Combines K questions

[ewbeye]

You don't need the filler plates for shelling corn at normal moistures (15-29%). Set your cylinder concave height at 3_4 inch and decrease as needed to remove kernels while keeping cobs as whole as possible. Use the 20" cylinder belt drive sheave for speeds of 450-650. Adjust the speed slower for dryer corn and faster if wetter. If the corn is higher in moistures (27-35%),then the filler plates can help keep the cobs from breaking at the cylinder and maybe do a better job of removing the kernels from the cob. Mount them in front of the rasp bar and make sure your lock washers are new each time you mount the filler plates. The filler plates have bolts, lock washers, and nut plates. These nut plates position under the leading edge of your rasp bar while the filler plate is positioned above on the leading edge of the same rasp bar. The filler plates have holes in them. These holes should get positioned over the bolt heads on the front of the rasp bar. The filler bar bolts then get tightened thus sandwiching the rasp bar for a tight mounting. Tighten the bolts, but don't over tighten and flatten the lock washers beyond their limits. If that happens, the filler bar can come loose and *n@!!IJ*@!and**IJ you can tear up lots of items in the cylinder housing!!!!! It can cost you more money than you gained by trying to shell that extra grain from wet corn! I think your K is a 1972 model, but I need to check my numbers to be sure.

 

[ROCK]

I never use filler bars. My corn is too wet if I need to. I agree with ewbeye on when needed. I use the bean drive as not to change between corn and beans. I crank it back with a rpm guage to check speed. Always seem to have plenty of power even in 200 BU corn....cannot go fast because chaffer and sieve are limiting factors to speed.It shells it off fine, but runs over back. Whole cobs do not plug up walkers as bad. If you do not have cob screens I would consider getting them.....worth the trouble (appx $150). I looked up serial n your machine is an early 73 model

 

[Wrenchbender]

Thanks for the explanation! I wasn't sure when you were suppose to use them. Do the ser. ns run concurrent with other models of the same periodIJ My F is a '74 and is n 22128. Just trying to get a handle on how old and number of acres run. It belonged to two brothers that bought it new and used it on a 200 acre farm down the road. It also has a tilting cab mechanism, hadn't seen one of those before! Thanks, WB.

 

[ROCK]

I never heard of a tilting cab....maybe others have. I only assume the serial numbers run concurrent on F's...I do not know. I only have them from the K series. I am sure someone has them for F series....I'd like to see them myself. Thinking of getting an F2 also soon.