Swathed my oats last Wed. with the #36 MF swather, and started combining yesterday with the #80 that I bought in June. The oats is a cover crop over alfalfa and grass seeding, so I had to cut it pretty high. Was surprised that I didn't choke the cylinder yet, since the grass was pretty think in the windrows in some places. The #80 seems to be getting most of the grain, and it looks pretty clean in the tank. About 1/2 done with the field, looks like I should be able to fill a 150 bu. wagon from the 4 acres.
Noticed when looking at the pictures I took when it was running, that the feeder housing chain jumped a link again on one side. It was like that when I bought it, and last week I took the head off and adjusted the chain and changed connecting links. Not sure why it would jump a link on one side again. When I laid the chain out flat, two of the bars had a small amount of twist. Maybe that along with maybe too much slack? I had tightened it until there was no sag in the chain. Will loosen it up and get the bars running parallel again before finishing the field today.
Noticed when looking at the pictures I took when it was running, that the feeder housing chain jumped a link again on one side. It was like that when I bought it, and last week I took the head off and adjusted the chain and changed connecting links. Not sure why it would jump a link on one side again. When I laid the chain out flat, two of the bars had a small amount of twist. Maybe that along with maybe too much slack? I had tightened it until there was no sag in the chain. Will loosen it up and get the bars running parallel again before finishing the field today.