Soybean Head Snout Adjuster
"It saves time by allowing me to raise or lower each snout without having to crawl on the ground under it," says Wayne Whitman, Grand Mound, Iowa, who came up with "snout adjusters" for his Deere 7720 combine equipped with a 653A soybean head.
To raise or lower the end of each snout, Whitman simply uses a 9/16-in. socket wrench to adjust a bolthead on top of each snout.
"When soybean leaves are damp they catch on the snouts and ball up ahead of them. The only solution is to raise the snouts," says Whitman. "In the past I had to crawl under each snout, loosen one nut and tum another nut clockwise or counter-clockwise. I was under the snout so I didn't know how much I was moving it. Now I can adjust the snouts without crawling under them. In the past, adjusting all of the snouts took a half hour. It's now a two minute job."
Whitman drilled a 1-in. dia. hole through the top of each snout and bolted an 18-in. long, 4-in. wide piece of channel iron under it. He drilled a 3/8-in. dia. hole through the channel iron and inserted a 5-in. long bolt through the holes.
An L-shaped lever connects the bolt to another bolt that pulls on the height adjustment chain. Whitman raises the snout by turning the bolthead on top of the snout clockwise. Turning the bolthead counterclockwise lowers the snout.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Wayne Whitman, RR 1, Box 152, Grand Mound, Iowa 52751 (ph 319 847-6796).
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Soybean head snout adjuster COMBINES Miscellaneous 14-4-6 "It saves time by allowing me to raise or lower each snout without having to crawl on the ground under it," says Wayne Whitman, Grand Mound, Iowa, who came up with "snout adjusters" for his Deere 7720 combine equipped with a 653A soybean head.
To raise or lower the end of each snout, Whitman simply uses a 9/16-in. socket wrench to adjust a bolthead on top of each snout.
"When soybean leaves are damp they catch on the snouts and ball up ahead of them. The only solution is to raise the snouts," says Whitman. "In the past I had to crawl under each snout, loosen one nut and tum another nut clockwise or counter-clockwise. I was under the snout so I didn't know how much I was moving it. Now I can adjust the snouts without crawling under them. In the past, adjusting all of the snouts took a half hour. It's now a two minute job."
Whitman drilled a 1-in. dia. hole through the top of each snout and bolted an 18-in. long, 4-in. wide piece of channel iron under it. He drilled a 3/8-in. dia. hole through the channel iron and inserted a 5-in. long bolt through the holes.
An L-shaped lever connects the bolt to another bolt that pulls on the height adjustment chain. Whitman raises the snout by turning the bolthead on top of the snout clockwise. Turning the bolthead counterclockwise lowers the snout.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Wayne Whitman, RR 1, Box 152, Grand Mound, Iowa 52751 (ph 319 847-6796).
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