Combines Any 8680 s doing corn IJ

[Harvester]

There are a few 8680s or Gleaner C62s doing corn up here in ND. You don't want filler bars in the concave, as they will be responsible for more kernel damage and can cause walker loss. You do want the filler panels or plates on the cylinder in between the rows of rasp bars. Not having them can cause cobs to break. For settings, I'd try opening the front of the concave near the MAX setting, with rear concave clearance at 9-10 on the scale, whatever it takes to get all kernels shelled from cob. Cylinder speed of 280-300 is a good place to start.

 

[strawwalker]

Thanks for the info, I've been busy last few days finishing off the soybeans, it's been a tough fall raining every 2-3 days for the last month or so. Now that the beans are finished I will put the filler bars in the cylinder tomorrow because the problem I've been having when switching to corn a few times is cob breakage....I'm also a bit leary on putting all of the filler bars in though because last year when they were all in I had problems with the feeder house chains jumping and breaking bars...seems that the filler bars make the cylinder less agressive in pulling the cobs in. Since then I have put in all new cylinder bars and replaced all of the rear feeder chains so that may have cured the problem. Have you heard of anyone else having feeding problems with their 8680_C62's IJ

 

[Harvester]

I haven't heard of or experienced any feeding concerns with them, but there's always a first time. Couple things to keep in mind though. With a big 8 or 12 row corn head on, it is possible that the combine is taking in corn faster than the cylinder can process it at low cylinder speeds. Try increasing the cylinder speed in increments. Also, the feeder chain slats should be staggered, so that there is not one continuous slat the whole width of the feeder house. This should improve feeding, and if you look at the newer 8680s, that is the way they are coming from the factory now.