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First thing first. I would appreciate it if anybody that disagrees with my post own, or have owned, both Texas Hunter and Sweeney fish feeders over an reasonable length of time.
TEC, do not increase your feeder time if you're throwing 1/8" pellets. If food is regularly floating to the bank, then it's already too much. The normal option would be shorter throws and more often. That does 2 things. One, less potential shoreline pellet loss, and 2, shorter throws bring out the most aggressive BG which "should" grow the fastest. But at one second, you can't go any shorter.
The hopper auger on the Sweeneys is far better than the spin plate on the TH feeders, and at the same time it's worse because it can't be adjusted. TEC, your Sweeney can throw 1/2" pellets and a TH can't reliably throw 3/8" pellets without handyman surgery. A pallet or more of 3/8" pellets experience confirms that to me. The Sweeney thrower speed can be set on each throw time, and I recommend FS which is full speed. What it can't do is slow down the auger to handle smaller 1/8" and 3/8" pellets, nor a 50/50 mix of both. An auger that handles 1/2" pellets literally dumps 1/8" pellets. The only option I know that fixes that is constricting the hopper opening that feed pellets directly into the auger. It's easily done by trimming a place of tin, and drilling holes in it to slow things down. That's what I did, and it worked fine. Having said that, I shouldn't have to do that. All that's needed is an independent speed options for the auger and slinger, or better, a factory drop in that constricts the hopper opening. That would allow pellet size adjustments as needed.
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