Combines Hugger Feederhouse feeding

[NDDan]

We have to add flighting to auger. If left and right flighting does not intersect a common line around auger there will be a dead area where material will pack in. Adding flighting keeps it clean and flowing well. Also check to see you have the floor filler kit. It is a panel that bolts in just behind auger and tilts floor all the way to feed chain floor. It prevents the pocket between the auger and chain. Could be just what you need in them conditions. Good luck

 

[keith]

agco has a kit to slow the auger down. it help with the over feeding of the auger so the feederhouse chain will take the trash in not just to leave it floating there.

 

[Mike]

We had the same problem. The newer heads have flighting run all the way to the middle. We wore out a slip clutch on the head auger in the first 300 acres. It rained. I brought the head home and cut about 8" of flight on each side and welded a 3" tall 1_4" plate paddle on one side. We made the paddle shorter than the flight for fear of throwing ears back out. It is much more aggresive and once we got into standing dry corn you don't have that pile of junk floating in front of the auger. It will throw a few ears out if you are picking point rows on the ends, but as long as you have corn feeding the center two rows you won't have an issue. We are going to add a paddle opposite the first this winter. Use good steel and weld the flight end you cut off and add some gussets to the flight and the paddle and you should be set.

 

[NDDan]

Are you talking 12 row MikeIJ I've seen some talk on hear in the past on material jamming against center auger bearing support before getting delivered to feed chain. I have not been around 12 row so don't know how far flighting goes and they could well need a kicker to deliver material to chain prior to bearing. We have only eight row heads and all of them do not have flighting intersect a center line. Some of the material from left and right flighting would meet in the middle 4" where there is no flighting and stall. This would hold up flow and material would built in front of that area. All I did with all them heads is extend flighting to intersect a common line around auger and problems are gone. I didn't try a paddle or fingers for I could remember that sort of set up in the past throwing cobs out. I have a guy that had a green head on his Gleaner and he made a big cover over the top of the paddle area to stop throwing the cobs out. The floor slope panel between auger and chain is also a big plus to keep material flowing smoothly. Maybe you could take a peak at your head if it was an eight row to see if you can tell how far the flighting had gone. We are not in heavy duty corn country but all the Huggers that are around hear did not have flighting go all the way to center before I got to welding some flighting on. I got onto the flighting all the way to a center line by what we had to do to the old 4" flighting rigid head to feed mass quantities under and threw finger area to feed chain. Catch you later.

 

[NDDan]

Are you talking 12 row MikeIJ I've seen some talk on hear in the past on material jamming against center auger bearing support before getting delivered to feed chain. I have not been around 12 row so don't know how far flighting goes and they could well need a kicker to deliver material to chain prior to bearing. We have only eight row heads and all of them do not have flighting intersect a center line. Some of the material from left and right flighting would meet in the middle 4" where there is no flighting and stall. This would hold up flow and material would built in front of that area. All I did with all them heads is extend flighting to intersect a common line around auger and problems are gone. I didn't try a paddle or fingers for I could remember that sort of set up in the past throwing cobs out. I have a guy that had a green head on his Gleaner and he made a big cover over the top of the paddle area to stop throwing the cobs out. The floor slope panel between auger and chain is also a big plus to keep material flowing smoothly. Maybe you could take a peak at your head if it was an eight row to see if you can tell how far the flighting had gone. We are not in heavy duty corn country but all the Huggers that are around hear did not have flighting go all the way to center before I got to welding some flighting on. I got onto the flighting all the way to a center line by what we had to do to the old 4" flighting rigid head to feed mass quantities under and threw finger area to feed chain. Catch you later.