Re: 2 days till we start bagging...

Posted by Don-Wi on September 17, 2007 at 23:46:03 from (70.224.209.163):

In Reply to: Re: 2 days till we start bagging... posted by Dairy farmer in WI on September 17, 2007 at 18:22:40:

It seems like you have the most breakdowns when you rent stuff or need to get it done quick don't it?

2 years ago when we rented the bagger, the blower band let go on our Fox. Luckily it's the same band as the older Fox's used, and we had a new one on our other fox about 5 years before we quit using it so we had it on hand. That repair was only about an hour, beleive it or not!

In that same field and I think the same day, the clutch just up and went on the 1855 pulling the chopper. It wouldn't disengage at all, so no stopping unless you shut it down. The next day after we switched the 986 and the 1855 (pushed & pulled it into position) I ran for a while until the next field where I lost a gathering chain. Again we stole a different style chain off the old 1 row head from our other Fox after trying to get a really bad & rusty one off a head on the dealer's lot. Wasn't purty, but we got it to work.

We've also been having troubles with the springs staying on the infeed rollers, but I fixed that this year by replacing the missing rubber stops under the front one with some peices of ArctiCat Green nylon I cut down on the table saw. My brother just threw it in the trash the day before.

Last year we replaced the gathering chains and the shear bar, as well as putting the best of the knives we had in and then sharpened them all as much as I could within reason.

This year I lined the spout with some 1/8" thick poly and so far it works great, although i did have to redo it because the corn was originally getting under the poly. I cut off the original wear plate just below the hole that got worn in it, and then overlapped that over the poly after cutting the poly back about 8-10" and bolted it back together. Dad and I replaced the bottom board (and the rubber belting) on the back of our old Meyers wagon today, gonna tighten up the cross-conveyor tomorrow and pull it out to the field.

Been doing as much maintnance as I can the last couple years, and so far it seems to be paying off. Seems to go a little smoother every year. This year we're allowing hopefully enough time for breakdowns, because you always have to expect them.

Too bad we don't have 2 more wagons and 1 more driver. With the 1600 not having to run the blower, it'd be free for another driver. Doubt I could fill the wagons quite that fast though...

Our line up is:
Oliver 1855 running a Fox 3000 chopper, with a 2 row wide head and 32" rows in the ground (works good though)

Massey 285 carting our Gehl 970 (18 ft.) and old Meyer's (16 ft.) wagons.

Rented IH 986 running either a 8-9-or 10' bagger. Depends on which he has available.

We still might try to get another wagon, but not too many neihgbors are around anymore that fill silos. Most have bunkers.

Donovan from Wisconsin

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