Combines l 2 straw chopper

[Tom_Russell]

I dont plant dry-edible beans but have run an l2 in soybeans with both a spreader and chopper. My wife and son liked the chopper and I had no strong opinions one way or the other. I would say it depends on what type of tillage you will use. Heavy infestations of stringy weeds like velvetleaf of lambsquarters might plug tillage equipment if they dont go through a chopper first. Otherwise, its a tossup. Regarding power loss, you probably wouldnt notice any. What happens if anything plugsIJ Thats the reason they have monitors. I wouldnt run a combine without a TTll, lll, and lV at the very minimum. One of them monitors the area above the walkers for plugging. I would be more worried about breaking a coolant hose and destroying your engine. That happens quite often and you dont even notice it unless the monitor goes off. We still have some used l2 monitors for sale at very reasonable prices. Email for details. Tom in MN

 

[John]

Just to add to Tom's statement. I plugged my M2 once becauce the wire to the sensor broke near the sensor. I learned to daily open the back access panel and look at and test the sensor flap. It did pull the engine down and it stopped another shaft on the TT system as well as the walkers. I had to shove the chopper forward, dig out the tail end with a bean hook because it was packed tight and open the 4 access doors and use the bean hook and my arms and hands on them to clear the walkers. It took about 3 to 4 hrs. I after that learned to watch in the mirrors for the spray from the chopper too. But normally the TT sensors and horn start going off.