PPRMJB
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Hi Folks,
Hope this is the correct place to post this, but I have a project I was hoping to get some advice on. I have a Kubota L4330 and am interested in purchasing an older PTO powered feed wagon ( something like this: Kelly Ryan Standard Feedwagon), basically a large hopper with an auger in it and a discharge chute on the side. I would like to use it to fill 7-gallon nursery pots as I run a tree nursery. I will need to run the feed wagon much slower than it would run off the PTO, and also run it for a few seconds at a time as each pot will be filled, and a sapling planted, then passed down the line and repeated.
Based on my very limited understanding of all this, it seems like perhaps getting a hydraulic powered PTO output motor may be the easiest solution to this, and run it off the rear remotes from the Kubota. I am looking for some help with the system layout and sizing of components as I have never worked with any hydraulic systems before. I am not sure what speed or torque I will need from the feed wagon yet, but I'd imagine if it normally runs at 540rpm I'd need it to be down around 100rpm or slower. The potting soil is not too heavy (~25lb/cubic foot) but imagine it would take some torque to turn the conveying auger, the mixing auger, and the discharge conveyor. I'd need a control valve that the operator can turn on to initiate flow of the soil to fill the pot, and then let off to stop flow, and repeat several thousand times (not all in one sitting).
The manual specs on the Kubota are as follows:
Net power: 41.0 HP
PTO Power: 36.0HP/2600 rpm engine speed
Max torque: 107.8 ft. lbs
Hydraulic pump capacity: 9.4 gal/min
System Pressure: 17.7 MPa (~2567 psi I think)
If anyone would be willing to help me figure this out, or point me in the right direction I would be most grateful. My apologies if this is not the standard protocol for this forum.
Thanks,
Max
Hope this is the correct place to post this, but I have a project I was hoping to get some advice on. I have a Kubota L4330 and am interested in purchasing an older PTO powered feed wagon ( something like this: Kelly Ryan Standard Feedwagon), basically a large hopper with an auger in it and a discharge chute on the side. I would like to use it to fill 7-gallon nursery pots as I run a tree nursery. I will need to run the feed wagon much slower than it would run off the PTO, and also run it for a few seconds at a time as each pot will be filled, and a sapling planted, then passed down the line and repeated.
Based on my very limited understanding of all this, it seems like perhaps getting a hydraulic powered PTO output motor may be the easiest solution to this, and run it off the rear remotes from the Kubota. I am looking for some help with the system layout and sizing of components as I have never worked with any hydraulic systems before. I am not sure what speed or torque I will need from the feed wagon yet, but I'd imagine if it normally runs at 540rpm I'd need it to be down around 100rpm or slower. The potting soil is not too heavy (~25lb/cubic foot) but imagine it would take some torque to turn the conveying auger, the mixing auger, and the discharge conveyor. I'd need a control valve that the operator can turn on to initiate flow of the soil to fill the pot, and then let off to stop flow, and repeat several thousand times (not all in one sitting).
The manual specs on the Kubota are as follows:
Net power: 41.0 HP
PTO Power: 36.0HP/2600 rpm engine speed
Max torque: 107.8 ft. lbs
Hydraulic pump capacity: 9.4 gal/min
System Pressure: 17.7 MPa (~2567 psi I think)
If anyone would be willing to help me figure this out, or point me in the right direction I would be most grateful. My apologies if this is not the standard protocol for this forum.
Thanks,
Max
