Major combine damage
Oct 8, 2014 20:41:55 #
Noticed something not right on combine and this is what we found.
Shaker frame was broke in two and required some major work to get apart ( thanks to a freind and 2 fellow farmers for all their help )
2 upper screens and 1 lower had to be removed before the frame could be dislodged and removed and part of the chopper assembly had to be removed also.
8 photos
Pete
Shaker frame was broke in two and required some major work to get apart ( thanks to a freind and 2 fellow farmers for all their help )
2 upper screens and 1 lower had to be removed before the frame could be dislodged and removed and part of the chopper assembly had to be removed also.
8 photos
Pete
busted frame
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close up of break
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frame with misssing broke section
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broken section
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entire broken part
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screens
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better look at screens
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close up of break
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Oct 8, 2014 21:18:34 #
Obviously this is a John Deere combine. What crop are you harvesting?
Walt
Walt
Oct 8, 2014 21:39:16 #
Just finished corn and were getting ready for soy beans,
yes a 9650 John Deere combine.
Pete
yes a 9650 John Deere combine.
Pete
Oct 8, 2014 21:45:34 #
They're going like crazy on beans here but hasn't been much corn picked yet. Rain forecast for tomorrow so that will stop bean picking til it dries out.
Walt
Walt
Oct 8, 2014 22:00:01 #
Will be planting winter wheat asap, Wheat is first crop of the year cut mid may -mid june, corn follows early to mid july, then soy beans mid october depending on how early we get to plant and how weather affects the harvest .
Rain and high moisture levels in corn got us behind this year, we'd cut half a field or so and have to move to a different field due to moisture levels in corn (16 is the magic number and lower ) above 16 they won't accept ( got turned down for a 16.3)
Pete
Rain and high moisture levels in corn got us behind this year, we'd cut half a field or so and have to move to a different field due to moisture levels in corn (16 is the magic number and lower ) above 16 they won't accept ( got turned down for a 16.3)
Pete
Oct 9, 2014 02:17:47 #
Not a fun thing when the money maker is ready to harvest and the equipment fails. Hope you get it fixed quickly. Just drove across Kansas today. Lots of dust flying from a great number of the big combines in the fields.
Oct 9, 2014 05:59:34 #
Canonuser
Loc: UK and South Africa
dooragdragon wrote:
Noticed something not right on combine and this is what we found.
Shaker frame was broke in two and required some major work to get apart ( thanks to a freind and 2 fellow farmers for all their help )
2 upper screens and 1 lower had to be removed before the frame could be dislodged and removed and part of the chopper assembly had to be removed also.
8 photos
Pete
Shaker frame was broke in two and required some major work to get apart ( thanks to a freind and 2 fellow farmers for all their help )
2 upper screens and 1 lower had to be removed before the frame could be dislodged and removed and part of the chopper assembly had to be removed also.
8 photos
Pete
I come from a farming background in the UK (many years ago now) and I recall a hay baler breaking down and some welding being required in a very awkward place to fix it. Whilst getting pretty frustrated trying to line up the parts and carry out the weld, a local farmers wife passing by remarked, "These things only break down when you are using them." I managed to stifle the reply I almost made.
Oct 9, 2014 06:05:48 #
Oct 9, 2014 06:06:54 #
Oct 9, 2014 08:24:13 #
dooragdragon wrote:
Noticed something not right on combine and this is what we found.
Shaker frame was broke in two and required some major work to get apart ( thanks to a freind and 2 fellow farmers for all their help )
2 upper screens and 1 lower had to be removed before the frame could be dislodged and removed and part of the chopper assembly had to be removed also.
8 photos
Pete
Shaker frame was broke in two and required some major work to get apart ( thanks to a freind and 2 fellow farmers for all their help )
2 upper screens and 1 lower had to be removed before the frame could be dislodged and removed and part of the chopper assembly had to be removed also.
8 photos
Pete
This is one of the reasons I don't have a combine. :D
Oct 9, 2014 09:29:37 #
Jerry a combine is sort of like a boat, both are a big hole you throw money into, and can only use during certain times of the year weather permiting
Pete
Pete
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