Combines neighbors 8010

I'd have to agree that its more of an operator issue. The machines are brand new to everyone and its basically trial and error. As for CNH throwing a combine together I think thats false. Deere came out with their class 8 machine well after the 8010 and 970 were introduced. Although the lose parts that have been reported on the new machines does scare me a bit but still grain coming out of the machine other then where its suppose to be is more likely operator error.

We finally got our feeder chain and combine set correctly for the first day and the only other problem we were having was the extra 2 semi's and second grain cart. This thing is amazing. We had it cutting 4 miles per hour in 220 bu wet corn and it was reading 80 percent on overall engine load. The poor grain cart driver was going crazy. We have the top sieve set at 18 and the bottom seive set on 13. Rotor is running around 480, feeder house RPM is 520. You can select and monitor just about any function, feature, pressure, or measurement a person could think of on the screen. Case is leading the way in combine technology once again. We are completely color blind when it comes to running equipment. It looks like a rainbow on our farm and this combine flat cuts corn.

If his problem had to do with the pre sieve, there is a solution. NH has a fix for that. NH and CIH have been building combines for many years - conventional and rotaries. I think they build a excellent combine. Pretty hard to beat a TR98 or a 2388. I've run a CR this year a bit - beautiful combine. I am sure the 8010s are a good machine as well. As with any new product, there is always a learning curve for everyone - dealer and farmer. This learning curve can sometimes take a bit to overcome.

Why didn't you make the combine workIJ I try to run them as close to 95 - 100% all the time. They sure can perform.

I guess there was no real point, by the time the grain cart got back I'd already been sitting for a minute or two. If I pushed it I guess I would sit for 5 minutes instead of two. like I said, we could push it, but we already have three semi's and I am not buying another one. We already have one grain cart, I'm not sure more and more machinary is the answer. We may have to cut with a neighbor and run both of our carts to get more efficient. heck, we only run two tractors on our farm and the other one is hooked up to the wheat drills.

Farm Boy.....What did you do to stop the feeder house chain from jumpingIJ Also, what kind of head are you running in cornIJ We were talked into adapting our 2200 series corn head to the machine and the incline is too steep...same thing with the crary 36' air head...angle is too steep.

how does the pressure make a difference in grain loss I presume you mean control pressure mines a 280 - 290 should it be higherIJ

Yes I meant control presure 320 is the top end with presure to low the fan and seives all would slow down grain would fill up in the fan and also floated out over seives that happen in beans and wheat havent tryed corn yet tomorrow were going to try it could you give me your starting point seives fan concaves roter speed any help would be appreciated Thanks.

We are using a 2412 corn head. I guess its the only series of corn head that will fit this combine. You can take two approaches to the feeder house issue. Neither of them are the correct one I believe, but it has alleviated some of the pain. The first way we got it to not jump was tighten them equally tight on both sides, and turn the feeder house speed up and the rotor speed up. IT seemed to keep all the trash from building up in a wad and getting between the middle sprockets and the chain where it would jump. I know this is a temporary solution to a permanent problem, but we were willing to do anything. lots of trash was being spit out the feeder house when we did this, but we were trying to get some corn cut and we weren't really losing much so we kept at it. The second thing we did which seems to have helped the most is discarded the case chain all together and went with a manchester chain. CASE sent out a kit which included the four seperate chains and slats that went all the way across the feeder house. There were 18 or 19 slats and they were more aggressive and I think actually pitch corn into the rotor. This allowed us to slow the rotor way up and run the feeder house on its automatic setting. wow, what a difference, no corn or trash was being fed back down the feeder house. CASE knows there is a problem. They are on it.