Poly or Steel Augers?
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Replaced augers in my drill last year, steel - poly. Had my hired guy seeding and he forgot to turn on fan for a few seconds and plugged the primary lines, the augers kept turning with out shearing off the shear pin, it total destroyed the poly augers.. I switched back to steel.
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I think it depends what and how much you are putting through it. I wore out poly augers in one season on my urea and phosphate tanks, other ones were fine. The poly augers are better for staying on rate with treated seeds but so are the PDM ones. If you are putting abrasive product like 11-52 through I would go to steel, just need to clean and oil them good after use.
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I put through a lot of product/acre in 6000 series - really not sure about earlier series. I have issues with every kind of auger they make and have every kind in cart - plastic ones flair and can get stuff jammed in between. Replaced clutch on steel high output one last year. Guess if I had it figured out would switch, but I think steel are better. There lots of other things that I think affect Bourgault augers - consistent blend, consistent speed, volume, etc. I find peas tough enough and have no idea how people manage with faba beans, but some seem to.
I put through a lot of product/acre in 6000 series - really not sure about earlier series. I have issues with every kind of auger they make and have every kind in cart - plastic ones flair and can get stuff jammed in between. Replaced clutch on steel high output one last year. Guess if I had it figured out would switch, but I think steel are better. There lots of other things that I think affect Bourgault augers - consistent blend, consistent speed, volume, etc. I find peas tough enough and have no idea how people manage with faba beans, but some seem to.
We had a heck of a time one fall putting on Urea and Ammonium sulfate it was sticking so bad to the steel tube, but not the poly auger.
The new ones are poly lined tube with poly auger and nothing sticks to them, thus maintaining a constant rate.
The steel augers last longer but are a pain to get an accurate rate, especially if you switch between fertilizer and seed. The augers need to be polished up a bit first or else your rate is way off.
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I would use poly for urea and ammonium sulphate. It does stick really bad to steel augers and cause rate to be way off. They get cupped real bad at first but then seem to stay there. Do not use poly auger for peas or beans. When they get cupped on the outer edge peas get between them and auger housing and it acts like a feed grinder, splitting allot of your peas and trashing the auger.
Use stainless for your seed. And stainless has been ok for me with 11-52-0 also (a little build up but not bad)
Use stainless for your seed. And stainless has been ok for me with 11-52-0 also (a little build up but not bad)
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