NECO Grain Augers

[acem]

 

Just bought an old NECO grain auger and have to pick it up pretty quick to start rice harvest.  Was looking at our options on repairing the ones we have and wife suggested I look online.  Bought it on auctiontime for a little of nothing...

It's the kind where the gearbox is in the auger tube and the grain flows around it. Never been around one like this before 

anything I need to know about that type?

here's a pic I snagged online from a brochure.

[Dirt_Floor_Poor]

I’ve seen a few NECO augers, but none of them had that gearbox like that. 

[tractorholic]

Never heard of such a setup

[farmer john 8910]

I have a couple of them and they work fine. Not sure what’s inside that makes the grain flow around the gearbox though 

[McCormick 40]

15 hours ago, farmer john 8910 said:

I have a couple of them and they work fine. Not sure what’s inside that makes the grain flow around the gearbox though 

The grain just gets pushed past by more grain pushing up, so if the grain is sticky it either pulls hard or jambs.

[jass1660]

Had a 10” mayrath with gear box internal never an issue. 

[bitty]

There was a Mayrath junk auger on the farm here when we got the place 35 years ago. It was full of wasps when we towed it in from the fence row to scrap it 

[nepoweshiekfarmalls]

Slightly off topic, but still auger related.   My Grandfather purchased a new Westgo brand auger when he built the first modern corn bin with dryer.  It is a green tube with red undercarriage.   What made it unique was the fact that the flighting was suspended from carrier bearings in the tube.  Most augers, the lighting runs directly on the floor until the grain raises them up during movement.  If a bolt broke between auger sections,  it was a pain to pull the auger out.  Mostly, that auger was trouble free over the years.