Conveyor Belt “Ear Savers”

Conveyor Belt “Ear Savers” COMBINES Accessories “I wanted to keep ears of corn from rolling off the snouts on my Deere combine back to the ground so I bolted short lengths of old conveyor belting onto them It’s a simple idea that really pays off ” says David Smith Crystal Falls Mich Smith uses the idea on his Deere 6600 4-row combine He started with some 12-in wide conveyor belting from an old iron mining operation that a friend gave him He used a utility knife to cut the belting into sections about 1 ft long by 5 in wide then bolted 3 sections side by side about halfway down each snout using existing holes “The belting came slightly cup-shaped and I set the curved side toward the auger in order to feed loose ears back into the gathering chains It works good and cost almost nothing to add ” notes Smith Contact: FARM SHOW Followup David Smith 364 Buck Lake Crystal Falls Mich 49920 ph 906 221-6708

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