auger and a 8x33 meridian wet auger. After watching both work for 90,000 bu I will take a meridian any day. Reversible gearbox and the smooth running on the meridian is incredible. When the Westfield starts up it is a shakey piece of junk by comparison. I have loaded only 1 load with this meridian and had issues with belt slipping, but that was a set up flaw by the dealer with the engine bracket mounted in the wrong holes. The dealer wanted to get rid of his inventory and this was his last auger in his yard going into winter. I stole it for $17500 with reversible gear box, electric clutch and light package. You can see the build quality difference in how smooth and heavy built this auger is. At first I thought maybe that the 33' I bought was just a lucky purchase with how smooth it runs. This new auger with mover is just as smooth. We had a older Brandt which was a good smooth auger as well but only 8" with my body as a mover. To old to wrestle augers in the snow anymore. Meridian may be more and Westfield might be faster by their claims but I will take an extra minute every load over owning a clanging banging auger any day. Best thing to do is fire the auger you are looking at up. Flick the electric switch and listen to it and watch. My meridian is so smooth and quiet it's scarey. They obviously take pride in their augers to make a flighting run so smooth. Worth the money. Brandt might be good as well Just fire it up and run it IMO.

 

I am wondering how you are making out with the power on this beast! I have the same thing but I can't keep the auger full. It has the new style flyting. I am way under powered with the 35 hp Briggs. I am currently repowering with an old Wisconsin "swather" engine. I found that a 45 ft is a more ideal length for loadout and a 35 hp Briggs handles that one good. The 53 ft is splashing so much. When you load out, the angle of attack on the auger is too shallow and it throws grain terribly out of the hop. My problem was I don't have enough power with the 35 hp Briggs to keep the intake full! The reason I went with a little longer is I wanted to be able to reach some small fertilizer hopper bins which I thought might be good in a harvest emergency situation where you may want to dump an off load into a small bin without moving the big auger!

I am hoping that the 37 hp Wisconsin with a bigger block will be enough! Not sure yet. I have the engine rebuilt and I am just working on trying to "clutch" it. The output shaft is rather large and I can't find an engine clutch so far to fit it. I am hoping to modify the gearbox end and fasten a feeder or grain bin clutch from an old IH 1482 combine. It means modifying the gearbox output shaft so it is still a work in progress. I have always been a big fan of Sakundiak (Meridian) and we don't have any other auger on the yard except for some Farmking swings to load bins!

 

We just bought a 10” Springland It can sure move grain. Looks to be built heavier than other augers.