Combines 1020 settings

[Farm_Kid2]

Rob, See where your final drives are set. There are two sets of holes and most machines come out in the low position. Switching to the high position raises the front of the combine up, which lets the feederhouse go down further, which tilts the front of the header down. I know this seems like the most as*-backwards solution possible, but we stumbled accross this by accident, and now we can cut as low as you could possibly want to. In 12" high beans we can get them in and no pods are left on the stems in level ground. It is hard to even see where the rows were after the machine goes by.

 

[HOT_ROD]

Try raising your header height knob up a little as your feeder and header comes up your knife will rock over closer to the the ground.It sounds wrong but raising your header will cut closer to the ground even more so on the 820 header than 1020 and you might move you feeder housing back some also

 

[JWK]

Farm Kid2, Would this help reduce pushing groundIJ We have extra rainfall in Minnesota and I am pushing ground at times. Thanks. JWK

 

[Farm_Kid2]

Not that I know of. We have trouble with our 1010 header when we cut on the ground and I think it is just as bad now as ever, perhaps even worse because you can really scoop up dirt when the ground is uneven. On beans with the 1020 header I've had trouble at night with material wanting to push ahead of the sickle. It did fine during the day in the same field, but at night it was really bad. That ground was sandy and dry.

 

[Rob]

Thank you, Farm Kid2, for the advice to switch the final drives to the high position. That helps us cut like we should. Rob

 

[Farm_Kid2]

You're welcome and glad to hear it worked! Mike