Combines What speeds are you running feed chains atIJ

[Eric]

We always change speeds. It only takes a second to change. Well, maybe 30 seconds. However there are speedup kits on all our machines.(bigger two groove pully on front shaft of feeder house) It seems with lTMs we could not always feed the front chain in certain condictions in wheat with out the kits.(especially with 800 series heades) We can still have a chain jump once in a while, usually in very tough grain or beans. It seems to me if we ran the chains on high in corn it would shorten the life of the chains even more.

 

[Eric]

We always change speeds. It only takes a second to change. Well, maybe 30 seconds. However there are speedup kits on all our machines.(bigger two groove pully on front shaft of feeder house) It seems with lTMs we could not always feed the front chain in certain condictions in wheat with out the kits.(especially with 800 series heades) We can still have a chain jump once in a while, usually in very tough grain or beans. It seems to me if we ran the chains on high in corn it would shorten the life of the chains even more.

 

[GreaTOne_65]

Right or wrong, I've been running my '96 R-62 on the high side since it was new. Was having soom feeding problems early on and the dealer told me to try running it on the fast side and I haven't changed it since. This year thanks to these guys on the talk show I installed the shock kit, and modified the corn chaffer, put on third lever. Now all I have to do to change from beans to corn is adjust concave, rotor speed, adjust chaffer, header, and yield monitor, takes about 30 minutes. Knock on wood, I have not had any problems with chain jumping cogs, probably just gave her the kiss of death.lOl!! Dale Walker SCMI.

 

[Tom_Russell]

Tom, I run slow in corn and fast in beans. I suggested running fast in down corn in another thread because of the extra trash the chains have to move. This year fast in 15% beans wasnt fast enough or there was some other problem because the feed reverser got a terrible workout. I just couldnt get the head to feed evenly. Tom in MN

 

[MinnR62]

We have run our '96 R62 on fast for both corn and soybeans since we bought it. We get more whole cobs running it on fast. We feel when it is running on slow they tend to pile up on each feeder chain bar and some are laying parrell to the bar and some are perpendicular and if you run it fast they all can fit on the bar and all run parrell on the bar. The ones laying parrall to the bar will go through whole the others cannot. There are a few R62's in the neighborhood that have switched this year to the fast speed and saw a dramatic increase in whole cobs and now less cob in the grain tank, no one has said their chain has jumped yet. Everyone has the shock abosbers so maybe that is why the chain has not jumped. This seems to be what works for us.

 

[meadowgreen]

Run corn and beans on slow. Had trouble with limiter slipping too much. Finally after trying several different adjustments to head and feeder house to improve crop flow, decided to take clutch apart. Had 1_3 of springs broken. Put in repair kit and no problems since.

 

[KS_7_Runner]

I always change speeds on my 7. They really get to humming in corn or sunflowers if you use the variable speed. I just run one belt on my Series 2 feeder house. Used to run a pair but I got tired of shelling them out if I got a sunflower stalk in the wrong place. I have never plugged the feeder house on the beast since I have had it (1800 sep. hours). I never thought about the cobs mentioned in one of the replies. It makes sense though.

 

[Rolf]

G'Day Guy's Got a neighbour that has a idea that he is marketing to any colour brand, it fit's in to the feeder house!