moving LM corn head spacing- how hard?
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Topic: moving LM corn head spacing- how hard?
Posted By: clint
Subject: moving LM corn head spacing- how hard?
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2011 at 9:41am
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want to move my head from 38 to 36 this winter- how big a deal is this- looks like i would need a couple cogs- anybody done this before? ------------- Our farms stuff: agco gt55, AA 8775, 8765, 6080, 185, 180, 175, 170, d15, d14, d14, wd, wd, wd, g, F3, L3, R62 |
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Posted By: BRYAN H
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2011 at 9:55am
| WILL TAKE SOME TIME. HAVE TO CHANGE SHAFTS BETWEEN THE UNITS. YOU HAVE 4 INCH. THEY NEED TO BE 2 INCH. ALSO NEED TO SLIDE ALL THE TIN WORK IN. YOU CAN MAKE SHATFS FROM YOUR OLD ONES. HAVE FUN |
Posted By: clint
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2011 at 10:02am
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thanks bryan- hadnt thought about that- just cut out the middles and re-weld- if things go well i might not need any parts (yeah, right!) ------------- Our farms stuff: agco gt55, AA 8775, 8765, 6080, 185, 180, 175, 170, d15, d14, d14, wd, wd, wd, g, F3, L3, R62 |
Posted By: BRYAN H
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2011 at 10:20am
| I WOULD WELD THE SPROCKETS BACK ON THE SHAFT. YOU CAN GRIND THE WELD OFF. THE ONLY THING YOU MAY NEED IS SOME BOLTS. AFTER TWISTING THEM OFF. |
Posted By: clint
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2011 at 10:00am
 ------------- Our farms stuff: agco gt55, AA 8775, 8765, 6080, 185, 180, 175, 170, d15, d14, d14, wd, wd, wd, g, F3, L3, R62 |
Posted By: clint
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2011 at 10:01am
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took 3 hours with a help to move the units- the tin work should take all that long i hope. ------------- Our farms stuff: agco gt55, AA 8775, 8765, 6080, 185, 180, 175, 170, d15, d14, d14, wd, wd, wd, g, F3, L3, R62 |
Posted By: clint
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2011 at 10:09am
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forgot to mention- had a rain and will rain the next couple days so got a wild hair to do it. if i can finish in anothe 6 man hours i think it might pay the labor bill with the saved ears with the amout i have left to do- i should have done this sooner. going to replace the roller chain on the units while in there- they dont look bad at first glance- but got one off and the insides are not so hot- with that chain you cant see the wear that easy. i am glad i did this so far. ------------- Our farms stuff: agco gt55, AA 8775, 8765, 6080, 185, 180, 175, 170, d15, d14, d14, wd, wd, wd, g, F3, L3, R62 |
Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2011 at 3:26pm
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The year I worked for Remington Hybrid Seeds I learned that as soon as they had all the beans run through their bean combines(2) they put them in the shop and gutted them. Every bearing and bushing was checked for wear,along with other parts. If something looked at all questionable it was replaced with new. Sounds expensive,and from my point of view they repalced a lot of good parts. But, with the 7-8000 acres of seed beans that were ran through these two machines,with NO downtime,it was very cost effective. I thought they were only 1 maybe 2 years old and was shocked when I was told one was 8,the other was 9 years old! They were washed and detailed as soon as repairs were finished, they were blown clean with air at every change of seed variety,inside and out! Little nicks and scratches were repainted,just like UPS trucks are when they come in for service. It truly was amazing! With 30' heads it was common for them to do 200-250 acres per day every day it didn't rain! Their seed corn pickers were handled the very same way! ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |