Combines corn

16.0-16.5 in East Central Indiana. This is unusually dry for this time of year. 30% is not uncommon in mid-October.

I always set knife to 1_32. as it wears it will get wider. It also work much better when thier new and narrow. (last question) as fast as you can sit in the seat. 6 rows 150 bu corn is no chalange for a 1680.

hera is what we do in southern TN.set variable speed pulley with the 3 bolts so it can be sped up or slowed down(we run our header speed wide open though). set grain stop blocks (4total) on tall position. run feeder house chains on the fastest pulleys(same as soybeans) concave clearance set on 12 and you may have to increase that if corn is dry. cylinder gearbox in low gear at about 450rpm. run all forward bars or the hyper set-up.straw spreader in low speed position. top seive about 5_8",be sure to keep bottom seive open enough so grain can go through in large quantities. fan speed 6-7. now, set back and enjoy the ride. there's nothing more enjoyable than strolling through a corn field at 5-7.5 mph in good corn.hope you have the trucks lined up.hope this might help because ilove shelling corn with our 72.

In Reply to: corn posted by R72 on October 25, 2002 at 21:27:53: Cutting corn should be a piece of cake. A corn chaffer would be beneficial if cutting corn better than 100 bushel. Raise the drums on the feeder house and raddle chain to the highest positions, engage the variable speed on the feeder house, set the return to the accelerator roles, slow down the straw spreader, and switch the cylinder gearbox to the low side. If you start with the book settings on the air and sieves, you won't be too far off. These machines are very forgiving in corn. Just don't close the bottom sieve too much. If you have a lot to do, you might consider pulling the cylinder and removing every other row of cylinder bars. We have some neighbors that do this and they can run over 6.5 mph in 230 bushel corn with a twelve row head. Your biggest obstacle will be trucking it away. I need atleast 3 semis and a big grain cart to keep up with my R62 in good corn. Two grain carts would be better. We always try to pick corn under 15% moisture if we are going to bin it. You can pick when there is snow on the ground, but you can plug your sieves if there is snow on the plants and ears. It should be fun once you get everything rolling.

Do I need to run my feeder chains on fast pulleys also in cornIJI have a N5 with 630 head in down corn with corn reel.Plugging chains a lot because of stalks and roots entering.The only hyper mod's left to do are seperator grate,7" rear feed drum and shocks.Most plugging seems to be in the front.The top stop in top setting,bottom stop in middle.Afraid of plugging cylinder or would have done it already.Southern TN also same county I believe.Thanks

I think I would run the chain at the higher speed in your situation. Good luck Tom in MN

The only time snow on the leaves is a problem is when the air temp is between about 25 and 35 degrees F. I havent picked corn with an N_R series in snow but have plenty of experience with l_M series. 25 might be too warm for a rotary because of the continuous tumbling in the cylinder will melt snow and then it freezes in the shoe. Ask me next week when we start corn after the coming snowstorm. Tom in MN

i have had down corn before. the fastest speed on the head and allfeed chains seems to give more aggressive action to get that trash out of the way. that down corn sure makes for a long day.

David run feeder chain in fast pulley, corn header as fast as it will go. Did 200 hundard acres with corn reel last year with feeder drums shocks, never pluged chain.

i gess i will tell you about my two R72's they are running sunnybrook rotor and concave. do i still have to pull the rotor out and leave blanks in it. All revers bars are gone. colin