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    Posted: 22 Jul 2022 at 6:48pm
Going to combine wheat for first time. Using 66 set up just like manual says. Wheat is pretty clean. Going to keep head high enough to stay over ragweed. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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 The 66 is before my time and others will chyme in with more help but I imagine "patients would be your best friend". 
Wish you the best.
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Dad had a 66 All Crop. Did a nice job, had the optional bagger platform. If I remember correctly we ran it in 2nd low on either the D15 or D14. Combined a lot of wheat, barley, and rye with it. A dusty job if we bagged for a fella that wanted to buy it that way. Otherwise it went in the 1959 GMC grain truck. Had a 2 speed rear end, loved driving it. The ole in-line 6 had decent power. If you have it set up correctly it will be clean straw coming out the side.
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Dad cut in 1st gear on WD (model 90). I got chewed out for running in 2nd. That's about all I know. When you dig through the straw you will think the heads are not threshed but you won't find any grain left in them. Point is,you can't tell by looking.
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Thanks sounds like it is an evaluate as you go. Small dirt particles up the fan adjust the sieves as the you look at what you get in the bin, run it full 540 PTO speed and be patient
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Yes,I remember him using the shaft tach on the pto to set throttle on quadrant  for 540.It wasn't WOT. HA! Just reminded me of him yanking throttle open when slug headed in. Sometimes it worked ,sometimes not.
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Never around a All Crop, but combines are combines. Start with book settings, try, look, and adjust as needed by what is in the bin and what is not.
 
Never chew it up more than needed to get seeds out of head. Very hard to blow good grain out of combine, so lots of wind most times. Open adjustable screens so wind can keep straw up so grain can drop in.Wink In our conditions more grain is lost from to little air rather than to much. As the straw forms a mat the seed cannot fall thru.   That's the easy part, now look at the ground for unthrashed heads or seeds that got away. 

Also helps to remember to look how many seeds it takes to make a pound or bushel to gauge how much your losing. 
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Guys thanks for your help. Only got a couple hours in before the fIve minute thunderstorm ended the day. Wasn't getting any weed seeds but did notice a few pieces of straw. Turn up the fan? Also was a little surprised how quiet the combine was?
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If no wheat going out the back close the sieves a little. If straw is broken up too much slow the cylinder speed a little checking the heads to if no kernels are still in them.  If no wheat is going out the back you could increase the wind setting.
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Dr. P
Have you harvested your wheat?
How did the combine work?
Did you have to make any adjustments, if so which ones?
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Started Sunday. Hope to finish this weekend. Had some rain during the week and between the cows and the day job couldn't get out . Machine has worked great. Opened the the fan a little bit otherwise it has been Impressive. I'll send you some pictures
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Spent all day yesterday and today combining. Half done. I remember someone posted ten years ago about an old bachelor farmer somewhere in Illinois. Had one 100 acre field. He used to harvest it with a 72 combine and a little old grain truck. Used to fill the truck then drive the load to the mill. Anyone who had the patience to do that 6 feet at a time, is a saint.
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How many acres of wheat are you doing?
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15 acres. Went over 1000 bushels today. Probably got three acres left. Grass hoppers showed up today
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Pretty good yield Dr., what verity of wheat did you plant? I have a friend that plants Penaol, the same grain over and over for quite a few years, I believe you can't get that certified seed anymore. He gets a decent yield and nice straw. That is the only kind my father would plant in the 1940, 50 and 60ies.
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Originally posted by dr p dr p wrote:

15 acres. Went over 1000 bushels today. Probably got three acres left. Grass hoppers showed up today

Wow. Out here 30-40 BPA is more common. I'm sure you'd get through a field a lot faster here in the Plains than up your way.
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Originally posted by dr p dr p wrote:

Spent all day yesterday and today combining. Half done.
I remember someone posted ten years ago about an old bachelor farmer somewhere in Illinois. Had one 100 acre field. He used to harvest it with a 72 combine and a little old grain truck. Used to fill the truck then drive the load to the mill. Anyone who had the patience to do that 6 feet at a time, is a saint.


Sure beats cutting with a scythe, bundling, and putting up shocks to then haul to the barn where you flail the grain out. That's what I did with my little test strip. Too sparse of seeding, too much grass in it, and too much deer pressure to get any real 'yield per acre' though... unless counted in blisters per acre.

Great that you got the old combine working, and working for hours!
Will be good to see pictures if you've got them.
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What are you pulling it with?
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dr p, how did this turn out? Any pics?

Will you do it again next year?
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it turned out pretty good.  Dry and clean. Sold it all as seed crop before the price collapsed . Planted field to timothy so no wheat but will definitely plant oats in the spring
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