On Sep 15, 5:26*am, wrote:
Hi,

Here's a motorized compost trommel sifter I built:

http://steveandlizthompson.shutterfly.com/

It works great, but after loading two yards through it with a shovel,
I looked at my tractor with a FEL, and thought that there must be an
easier way!


Thanks,
Steve

I would use the front end loader to get the material up high and into
a bin. Then an auger in the bottom of the bin to push the material
out of the bin and into a chute that empties into the trommel. If the
bin has three sloping sides, the auger would not have to be very
long. Alternate would be air driven ram with the piston pvc pipe for
the cylinder.

If I remember correctly, there was something about making augers in
sci.engr.joining.welding a good while back. Ernie was probably the
one who posted how to make them. Or part of a grain auger.

Dan