Grain Tank Holes

[Loadstar]

I guess I did too good a job cleaning out the grain hopper on the "new to us" 1680. I've found some rust holes down near the base of the vertical auger. This combine has obviously spent some of it's life outside with rotting grain down in those corners. I'm thinking some thin sheet metal and pop rivets would fix it. 

Also got some drone video of the combine at work on the channel. 

 

[poor farmer/logger]

There’s liner kits you can buy.  Our lower bed augers had a small hole

wjer witness worn on the left hand side. I took some sheet metal and made a liner for it. I just pop riveted it in and it’s been holding for 3 years now.  I had some special bin silicone that I smeared in there before hand and sealed it up as best as I could.  

[poor farmer/logger]

What position is your front drum in? I’ve always ran ours in the highest setting.  When we first got it the chain was a bit loose and it might have been in the kid setting I can’t remember now for sure.  When I dropped it down and set the tension then raised it back up to the top position it made a big difference in how our oats fed. 

[Loadstar]

23 minutes ago, poor farmer/logger said:

What position is your front drum in? I’ve always ran ours in the highest setting.  When we first got it the chain was a bit loose and it might have been in the kid setting I can’t remember now for sure.  When I dropped it down and set the tension then raised it back up to the top position it made a big difference in how our oats fed. 

Thanks for the idea. Defintely somethng to look at on mine. 

[acem]

You can gain some time by patching leaks around the vertical auger. 

Eventually the sump will need to be replaced.  The gearcase and all are attached to the sump.  

The sump is available in normal steel and stainless.

[Loadstar]

22 minutes ago, acem said:

You can gain some time by patching leaks around the vertical auger. 

Eventually the sump will need to be replaced.  The gearcase and all are attached to the sump.  

The sump is available in normal steel and stainless.

 

The most noticeable rust holes I see on this one are in the tubes of the cross augers. That area where grain settles and never gets moved unless it is cleaned out by hand or air pressure. In this picture the blue arrows point to it. 

[poor farmer/logger]

Dug back and found the pics I had of ours.  

[Loadstar]

23 minutes ago, poor farmer/logger said:

Dug back and found the pics I had of ours.  

 

Nice patch job. That looks like the same places I see holes in mine. Seems like they could have designed that spot better so that grain could not accumulate there. 

[acem]

21 hours ago, Loadstar said:

Nice patch job. That looks like the same places I see holes in mine. Seems like they could have designed that spot better so that grain could not accumulate there. 

I agree. They have those things you can bolt over those spots but ive heard problems with them too.

Grain drains?

[poor farmer/logger]

22 hours ago, Loadstar said:

Nice patch job. That looks like the same places I see holes in mine. Seems like they could have designed that spot better so that grain could not accumulate there. 

Part of our problem was wear where it transitions into the sump and part of it was rust. Seemed like some of the gaps were pretty big right from the factory too in the one spot.  Silicone had been added there before we got the machine even.   Considering the hours on ours and the amount of grain that’s gone through it I’m not complaining lol.  

[acem]

It seems to me that everywhere I use silicon on sheet metal, it rusts out.

Combine, truck, etc.