Stalk Grabbers Help Feed Dry, Fluffy Crops Into Combine

Stalk Grabbers Help Feed Dry, Fluffy Crops Into Combine COMBINES Accessories 25-2-10 Don't let dry stalks pile up on your corn head and plug it up. Bob Rottinghaus, Clever Tech Inc, Jesup, Iowa, has a better idea. His Stalk Grabbers can be installed easily onto the flighting on the feederhouse auger. When properly put in place, they grab the stalks and pull them into the feeder house. He says they'll help feed soybean stems through the combine, too. Clever Tech Stalk Grabbers are made of 1/8 in. thick spring steel, bent into a tight U shape. Two gripper tabs are punched out, one on either side, to make a clip to hold the grabbers in place. That means there are no holes to drill, no bolts to tighten and no hardware to lose. The gripper tabs go on the back, or non-load side of the auger flighting. "If dry crop material is piling up on your cornhead, you just hammer the Grabbers onto the auger flighting," he says. "If you're working in weedy or wet conditions and you don't need them, you can quickly knock them off with a hammer." Stalk Grabbers are re-usable and can be used on any combine. He cautions that auger clearance does need to be adjusted up and forward, so there's a clearance of 1/8 to 1/4 in. between the pan and the stripper bar, when the grabbers are in place. He recommends one grabber per lineal foot in the center 40 percent of the auger and every 18 in. on the outsides. On a 20-ft. auger, that means eight grabbers on the center 8 ft. and four more on the two 6-ft. outside sections, for a total of 16. Clever Tech sells Stalk Grabbers in bags of 16, priced at $42.50, so one bag will be enough for a 20-ft. auger. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Clever Tech, Inc., 4121 S. Canfield Rd., Jesup, Iowa 50648 (ph 319 827-1311; fax 319 827-2425).

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