Combines combine in snowIJ

We used to run in the snow quite often, depending on several conditions. If there is alot of snow on the plants it will be almost impossible to keep from blocking the seives, as over time the slush will plug them up. Keep engine compartment doors open as this will allow the heat to escape up instead of saturating the combine and thawing material. Feeding material through frozen works best, as much of the frost_snow can be blown out with a good air blast. Beware of the buildup of snow_frost on the grain pan as this extra weight can crack it. Fabricating a long hoe to clean this and hoeing it off once in a while works. I recall cleaning the pan on our MF 850 every second round in soybeans with a heavy frost on them, just so we could keep going. Depends on which combine you have and how cold the ambient temperature is. Try it and see, Good luck!

Good question!! I have some spring wheat left standing..at about 90 degrees. The older boys tell me back in the fifties somewhere they combined wheat in Dec. when it was frozen. Blew the snow out he back. If it warmed up too much during the day they had to quit. They say it worked but when the grain thawed it was tough as hell. The local Agricore_United says to go up to 18% moisture, pile it on the ground, they'll send out the super b's, and haul it to a dryer. I had some wheat on the tandem that was just under 21% moisture for 5 days. It got too hot to put your hand in it up to your elbow. Of course it was much warmer out then. I think I'd be scared of 21%. I know the feeling though. Most stressfull fall I've tried to put in. Can't stand it seeing it out there in the snow. I tried a swipe in canola the other day...13.4 . Can't touch that tough at all, don't know if I'll get it. Maybe we'll get some indian summer, we sure didn't have any fall.

If your grain is coming in at -2c it will keep for a long time just keep an eye on it once it starts to heat it will very quickly go mouldy try and keep the head above the snow as it can very quickly build up inside the machine and cause serious damage