Northern Rancher
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If you have three phase power-the Canadian dealer has a good price on one set up for it. The guy ordered it then found out he didn't have three phase.
Silencer Chute
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Cedarcreek
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All he needs is a rotary phase converter, then he could run it on single phase power. Just Google it and you will get all kinds of information.
I'm not sure how much HP is required but if it is 10 HP or less ( probably about 1 HP I'm guessing ) you can just replace the motor.
I made my first "Phase converter " about 40 years ago. I hooked up a salvage 20 HP 3600 rpm three phase motor and a 1 HP single phase motor. Turn power on to both and the 1 HP was mounted to a board with a hinge. Fan belt to spin the three phase motor pushed down with foot to spin thew big motor then lift foot so belt comes off and shut off the single phase motor - - - ran a small machine shop like that for several years.
Later I found I could hook a bank of capacitors to the third leg and eliminated the single phase motor. Used the same 20 hp 3,600 rpm motor as a phase convertor for probably 30 years in the machine shop with no problem.
Now it is only used at harvest as we could only get 10HP out of the 200 amp service at the dryer and we wanted a bigger auger so we fire up the 20 HP phase convertor then a 20 hp three phase motor and we can really move some grain in a hurry! Electric bill dropped to about 1/2 of what it was when we used the single phase motor!
The 3,600 RPM three phase motors can normally be bought for salvage prices as many factories are going out. Just make sure the motor you use is bigger or the same size as the largest motor you want to use. The higher the RPM of the motor you use for the convertor the smoother the power out will be.
Hope I did not confuse the thread but thought someone might need this info as power requirments keep getting larger and three phase can be quite costly!
I made my first "Phase converter " about 40 years ago. I hooked up a salvage 20 HP 3600 rpm three phase motor and a 1 HP single phase motor. Turn power on to both and the 1 HP was mounted to a board with a hinge. Fan belt to spin the three phase motor pushed down with foot to spin thew big motor then lift foot so belt comes off and shut off the single phase motor - - - ran a small machine shop like that for several years.
Later I found I could hook a bank of capacitors to the third leg and eliminated the single phase motor. Used the same 20 hp 3,600 rpm motor as a phase convertor for probably 30 years in the machine shop with no problem.
Now it is only used at harvest as we could only get 10HP out of the 200 amp service at the dryer and we wanted a bigger auger so we fire up the 20 HP phase convertor then a 20 hp three phase motor and we can really move some grain in a hurry! Electric bill dropped to about 1/2 of what it was when we used the single phase motor!
The 3,600 RPM three phase motors can normally be bought for salvage prices as many factories are going out. Just make sure the motor you use is bigger or the same size as the largest motor you want to use. The higher the RPM of the motor you use for the convertor the smoother the power out will be.
Hope I did not confuse the thread but thought someone might need this info as power requirments keep getting larger and three phase can be quite costly!
Northern Rancher
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The Waldorf just ordered one but perhaps we csan take that motor and cheapen up the deal on ours. Can't wait to test it out.
Faster horses
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You can't wait to run cattle through a chute? :shock:
That surprises me.
That surprises me.
Northern Rancher
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We have 900 cows to tag can't wait to have the hydraulic chute to help with that.
per
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A couple of good team ropin' hands could cover that in a couple of days. No need to get all mechanical on us. :wink: 8)Northern Rancher said:
Northern Rancher
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I lump team ropers right up there with quad vaquerros lol.
Big Muddy rancher
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per said:
Just think of the horses that would be broke to rope off when all 900 are tagged.
Northern Rancher
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We have done our yearlings that way at home a few times-not sure if the boss would go for it or not. You'd sure make horses in a hurry lol.
per
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I would pay to see an attempt at tagging 900 cows out on the range. It would take a while.Big Muddy rancher said:per said:
Just think of the horses that would be broke to rope off when all 900 are tagged.
Northern Rancher
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That would be more like a miniseries lol.
Faster horses
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We know you can AI at the end of a rope, so why not tag 'em that
way too?
Kidding. Just kidding. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
way too?
Kidding. Just kidding. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Northern Rancher
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Boy you'd be famous if you did it though-maybe not for being especially smart lol but you'd be famous.
Faster horses
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Here's a thought. I wonder which way would be more silent. Roping them or using the silencer chute? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: