Shelling corn

kevin37b · Dec 30, 2018

I have watched many videos of the BTO . Why do you carry 10 bushel on the roof ? Most new machines have a beeper that alerts you . Of course you ignore it . Then you realize the beeper is not joking , so next step is a hard stop or reverse . I worked for a man that told me if corn was on the cab I was gone . Kevin

flying belgian · Dec 30, 2018

Not paying attention, plain and simple. I know for me in corn on flat land I can let the alarm beep 3 times. On hill all bets are off. Makes a difference if you are in 150 bpa. or 200 also.

4010tim · Dec 30, 2018

I'm not a BTO by any means, but in my case usually working by myself it's a result of thinking "I can make it to the end", and I don't before I hear the sound of seeds on the cab. In the videos you are seeing it's most likely a "it's not my fault, the cart wasn't back I time" mentality.

tlock0331 · Dec 30, 2018

and then you start loading up the unloading auger, then you stop again and start pushing everything into the corners as much as possible and hope HAHA

JD Seller · Dec 30, 2018

Well you making a new head land and can not reach the end. You push it and hope to dump ASAP right at the end. Also if you have to stop suddenly the corn will splash over the front.

I usually never have a bunch of corn but sometimes it happens. The difference is I usually clean it up right then. the majority of that corn can be put back in the bin or swept into the header.

Tech 7 · Dec 30, 2018

The moisture factors in too. 25% will "stack" higher than 20%

GreenEnvy · Dec 30, 2018

The sensors in the grain tanks on our combines are mounted one hole from the top so you can actually get another 20 bushels in it after the buzzers go off. That?s usually enough time for the truck to get from the first combine to the 2nd combine. Sometimes the truck doesn?t make it in time and that is why there is grain on the cab.

omahagreg · Dec 30, 2018

Farmer I rode with this fall in corn had a new to him combine. They had added a bin extension but had not moved the sensor! It beeped at 50 percent. It seemed worse then non, as he would just ignore it! I think he sprinkled the cab 6 times that day!

big tee · Dec 30, 2018

Farmers around here call the cab roof their auxiliary hopper. You can set the placement of the switch any where you want to but most of us run it over onto the roof anyway.---Tee

Adirondack case guy · Dec 30, 2018

Ha-- like bragging. "Pile It High" and let it trickle down. Sooner or later the results will catch up with you.
Loren

hrRoss · Dec 30, 2018

sometimes when your going down hill, and buzzer goes on and you stop, the corn slides of onto cab roof. ive seen it happen, never actually drove a combine

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