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Post by jabber1 on Sept 4, 2011 7:47:01 GMT -5
This weekend we have had some breezes and I see signs of some scattered corn in this area going down before it reaches blacklayer. We have been short of water most weeks since the 4th of July. We were losing lower leaves at pollination. Looks like the plants canibalized enough from the stalk that some will need to figger out how to keep the down corn feeding through the corn head and into the feeder house.
So far mine looks fine but I need to be prepared. We will reach black layer soon and of course need to allow some time to dry in the field. I am guessing that if we get any bad winds all corn in this area is going to have some big patches of down corn.
Do any of you have experience with harvesting corn that is severely broken over?
What model of corn head do you run?
Did you add an attachment to keep the corn feeding even? What attachment? What would you buy if your head didn't feed even without some changes?
It has been years since this area has had corn lodged to the point where a low profile corn head wouldn't feed good enough without an attachment to help out. This might end up being one of those years. I thought in posting this we could all gain from the recent experiences of those who have more recently dealt with harvesting down corn and attachments that are available.
Thanks and have a safe harvest.
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Post by acfarmer on Sept 5, 2011 18:38:46 GMT -5
I run a CIH 1063 corn head. The only down corn reel Ive had any experiance with was a kelderman. It did a ok job. Ive found out that driving into the down corn helps get it. Sometimes going one way is the only option. All I can say is good luck.
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Post by jabber1 on Sept 5, 2011 18:53:26 GMT -5
Sooooo far my corn looks pretty good but it will be quite a while before it is all out. There are signs of early lodging all around me. Wanna think this through and be prepared to make a decision.
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Post by MarlandS on Sept 5, 2011 20:07:04 GMT -5
We had the reels that the ones made by Heritage Welding were copied from , they sure do make a difference but when flat and laying in the direction of the rows you still had to harvest against the tops .
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Post by clayknob on Sept 5, 2011 21:58:20 GMT -5
If it isn't completely "flat" just lodged, roll-a-cones work ok in most situations. We installed them on a 1083 and moved them to our 3208. They worked better on the 1083, but still seem to help. No experience with corn reels, but I have always heard to get one with the hydraulic fore-aft ajustment. Always have had the best luck going "into" the down corn as well, sometimes going at a slight angle to the rows has worked in the past. Might want a head with metal snoots if you have many acres of down corn, I really fight the 3208 if the corn is "dirty" (like after a flood).
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Post by Bristol Hillbilly on Sept 6, 2011 5:29:51 GMT -5
I put a corn reel made in Ste, Marie Illinois in 2008 to pick up corn. I put it on a 643 jd head. It was the best investment I made that year. Somtimes I only picked 5 of the 6 rows leaving the 6th past the lean to pick up stragglers. I also picked into the lean that is what worked best for me. I cant say it was great time but the combine continued to move forward.
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Post by postoak on Sept 6, 2011 21:14:44 GMT -5
we use an 843 with a meteer reel on it, it works good when its laying across the rows
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Post by Roy@ranch on Sept 6, 2011 21:36:17 GMT -5
893, and I usually end up putting my reel on it. Mine is a Meteer, and it makes it better than nothing, or tolerable. If it is just patches I will usually bull up and slow down and one way it, or even pick it cross ways to the row. I have tried my platform but really thought I was going to tear it up, so I nixed that idea after a few acres.
Roy
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Post by jabber1 on Sept 9, 2011 17:22:51 GMT -5
Thanks for the replies.
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Post by Sofakingwhat on Sept 10, 2011 6:58:18 GMT -5
Last year in the middle of harvest we had flatline winds hitting 62mph. The stuff on the hill overlooking the marsh took it the worst. The 863 head did okay taking it in for a while, then dad backed out and I pushed it in by hand. Losses due to head shelling were pretty big, though. Funny that I posted the pictures only a couple days ago elsewhere. No attachments; just pull back, let the guy on the ground help. Couple pictures taken while in the field the day after the winds slowed down. Some taken with ipod some with camera. Next taken at end of rows looking into the rows The sky says it all..... 863 in action...
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Post by maninblack on Sept 10, 2011 8:41:20 GMT -5
We have used a Hawkins reel with good results. But if you just have corn like sofaking..first off take off the ear saver shields to let the corn slide up and over the head. In the pics he is harvesting so that he stands row 1 up. I've had good luck doing that if stalk and root quality is good but if not, harvest from the other side of the field. You will be taking the corn out from under the next standing row but if the shields are off that is not a problem. Might have to move over and take one less row for that leaning row but you'll be able to move right along. Without pics this might sound confusing?
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Post by Sofakingwhat on Sept 10, 2011 8:51:41 GMT -5
I think I get what you are saying. Little lost on the just have corn part though. What else would I put through the head? have a flex for soybeans in the 30 inch rows, too......
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Post by jabber1 on Sept 10, 2011 10:45:20 GMT -5
Do the corn reels that you fellas have seen use the reel for the outside snouts or do they have something like the roll a cone on the end snouts.
So far the hybrids that look the worst in this area are not too bad and will feed into a good corn head with few if any stops. We are probably on hard wind away from someone selling lots of corn head attachments. So far the hybrids in this area that look the worst are not hybrids that I plant.
Other bad news. Due to early plant death, some shanks are brittle as the corn matures.
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Post by Bristol Hillbilly on Sept 10, 2011 11:00:53 GMT -5
Please buy a reel or something mechanical to help. I have and obivuously sofaking has had a man on the ground help feed in and DON'T DO THIS. I am about as far as removed from OSHA as you can get but shit happens pretty quick and someone can really get hurt quickly in those scenarios. Down stalks = alot of stuff to trip over. My reel had a place for the space beyond the end snout but I did not put it on. Like has been said , pick one less row if you have to, and pick going into the lean. It is slow going but it still going forward.
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Post by jabber1 on Sept 10, 2011 11:24:59 GMT -5
Thanks for all of the good responses.
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