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happygilmore 10-16-2012 08:49:42 71.8.229.122 Report to Moderator	hi guys, can someone give me advise on getting rid of the cobs and stems in my corn. the corn is not very good and some of the ears are rather small. i dont have a manual on this. combone worked rather well 2 yrs. ago when we had good corn. close the chaffers and the sieves both? thanking you in advance. happy. [Reply]   [No Email]
Mike Aylward 10-16-2012 10:33:27 216.145.134.145 Report to Moderator	Re: cobs stems in reply to happygilmore, 10-16-2012 08:49:42   If you have the cylinder to concave spacing set like you did before you will get the type of sample you are now getting. Small, irregular corn crops take a different setting here than a regular crop. A close rule of thumb is to set the front of the cylinder to approximate the ear diameter and the rear of the cylinder to approximate the cob size. The front should always be wider than the back. Smaller ears and cobs need a tighter spacing. Also, with a smaller crop the deck plates on your corn head will need to be set in some to eliminate taking in so much extra material. While it can be beneficial to take in some material other than grain to keep the cylinder full, too much of this will overload the system causing cleaning problems. Very often crops that ripened irregularly (like is the case this year) will have different sized cobs that get rubbery which presents a challenge to clean. Sometimes you have to accept a less than perfect sample in order to save as much grain as you can. But it can be done. Mike [Reply]  [No Email]