"Quick Feed" Fingers Pull In Broken Fluffy Stalks
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I noticed that the story in your last issue (Vol. 25, No. 5) on attachments for down corn did not include my "quick feed" fingers that are designed to pull in broken, fluffy stalks. The idea is to bolt flat metal strips to the auger flighting. The strips make the feeder auger more aggressive so it will grab stalks and pull them in. The strips extend about 3/8 of an inch past the edge of the flighting.
The strips have even more benefits than we originally thought. We've found that the aggressive feeding of the auger will help harvest under any conditions. They eliminate overfeeding the feederhouse, which could cause the chain to stretch. The strips cause the crop to feed in across the full width of the feederhouse so that the cylinder bars last longer. Also, the combine runs smoother and burns less fuel. (Robert Dunton, 26494 E. Co. Rd. 1900 N., Topeka, Ill. 61567 ph 309 256-2871)
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"Quick Feed" Fingers Pull In Broken Fluffy Stalks COMBINES Headers 25-6-36 I noticed that the story in your last issue (Vol. 25, No. 5) on attachments for down corn did not include my "quick feed" fingers that are designed to pull in broken, fluffy stalks. The idea is to bolt flat metal strips to the auger flighting. The strips make the feeder auger more aggressive so it will grab stalks and pull them in. The strips extend about 3/8 of an inch past the edge of the flighting.
The strips have even more benefits than we originally thought. We've found that the aggressive feeding of the auger will help harvest under any conditions. They eliminate overfeeding the feederhouse, which could cause the chain to stretch. The strips cause the crop to feed in across the full width of the feederhouse so that the cylinder bars last longer. Also, the combine runs smoother and burns less fuel. (Robert Dunton, 26494 E. Co. Rd. 1900 N., Topeka, Ill. 61567 ph 309 256-2871)
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