1-PR plugs up

riverbend · Nov 3, 2008

The good news is that I don't have that much corn to pick and it seems to be running pretty good. The bad news is that it is planted too thick and the picker is plugging.

Counter-intuitively, running in 2nd gear (vs 1st) seems to keep it from breaking the stalks off and plugging up so quickly, but it is still taking 1 1/2 hours to pick 1500 feet of row.

Questions:
1) Any ideas on what else to try to keep it from plugging ?
2) Is it faster to stop as soon as one stalk does not go through, clear that one, and keep from having to pull out a dozen ?
3) Once it plugs up, I have been breaking the ears off on the top side and then pulling the stalks and trash out the bottom. Is there a better way ?

Thanks

Greg

Deer Slayer · Nov 3, 2008

On our old 2MH picker the rollers under the stripper plates would wear & not pull the corn stalks thru. We'd go the welder & lay a heavy bead across all 4 roller edges, it would pick like a new one, for about 3 years, then do again...

Anonymous-0 · Nov 4, 2008

sounds like riverbend have too much clearance between the rollers and they are not pulling the stalk thru. I had to put a weld bead on the rollers of my old Dearborn- Woods Bros picker it made a big difference in the way it picked. Tom

wolfman · Nov 4, 2008

Sounds like the stalks are breaking off; Try picking before the dew goes off in early morning or on a humid day, damp day. I'll bet if the corn is damp & tough, not dry & brittle you'll pick with ease.

1-PR plugs up

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