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ndsu84
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 Posted - 10/27/2009 : 09:19:08 AM
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Having trouble with a JD hydraflex header pushing on the 1st foot of the left hand side. Never pushes anywhere else. We've cleaned under the deck, adjusted sensitivity,tilted the header back a bit... any other ideas?
Go Bison! |
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Posted - 10/27/2009 : 09:56:59 AM
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ndsu84: If it was a CIH 1020, I would tell you to adjust the
tension on the leaf springs under the deck. Also, I had the
right side digging in, and I just played with the air pressure
on the tires to solve the problem. Good luck. |
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ECI
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Posted - 10/27/2009 : 10:00:29 AM
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84 , I run a IH , but there about same, the left side is heavy
there should be springs under the head , tighting the left side
may have to go in two springs , this should lightin the left
don't take alot, Ken |
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jd8400
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Posted - 10/27/2009 : 7:14:50 PM
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cutting beans on one farm and corn on the other...shelled corn til 4:30am this morning, had to quit because it started raining. We have 70acres of corn left. Then we will have both combines cutting beans. Soybeans have been yeilding bout 60-75bpa and corn 210-270bpa(38inch rows) with 21% moisture.
It has rained all day in DEEP southern IL today, I havent checked the rain gauge yet. |
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db51
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Posted - 10/27/2009 : 7:47:38 PM
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Deep SI my a$$...it's rained all day in not so deep Southern Illinois....and the 10+" we've accumulated over the past three weeks is getting to the point of serious. We went from cleat marks to 6" deep to 8" deep...and now the bottom will probably be gone....with more on the way for mid-week.
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4450
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Posted - 10/27/2009 : 8:35:43 PM
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| Finished cutting beans this evening. That's the good news. Bad news is I plowed ruts in the fields getting them out. Around here, most of the wheat is planted as soon as the soybeans are taken off. Heavy rain forecasted tomorrow night again. Looks like my winter wheat planting will be about 20% less then I intended on. |
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wctyilfarmer
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Posted - 10/27/2009 : 9:00:18 PM
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| anybody want to buy some beans as is out in the field. LMAO the beans we have combined were disapointing low 30's. looks like high tide is coming in again. |
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SIllinoisfarmer
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Posted - 10/27/2009 : 9:11:44 PM
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| For what it is worth it is raining here at the top of Southern Illinois as well. We are to the point that rice tires and the mud hog will not take 1/2 a hopper out of the field. I am quitting until the ground gets firmer and that may be a freeze. It is very hard to leave 50 bpa beans out in the field. We have no winter wheat sowed and that has not happened to us since 1984. Don't know what the heck we will do for straw next year. Don't worry Db we are sending our 10+ inches to you down the river as we don't want to be hogs about hoarding it. All I can say thank God we have crop insurance this year! |
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jabber1
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Posted - 10/27/2009 : 9:12:41 PM
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[i]Originally posted by ndsu84[/i]
[br]Having trouble with a JD hydraflex header pushing on the 1st foot of the left hand side. Never pushes anywhere else. We've cleaned under the deck, adjusted sensitivity,tilted the header back a bit... any other ideas?
Go Bison!
I have had a JD 930 and am in my second season with a 2004 630.
If you have a 600 series head, I have much to learn but have learned a bit.
1)The 630 has 3 potentiomers (wire running to a little black box on the ends of the head) that sense voltage in 3 places on your head- left, center, and right. Your dealer can check voltage to see if they are balanced. I believe that adjustment would simply be made by removing a cover, loosen some screws, rocking the little "black box" and tightening and closing up.
2)I have also noticed that the individual skid pieces under the 600 series heads seem to get out of line with use. I actually stopped and shimmed a couple with washers on my third day of cutting soybeans to keep all of the individual skids in contact with the ground.
3)I actually had a little tear in my poly skid cover near the left hand end of the head. It pushed terrible until I fixed it. The tear was just the right size to hold tough SB stubble and the little bunch of SB stubble rolled some dirt. I drilled out 4 rivets and cut off a 4 inch piece with the sawzall so I could keep cutting.
4) Be sure to recheck the skid at the left hand end for dirt and residue packed on top of the skid.
5)I can't picture mine but am guessing there is a carrying spring on the drive end to counter the additional weight of the drive.
6) If it was me I would have to recheck my sickle and guards to make certain that I didn't miss some damage. Every once in a while, I do not catch a broken section or guard until it starts pushing SB and then dirt.
I numbered the above for ease of reading but if it was me, I would start with the simple stuff first.
On my 9600 contourmaster there was a way to reset the relative pressure from left to right from the cab. I am not sure how this works on other machines but if it is a contourmaster, it might be worth looking in the book to see if you can relevel the head from the cab. This would seem to be much simpler than changing the position of the potentiometer in 1 above.
Hope my little bit of experience might help. Know one thing for certain, no one likes the platform that is pushing instead of sliding. I still have much to learn.
"Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble, but I'm doin' the best that I can-------"
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RowCropRenegade
872 Posts |
Posted - 10/27/2009 : 9:21:22 PM
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24% corn this year is bogging everyone down. corn isn't drying normally, either. I'm running higher grain temperature than I ever have. drying corn through the rain sucks too. so far behind, can't stop.
yields are through the roof. prices are falling. diplodia is growing. it's gonna be a long long long fall/winter.
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gazeboe
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Posted - 10/27/2009 : 10:29:50 PM
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| corn in the 30s to 40 here smells like silage. Mold on it to hope we get this dam year over. Have to see what november is hope its good. Tell Al Gore to stick global warming up his |
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ndsu84
354 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2009 : 01:25:33 AM
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Thanks for the good answers on the flex head. I solved this morning by taking the pressure washer after it. Found a piece of rock hard mud stuck between the side of the wobble box and the edge of the platform, just big enough to screw things up.
Finally cutting really nice by 10 tonight and the beans dropped to 13%, should rain tomorrow by rights.
Go Bison! |
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Rounder
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Posted - 10/28/2009 : 08:50:22 AM
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Boy, I'm sure glad we got that 1/2' of rain yesterday. Things were getting almost dry.
How's this for frustration. The elevator got enough wet corn yesterday to keep their big dryer going for 44 hours. Think that will slow things down a bit? I can see it now. Every morning the line will be enormous from corn shelled the day before. The elevator will then close around noon, everyone will fill trucks again and the cycle will repeat. But then again if it rains every other day as usual they will do better. Be careful what you wish for. |
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Iowa55
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Posted - 10/28/2009 : 08:58:47 AM
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| Several years ago after I filled up all my storage I got to get into that line up. Two mornings a week till they filled. Took 3 1/2 weeks to do 35 acres. One morning they filled as I was 2 from getting on the scale, and it wasn't even sun up yet. The guy ahead of me pulled the keys and locked his door at the toe of the scale I pulled the pin on my two loads and came back 3 days later and unloaded. |
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timdcrossley
392 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2009 : 09:15:02 AM
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Shelled corn in the rain yesterday but quit when we hit 25% corn. We drove around until we found a bin heater. Still have 140 acres of beans and will cut them when the weather improves. They are calling for rain every other day. We are working until 11PM each night and getting 25-30 acres of corn shelled each day. I will own a 2nd auger cart and a larger tractor this weekend! That is a PROMISE!
OK, you all always here me try to put a positive spin on things, but today I want to change direction alittle. Life is good and will always be good but farming really SUCKS this fall! There, that was my moment.
Life is good! |
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2009 harvest progress report
