So, we've got about 25 acres of beans left to do, but the last few days have not been going very well.
The beans are wrapping on the left side of the reel for some reason. I was having to get off and unwrap it every round.
Also, we are having problems with green stem beans wrapping around the feeder house, which plugs up the dust diverter fans, and eventually screws up the elevator chain tension causing it to jump sprocket teeth.
It's also a giant pain to clean it out.
This 20' head had a wider area where the auger flighting disappears. There's a 48" gap on this one, versus our 15' head that only has a 32" gap. You can buy flighting extensions from Deere, but they are over $200 for a short piece of flighting with some fasteners and it'll take over a week to get.
We've also been having problems with this head feeding well. There's a few more things I want to try with it. But I think there are a bunch of little problems. The majority of it being beans that have a green stem, when the plant should be dead by now.
Also, this combine and header was designed over 30 years ago. Beans back then were maybe 1.5 feet tall and made 30 bushels on a good year. We are now combining beans with it that are 3.5' tall and making over 70. So, my theory is that it was never designed for anything like this.
The beans are wrapping on the left side of the reel for some reason. I was having to get off and unwrap it every round.
Also, we are having problems with green stem beans wrapping around the feeder house, which plugs up the dust diverter fans, and eventually screws up the elevator chain tension causing it to jump sprocket teeth.
It's also a giant pain to clean it out.
This 20' head had a wider area where the auger flighting disappears. There's a 48" gap on this one, versus our 15' head that only has a 32" gap. You can buy flighting extensions from Deere, but they are over $200 for a short piece of flighting with some fasteners and it'll take over a week to get.
We've also been having problems with this head feeding well. There's a few more things I want to try with it. But I think there are a bunch of little problems. The majority of it being beans that have a green stem, when the plant should be dead by now.
Also, this combine and header was designed over 30 years ago. Beans back then were maybe 1.5 feet tall and made 30 bushels on a good year. We are now combining beans with it that are 3.5' tall and making over 70. So, my theory is that it was never designed for anything like this.