Combines Case IH 2366 feederhouse refeedingIJ

If your concave is set at 1 try to open it till 2-3 and speed up rotor a little. I had the same trouble and it helpt alot. My english is not so good but i hope it make sense

hi ski-wize try looking at a new front drum made by a person hear in aus ask for info on his posifeed drum it may help you to get all that green feed into you roterIJ his email is stevden@wimmera.com.au this may help you

When you are running that much material through it you should raise the front drum of the feeder chain to the top notch.

Wow, thats the most detailed post of a problem I've seen. Thanks! In your owners book there is a distance setting that the front retarder drum needs to be away from the header plate. If this distance is too great, the chain cannot pick the material away from the header auger. This will cause the material to feed in slugs. When it feeds in slugs, the rock rotor cannot take it away fast enough and it can refeed. It is a seperate setting from the heighth distance. Next, I would make sure the feeder chain is at the proper tension. If it is too tight, the same problems can occur. It will not pull the green material up the feederhouse in a smoothe fasion due to the added drag of the material on the feederhouse bottom. I've seen some people have a problem with the chain and they take a link out and then just back off the tensioner to connect the chain. That does'nt work. It pulls the drum back way too far from the header. When the feeder plugs and you look inside, has any straw rapped on the drive shaft and sprocketsIJ If the sprockets and stripper plates have worn and material is rapping, it wil cause the chain to tighten and the rapped matrial will carry stuff over the top and refeed. Some times with the rock rotor being there it will only allow a small amount to rap and then clean until the next slug comes up. If your massy did'nt have any extra stone protection, and your area is fairly clean of rocks, (sounds like it may be if you're growing alfalfa) then remove the rock rotor system. The rock rotor can be a capacity limiter for sure in some conditions.

Well it sounds like all of the other posts have covered most of the different choices. I live in central wy and we harvest most of our barley and it is unerseeded with alfalfa. I run draper heads so we may get a more even flow and feed, but alot of times it is better to have the grain swathed then once it is all dried down you can go thru it like a breeze. They also make a serated more aggressive blade for the rock trap i am not sure if that would do you any good or not. Well good luck to you..

We encounter this problem too, as many oats are under seeded as a way to establish new forage seedings.let me expand on several of the very good comments already posted. 1. Adjusting the feeder house so the front roller is as far forward and the chain is properly tensioned is critical in this situation. 2. Check to see that the bottoming stop on the front roller is all the way down because the green material is sticky and will roll up rather than slide if the gap between the chain and the bottom of the feederhouse is opened. 3. double check the knike sections on the cutterbar as even a few dull ones will start bunching at that point, and once started the bunching seems not to ever even out .If you have a lot of this kind of cutting You might want to look into changing the number of knife strokes per minute by changing the drive pulley ( scroll down this board for that discussion) good luck

Make sure the bottom of the auger trough is smooth and not sticky. Old-timers used to polish the bottom of the auger trough and feeder house with a brick dipped in a pail of water. Check the hinged feeder plate at the top of the feeder just in front of the rock trap. The hinge wears through and will cause material to stick. Sometimes if you have a plug-up caused by back-feeding it is very important to be sure you have all dirt and fine green material completely removed from the feeder. Not a nice job. Good luck. CardaleBob

The posifeed roller is now distributed by loewen, We have one of these in a 1460 here in the UK and it definately helps the feed in any conditions.

Thanks to everyone for the helpful hints. Managed to finish the job yesterday, in spite of plugging it 8 - 10 times. Thank the lord for feederhouse reversers! Thought I nearly burnt it out the other day when I over extended it's use and it locked up. Once it cooled down it worked again. Hope to look closer at this issue before soybeans. I also wonder about the header auger and the fact that it can raise with reel to clear material. Is it possible this thing floats up and cross feed slows down and bunches in tough conditionsIJ Thanks again for the great information!

You need to watch were the auger rests at each end. After a few years dirt starts to build up and prevents the auger from sitting as low after each time you raise and lower the reels to the very top. This increases the cutoff distance with out you reliazing(sic) it.