grain auger

The 50-year-old was using a grain auger when his left arm became caught up in the machinery.

Grain augers should not be run at a high rate of speed, especially if they are not full.

He was disabled at the age of seven when his arm got caught in the blades of a grain auger.

No power grain augers in those times!

They are also used around the farmyard to run chippers, grain augers, and conveyors.

Grain auger movers are another key addition for peak season workers who aren’t as robust as they used to be.

The modern grain auger of today's farming communities was invented by Peter Pakosh.

Brandt Electric designed and built innovative products including one of the first grain augers available in Canada.

As a rule, silos are emptied with a grain auger, usually permanently installed in the silo.

At the age of seven, he lost his left arm when he lost his balance putting corn into a grain auger.

The company produced the Farm King line of grain augers, snowblowers, mowers and compact implements.

Mr. Haslekaas painted the church with a neighbor, hoisted in a 30-gallon drum of paint that was suspended from a grain auger.

Later grain transport would use metal reinforced cardboard which was nailed over the door and could be punctured by a grain auger for unloading.

The trailers are then unloaded into low-profile grain augers for transportation to, and long-term storage in, grain bins, also known as silo's.

It discusses rescue equipment that may be needed for extrication from various types of farm equipment, including tractors, power-take-off shafts and grain augers.

A grain auger may be powered by an electric motor; a tractor, through the power take-off; or sometimes an internal combustion engine mounted on the auger.

In 1947 Peter Pakosh, while working for Massey Harris, built the first grain auger in the basement of his Toronto home.

In contrast to traditional hard grains such as wheat, oats or barley, these pulse crops are seriously damaged if they are handled with a traditional grain auger.

Amongst other uses, 'Wing' engines were also fitted to dragsaws made in Ballarat, Victoria and grain augers in NSW.

Today Kinze is a leading manufacturer of row crop planters and giant grain auger carts and one of North America's largest independently owned farm equipment companies.

Other key agents of fatal and non-fatal serious injury include other mobile plant, vehicles, motorbikes (particularly 4 wheeled - ATVs), horses, grain augers and posthole diggers.

Bolted steel silos of limited height can be filled using a fixed or a mobile grain auger, or a pneumatic grain conveyor, but higher silos need a bucket elevator.

Produced by: Pennsylvania State University V-114 Auger Rescue 22:00 Minutes VHS English This video describes how accidents involving grain augers occur.

Pakosh, however, went on to design and build a first prototype auger in 1945, and 8 years later start selling tens of thousands under the 'Versatile' name, making it the standard for modern grain augers.