Adding to its lineup of high quality, portable swing hopper augers, Ag Growth International Inc. (AGI) has added Westfield MKX 2 and Hutchinson-Mayrath HX2 series. Designed for fast delivery of ...

Not even a decade ago, four-stroke gas augers and propane augers seemed to be the way we would bore holes in the ice well into the future. But how times have changed! Advances in batteries ...

Generally, smaller augers run at a higher speed. “As you drive to higher torque, the speed usually drops,” notes Peters. You don’t want a 36-in. or 48-in. diameter auger spinning as fast as ...

Repairs to damaged unloading augers are straightforward. If an auger tube is merely dented and the auger flighting isn’t dragging on the dent, repairs can probably be put off until after harvest.

According to descriptions of the machine involved in the accident, inside it rotating augers pull concrete or asphalt through the machine smoothly and extrude it in a curbing shape beneath the ...