windyhill4.2 wrote: ↑Sun. Oct. 15, 2017 8:12 pmThe wall that you currently have a round hole for the auger,my idea would be to remove that section... no round hole... just make a half-moon in a 2x4,screw it fast under the auger for support. That way when you want to take the auger out someday,just unscrew the 2x4 which will be easier then pulling it thru that hole.you don't have to support the very end of the auger tube which means nothing would block access to the end of the auger. Coal will only flow a couple of inches past the inner end of the dog box.Under the dog box would be empty space where you could stick a shovel in under the auger end & pull out some coal periodically to get rid of fines or if oversize object gets stuck in there.
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