Combines down corn help

[turbored]

We have seen both set-ups used, but the reels from Kelderman seem to hold up the best and perform very well. Some like to put a set of Roll-A-Cones on the outside divider of the head along with a reel, but I don't know if the addition is cost effective. Good luck!

 

[west_illini]

Several years ago we had the same prob. I made a reel and a pair of cones for the ouside. The reel fed it in and the cones savedwhat would normally fall off on the ground. My cones were driven off the end of the head auger, via twist belt. Worked great, but I did not have bearings (only sleave ) on the bottom of cones.

 

[George]

I had about 110 acres in bad shape after a wind storm,some flat,some twisted and leaning,I ended up doing 90 acres of it going one way,not much fun.I bought a Kelderman reel and it did help a lot,not the magic answer but it keeps the stalks from plugging the head and you in the cab.They don't pickup any corn off the ground,they just keep the flow moving once you get the noses under the corn,don't plan on going very fast.I live in western NY and most farmer who had down corn bought a reel,there are still hundreds of acres still in field to be harvested if snow melts off.Kelderman website www.keldermanmfg.com or phone 1-800-334-6150 Good luck

 

[Silver750]

Three years ago we had a lot of one variety go down bad. We couldn't go 10 feet without plugging the cornhead. Couldn't justify a cornhead reel so we put on our bean head and was able to do a decent job, but it was very hard on the head and put a tremendous load on the machine. That said, I really dont think it would load the machine any more than a cornhead with a reel as most of the stalk goes through the machine anyway under the conditions I'm talking about. This corn was so bad in spots that you couldn't tell where the rows were.

 

[Big_Al]

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