Ditch the Buckets and Get a SeedVac™
Gently transfer seed to your planter or drill on a cushion of air.
- Easier than bags or buckets.
- Fast! Fill 16 rows in 8 minutes.
- Gain 2 hours of planting per day.
- Save – buy your seed in bulk.
- Faster planting increases yields.
Once You Own a SeedVac, You’ll Never Go Back
Say Goodbye to Seed Bags
Save your back and your body. Use a SeedVac Bulk Seed Conveyor, and you’ll have no more seed bags to haul and handle.
Faster Planting Means Higher Profits
High capacity seed delivery is now a reality with the SeedVac. Deliver up to 400 pounds per minute conveying soybeans – that’s eight bags per minute!
Easy to Handle and Easy to Use
You’ll be pleasantly surprised by the lightweight, easy-to-handle delivery hose and cyclone. At about 7 pounds, virtually any adult can hold the cyclone and fill your planter.
Fill 16 Rows Without Moving
Fill a 16-row planter without moving your gravity wagon or truck. With 25′ of delivery hose, you’re able to reach all seed boxes on a 40′ wide, 16 row planter.
Handier Than a Brush Auger
Don’t bother repositioning a brush auger. SeedVac saves you time—just hold the cyclone over the planter box and fill.
Bulk Conveyors are a great help when it comes to transporting bulk material from one place to another. From light weight to heavy duty, bulk conveyors come in variety of sizes. They are mostly portable and movable. Christianson offers you reliable, efficient world-class bulk conveyor at the most cost effective prices. The key to handling bulk material is the toughness, quality and strength of a bulk conveyor and you get all of these and more in Christianson’s products.
Models
Using bulk seed boxes? We have several options available!
Applications & Materials
The SeedVac’s versatility extends across agricultural, industrial, and commercial applications, handling diverse materials from seed to specialty commodities with proven efficiency.
Agricultural Applications
The SeedVac excels in farm operations with flexible mounting options. Mount the power unit on pickup trucks to service multiple wagons or trailers with a single unit. For semi-trailers with six bulk boxes, one SeedVac power unit and airlock assembly efficiently transfers seed to planters. Gravity wagon installations feature rear-mounted power units, with some operators adding swing-out booms for improved hose management. The Model 30 SeedVac’s flexible discharge hose extends to reach across road ditches and access challenging locations when filling central fill planters.
Common Agricultural Configurations:
- Trailer-mounted units with side-fitting airlocks and hoppers
- Truck-mounted systems for multi-wagon operations
- Rail-mounted assemblies that roll between bulk boxes for quick variety changes
- Gravity wagon installations for seed soybean handling
Industrial & Commercial Uses:
Beyond traditional farming, the SeedVac serves diverse industries with specialized material handling needs:
- Landscaping & Construction: Spreads pelletized mulch materials for wind, moisture, and erosion control on new lawn seedings
- Corn Stove Supply: Delivers shelled field corn to residential bulk storage containers for corn-burning stoves
- Wildlife Management: Fills deer and game feeders with grain or feed pellets, eliminating ladder climbing with heavy bags
- Aerial Application: Loads helicopters and airplanes with dry insecticides, including mosquito larvae treatments
- Asphalt Production: Injects plastic pellets into asphalt blenders for high-grade paving materials
- Food Processing: Gently conveys coffee beans and specialty commodities during processing phases
Materials Handled:
- Seed corn and soybeans
- Feed pellets and grain
- Plastic pellets and dry chemicals
- Coffee beans and specialty commodities
- Pelletized mulch materials
The SeedVac’s adaptability to various mounting configurations and material types makes it an essential tool across multiple industries requiring efficient bulk material transfer.
Features & Options
Power Unit
The power unit is self-contained with a 12-volt battery (Group U1 battery not included) and electric solenoid control. Eliminates messy hydraulics. Air pump is belt driven.
Air Pump
Heavy-duty positive displacement air pump produces powerful air flow for quick, efficient, and gentle transfer of seed to your planter.
Cyclone and Control
Molded plastic cyclone weighs only about seven pounds and gently discharges seed into your planter boxes. Features a handy waterproof switch for easy on/off seed flow control.
Delivery Hose
Light weight yet durable stainless steel delivery hose is very flexible and gentle on your seed.
Quiet-Pac Silencer for SeedVac
All new SeedVacs are equipped with the new Quiet-Pac silencer to substantially reduce blower noise, especially when the SeedVac is under load.
Quiet-Pac silencing technology, initially developed for Christianson’s VacBoss brand of industrial class pneumatic conveyors, reinforces SeedVac’s leadership position in the bulk seed conveyor market.
If your SeedVac is not equipped with Quiet-Pac, a retrofit kit is available. We’ve made it possible for all SeedVac owners to enjoy the benefits of Quiet-Pac.
11 HP Honda Gas Engine
The 11HP Honda engine features a 25 degree tilted cylinder, Oil Alert, and electronic ignition.
Quick Coupler Connectors (optional)
Quick Coupler connectors for SeedVac make it easy to install or remove flexible hoses from the airlock/hopper assembly.
We recommend quick couplers with all SeedVac installations.
Piping & Accessories
Adapters
Adapters are required for coupling flexible rubber or flexible metal piping. An exclusive Seedcuff™ version for metal flex provides a smoother transition for gentler material handling.
- Available with Male or Female Camlock Coupler
- Available as Stub or Seedcuff only without coupler
Couplers – Camlock
Camlock couplers connect in seconds without separate clamps or bolts. Proper pipe alignment and a good vacuum or pressure seal is assured.
When used with galvanized or stainless steel flex pipe, camlock couplers ensure the correct direction of bulk material flow, improving your vac’s performance and minimizing pipe wear.
Camlock couplers typically are reusable if your flex requires replacement. Reinstall the used camlock couplers on your new flex pipe and you’re set.
Camlock couplers can be used on all makes and models of pneumatic conveyors – just contact us to quote a retrofit!
Couplers – Compression
Use compression couplers to butt-connect straight pipe or stubs. They are commonly used for bin and silo plumbing installations and are available in virtually any diameter. Compression couplers feature a heavy rubber gasket, steel inner sleeve and bolted compression for solid connections.
Couplers – Quick for SeedVac
Quick Coupler connectors for SeedVac make it easy to install or remove flexible hoses from the airlock/hopper assembly.
We recommend quick couplers with all SeedVac installations.
Nozzles – Straight
The aluminum straight nozzles feature 360 degree handle and an adjustable air door. A male camlock coupler welded on one end is used for quick attachment to flex piping.
Available with a detachable cleanup head with skids or wheels for easier nozzle handling. Also uses detachable Bell end for improved performance.
Nozzles – Removable Cleanup Head and Bell
For cleanup applications use the detachable flat nozzle with wheels.
For better performance, be sure to use a Bell end on your nozzle to increase bulk material uptake.
Piping – Aluminum – Straight
Use heavy-duty aluminum pipe that is lightweight yet strong and lasts. Available with camlock couplers for fast and easy pipe connection.
Piping – Flex – Stainless Steel
Tackle your toughest applications with the most flexible and easy to handle metal flex. Constructed entirely of 302 stainless steel, this flex is contamination and corrosion resistant. More durable than galvanized flex pipe, its high-temperature packing virtually eliminates air leaks and provides optimum performance.
Piping – Elbows
Use with compression couplers to butt-connect to straight pipe, another elbow or stubs. Also available with camlock couplers attached.
Elbows are commonly used for bin and silo plumbing installations. All elbows are steel grit blasted, primed, and painted.
Available in 15, 30, 45, 60 and 90 degree bends.
Piping – Flex – Galvanized Steel with Stainless Steel Liner
Constructed of hot dipped galvanized carbon steel strip and lined with 302 stainless steel, this flex measures .038″ thick. It is designed to withstand the most grueling applications. It features high-temperature packing and an Easyflo™ smooth bore to minimize grain damage and reduce conveying friction. Also yields higher capacities, greater pipe strength and a longer service life.
Piping – Flex – Rubber – Standard
A compound rubber flex formulated to dissipate static electricity and constructed with a rigid PVC helix. The standard rubber flex is lighter and more flexible, making it best suited for clean-up applications. When durability and service life is of primary concern, the heavy-duty rubber flex is recommended.
Q-Bit™ Adapter
If you receive your bulk seed in Q-Bit containers, a SeedVac can make planting even easier with the Q-Bit Adapter option. The Q-Bit Adapter slides into place without tools – you can use multiple Q-Bit containers with different seed varieties for more planting flexibility.
Reducers
Carbon steel reducers provide a smooth transition between two different pipe diameters. Available in numerous configurations with or without camlock couplers attached.
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