conveyor project

[Xfaxman]

I did an image search on hay elevators and it looks like you need another stage of reduction added to your log conveyor.

 

[Mendonsy]

At 95 rpm with that 19" roller your belt will still be running about 150 ft/min. That's way too fast. You want something around 30 ft/min.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

What I could do was try a few pieces of firewood and then park the truck there Hopefully most will land in the truck.

LOL

SR

 

[rasorbackq]

I did an image search on hay elevators and it looks like you need another stage of reduction added to your log conveyor.

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Good pictures . Might have to go down to the local farmer and see.

 

[rasorbackq]

Local farmers hay elevator Not sure of the motor rpm but has a 2.5 pulley to a 10" pulley jack shaft to a 1.5" sprocket to a 7" sprocket = 92 rpm at the last sprocket. His elevator is about 40 feet long and takes maybe 25 second for a bail of hay to travel

 

[zzvyb6]

What's your budget? You can buy on ebay an electric motor with a built-in geared reduction to just about any outout rpm. I just got a used one for a hay elevator for about $75. Free shipping.

If low budget, go to a junk yard and look for gas motors from a lawnmower which was self propelled. The output shaft on these have a sprocket to chain drive your unit. A gas rototiller unit will work, too.

If you can get a 12v starter motor hooked up to it, you could run it off the trucks battery for a few minutes with a voltage controller off a golf cart.

 

[zzvyb6]

Heck, why don't you just run it off the Branson? Get a hydraulic motor and spin it directly off of your outlets ?

 

[rasorbackq]

Heck, why don't you just run it off the Branson? Get a hydraulic motor and spin it directly off of your outlets ?

Good ideas! What about belt speed with the outlets.

 

[LD1]

Ok really new to me is chain size. I have #35, #40, #41 and #50 What is the recommended size?

#40 chain would be sufficient, but I dont like chain. At least for the first stage. I like belts for high speed stuff, chain for the lower speed.

Good ideas! What about belt speed with the outlets.

Depends on what Hydraulic motor you use, and what the flow on the tractor is.

I'd just forget all this and get a right angle gearbox. Then a chain from the gearbox to head-pulley shaft

 

[muddstopper]

I have two similar conveyors from a saw mill. Both used electric motors with a pulley reduction and then a gear box. My conveyors are 14ft and 18ft with 12in belts. When its daylite tomorrow, i will get the motor size and speed and try to determine the gear reduction. No use in trying to reinvent the wheel when you can build from a proven design.