Custom Augers And Repair

Custom Augers And Repair Egbers Flighting Company is auger central. They have everything you need to move materials, from custom-made augers and flighting to a wide array of North American and metric yokes and other parts. They offer wear shoes as large as 24 in. to repair worn auger flighting, along with replacement flighting of all kinds, including helicoid, sectional, brush and poly cup. They manufacture, service and ship augers and flighting of every type, including any brand or model of grain cart. “We sell nationwide to customers in pretty much every state and have shipped to Mexico, Australia and even to Japan,” says Mike Egbers. “We have no real limitations in flighting. We’ve been able to provide anything that has been requested. That includes augers. Our biggest yet was 40 ft. long and 60 in. in diameter. It was a screener for lime.” On the more conventional side, Egbers manufactures and markets augers under the Peck brand. These include direct-drive farm augers up to 12 in. in diameter and 102 ft. in length, as well as custom pit augers for grain elevator legs. The latter can be as large as 20 in. in diameter. “Just tell us the bushels per hour desired, and we accommodate from there,” says Egbers. Egbers Flighting Company is a multi-generational, family-owned company with roots in a 1920s blacksmith shop. By the 1930s, the family was making a name for itself, providing welding services and equipment repair. They began making 6 and 7-in. augers in 1969 and, by 2000, were producing 12-in. portable grain augers. One service that sets the company apart in the auger repair industry is its homemade 20-ft. auger-balancing machine. Balancing is important for unsupported unloading augers found on grain carts and combines. “We drew it up, designed and manufactured it ourselves in about 2001,” says Egbers. “We bought the electronics from another company but mounted them ourselves.” Most Egbers customers for auger reflighting and balancing come from Nebraska and surrounding states, as well as North Dakota and Minnesota. “Our in-house customers bring their worn-out grain cart augers, and we cut the old flighting off, put on new, and then balance them,” says Egbers. “Even welding shops that buy flighting from us and install it themselves will often bring the reflighted auger to us for balancing.” For folks needing new flighting, Egber’s website makes it easy to provide the required specifications. It features a diagram with clear instructions for measuring pitch, right/left hand, outside and inside diameter, and thickness. Wear shoes for repairing worn flighting are made of 3/8-in. plastic with pre-drilled holes for easy installation. Drill matching holes in the existing flighting, then mount and screw on the provided hardware. Shoes are measured by outside diameter and are available in sizes from 6 to 24 in. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Egbers Flighting Co., 324 County Road 24, Hooper, Neb. 68031 (ph 402-567-2773 or 800-462-2588; www.egbersflighting.com).

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