Combines 1480 questions

I'd say you're at capacity on that elevator assuming you're swallowing 6-30's. My 1680 would bog in that kind of corn at those speeds and it had a larger elevator leg. The 2188 now has a two speed sprocket on the clean grain for heavy corn. Don't know if it can be retroed to older machines and if so what the ramifications might be. As to changing to the bubble up, I'd say no since those are on combines with larger legs, but that's only a guess.

We had and older 1480 that someone had put the bubbleup auger on and it worked alot better also there is a faster drive spocket for the 1480 if you di=ont already have it

Adding the tube for the moisture sensor will cause the slip clutch to rachet especially on higher moisture corn. Try adding a second leveling auger flight to the cross shaft and shove it in the tube.

Your dealer can get you a solid cover that bolts under the existing perforated trough, so you can have it on there for certain crops_conditions, or remove it for others. You could also get a whole new solid trough to replace your perforated one, but it would be more expensive to buy and more difficult to switch back if you don't like it. We use a perforated trough for corn, soybeans, and edible beans, and then cover it for small grains so that they don't fall through, but I guess I don't really know which would actually work better for corn.

next post is right but remember the more holes in screens you pull grain across the more fines you will have. rotarys don't have that many fines to get rid of. in the corn belt not many people use screens.

I'm not sure what it would be worth, can range anywhere from $30,000 to $50,000 depending on hours and condition. We paid around $30,000 with trade of a Massey 750 for an 1981 IH 1480 with the updates making it equal to a 1688. You should be able to handle 50 bu beans with your head easily and could probably run around 4 mph, pretty much depending on how fast your sickle can cut the beans. I would think with the 8r corn head you could run from 3-4 mph. Hopefully that will help you out some.

I knew of two in northern Indiana this fall both w_o chopper and around 3500hrs, owners were asking 15,000 to 17,000. I would like to think mine was worth that even being better equipped- chopper, mudhog, fore_aft valve, maur bin extensions, but I would guess 12,000 would be more realistic. This is my second year for 25' head in beans, normally I don't try to run over 3mph. As for the 8 row head 3 years ago we used a 1083 in some 140 bu corn, at 4.8mph we were overloading the clean grain elevator. Hope this helps.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but your 1480 doesn't have the extended sieve unless you lenthened the combine frame; so your close but not equal to a 1688.

I was always told that bin extensions were a no no no on the 1480 due to final drives being a little too light. Plus, we run a 883 cornhead which is plenty heavy to start with. How do you get along with them, what size are they, and did you do any mods to the machine to begin with. Chads

We added the extensions just last year and try to use them only as emergency room if we are waiting on the wagon, seems that the capacity w_ extensions is about 257 bu. As far as I know the final drives are original, but I too understand that extensions arent recomended. Otherwise everything else is pretty much standard.