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My K Gleaner has the straw chopper on it, I'm going to be using the combine 98% of the time picking corn, is it worth leaving it on the machine or take it off and sell it? I'm sure it really helps in grain.
 
It is certainly usable in corn, but if you don"t want to use it, take off the drive belt, take the two front bolts out and swivel it to the rear. Bolt a piece of angle iron to it and one of the front bolt holes to hold it back in a vertical position, letting the residue fall past it. When you need it again, unbolt the angle iron and swing it back to operating position. I used the F2 that way for years, wiring the front of the belt away from the drive sheave. Just a few minutes to switch from storage to usage.
 
If you are going to shell corn most of the time I would take it off and the belt and put them up in the dry. Trying to sell a combine with out a chopper really hurts resale value, So it worth keeping it. Leaving the chopper on in corn can do a lot of damage to the combine as well as the chopper as they were not really made for running in corn. You never know when you might need it for another crop so its worth keeping. Bandit
 
If you use it in corn....make sure you fully retract the knives, have the curtain in place, plus ALL shields. Otherwise, cobs will literally shred the rear end of the walkers in short order.
 
I also meant to ask you, how tight should the traction belt be on a K? Mine is very loose when its running and not, I'm thinking it should be tighter than what it is, only time it tightens up is when the variable speed is in the slow mode.
 
The operator manual has the details on adjusting. IIRC after 35+ years, the driven sheaves should not quite touch when coming together, and the belt should ride about a quarter inch from the top of the sheave.
 
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