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Gleaner K Wheat settings? my manual got ruined in flood...

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John_PA

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Well, we had quite a wet spring, and had some flooding in the house and in the pole barn. The manual for my K was a reprint and it got destroyed. I didn't realize this until now. I have wheat ready to be combine and I got the machine all ready to go, except to switch it back from soybeans. Does anyone have a manual they could tell me the sieve and chaffer settings? I think I remember running the 16 tooth sprocket as fast as it would go, with 1/4" clearance on the cylinder, but I can't remember my fan setting or sieve and chaffer clearance.

What a way to start off the harvesting.


Thanks to anyone who can help.

John
 
From a search of the archives:

This is what the book calls for as starting settings: 3-5 concaves, 1/4 inch concave clearance, cyl speed 1200rpm, fan choke at 6-7, chaffer open 3/4 inch, sieve open 3/8 inch, sieve in bottom slot position. You really need to get the op manual to properly run a combine. Only one chance to harvest. Much more than this in those hundreds of pages. Good cutaway views to see how the machine functions, how to find where you"re losing grain. Start settings are just that- you need to stop and check results and adjust accordingly. Get down on the ground, blow the chaff away, and do seed counts on the ground....ahead, behind, and under the machine.
 
I set my K at 3 concaves at 1-3-5 position, 5/16 on cylinder clearance, cleaning fan wide open, chaffer at 1/2, and sieve at 5/16. This was on wheat that was down bad and I had to take a lot of straw with it. Wheat quality was poor due to heavy rains with a test of 55# at 14%. Never changed a thing after I got in field. Sample was clean , no unthreshed heads, some seed on ground but it was already there from 80 MPH winds and some hail. I might also mention combine has new cylinder bars in it. Good Luck
 
Thanks Tom and cydectin.

Tom, Had I relaize the manual was destroyed, I would have gotten a new one. There's always something... I went out and did a few hundred feet. It looks like I need to choke the cylinder down some and speed it up. lots of unthreshed grain left in teh heads. It's very disappointing...

Otherwise, things seem to be ok. just came back in to write the settings down again. I think my paper blew off the axle when I was setting the sieve. Maybe I should have stayed in bed today!!!
 
If it's a corn and bean special you will want to cover the bottom seive with a piece of sheet metal to keep the wheat from going back to the tailings elevator. Mine has the perforated bottom seive so I made a plate to slip in on top of that.
 
As concave and cylinder bars wear, clearances increase. Try dropping your cylinder until it just starts to touch the concave bars, then adjust the guages on each side to 0. Raise the cylinder to 1/4 inch and you will have a true 1/4 setting. Worn cylinder bars and concave bars may have an actual setting of 3/8 - 1/2 inch when the guages read 1/4 inch. Joe
 
Got all the wheat done. 45 BPA as hay cover crop. Not too shabby! I only seeded it down at 2 1/2 bushel to the acre. Although, I did just put 5 ton to the acre of lime down last fall. That makes a big difference and it shows in the new hay growing underneath. I'll try to get some pictures of the hay, as I bale off the straw.

Local feed mill is getting $7 per bale for wheat straw. At that price, I might just plow up my new hay and put down more wheat! LOL

Thanks again for the help.

Tom, would you be interested in an All-crop 90 combine, or parts from one? I'm not too far from Mercer, PA. It's pretty rusty and roached out.

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