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Tractor under fierce pressure with agitator

  • 04-04-2014 10:44pm
    #1
    Grecco
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    Lads I was agitating today, the slurry is really thick with lumps of silage through it for good measure. The tractor is under awful pressure as its only 85hp.
    during agitating I lifted the agitator out of the tank to see if their was any netting/hay blocking it, I noticed that the bottom of the shaft just above the imprelor was very very hot, is this normal ?
    (The agitator is brand new)


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  • #2
    ford 5600
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 206 ✭✭ford 5600


    Grecco wrote: »
    Lads I was agitating today, the slurry is really thick with lumps of silage through it for good measure. The tractor is under awful pressure as its only 85hp.
    during agitating I lifted the agitator out of the tank to see if their was any netting/hay blocking it, I noticed that the bottom of the shaft just above the imprelor was very very hot, is this normal ?
    (The agitator is brand new)

    Add water for a start, if you had 185 hp it would still need it to make the job doable in reasonable time . Also make sure the PTO is in 540, not 1000 speed.


  • #3
    Grecco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Grecco


    Thanks,
    I`ll try that in the morning, I`m just worried that the agitator being new might have a bad bearing some-place in it which is causing the fierce pressure on the tractor


  • #4
    epfff
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    Grecco wrote: »
    Thanks,
    I`ll try that in the morning, I`m just worried that the agitator being new might have a bad bearing some-place in it which is causing the fierce pressure on the tractor

    No silage blocking hole that let's cooling water through


  • #5
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,297 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    what make of agitator ? Usually just a rubber "bearing" at the bottom of the shaft. If the muck is that thick, impelled usually just whizzes away and pumps nothing.


  • #6
    moy83
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    Id say you just need more water . I find that letting a tank of water down ontop of the agitator when its mixing will usually get things moving a bit easier


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  • #7
    A cow called Daisy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭A cow called Daisy


    Ya to above,or add pig slurry if you can get it. Far better to help with agitating and obviously has higher nutrient value. Silage a lot drier this year so slurry is not as liquid as other years. Had you any water/pig slurry in tank before winter started?
    Also, keep eye on water level in radiator of tractor.


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