Using a JD 7700. Have been trying to find info online regarding tips for reducing loss, better cleaning, feeding the header correctly etc. Can't seem to find anything except info related to newer machines (rotaries).
I guess simply put I have knowledge but not much experience.
Problems I am trying to solve.
1. When reel is going as slow as I can get it without hydraulic whine (setting 2 works well, but 1 whines) and I am going about 3-4 mph I get an occasional clump of straw/heads that are caught by the reel and thrown up in the air, usually at the center of the auger. When this happens it goes out in front of the head and hits the ground. If I go slow enough to stop this problem I'm just creeping along???
2. I get occasional fine grass in the grain tank. Cutting dryland grain in Montana (wheat and feed barley) The most common weed I have problems with is crested wheatgrass. I get 4-6 inch pieces of very fine grass in the tank. Would more fan speed help this? Afraid to turn the fan up too fast, I think it will blow the small kernels out the back.
3. Getting what I think is a high amount of glumes/chaff in the grain tank.
4. Conv. Elevator light seems to come on fairly often. The grain was extremely light. I took it to mean that there wasn't enough in the feederhousing to evenly go up the elevator. Didn't seem to be a problem when I got to the thicker patches.
Thanks
I guess simply put I have knowledge but not much experience.
Problems I am trying to solve.
1. When reel is going as slow as I can get it without hydraulic whine (setting 2 works well, but 1 whines) and I am going about 3-4 mph I get an occasional clump of straw/heads that are caught by the reel and thrown up in the air, usually at the center of the auger. When this happens it goes out in front of the head and hits the ground. If I go slow enough to stop this problem I'm just creeping along???
2. I get occasional fine grass in the grain tank. Cutting dryland grain in Montana (wheat and feed barley) The most common weed I have problems with is crested wheatgrass. I get 4-6 inch pieces of very fine grass in the tank. Would more fan speed help this? Afraid to turn the fan up too fast, I think it will blow the small kernels out the back.
3. Getting what I think is a high amount of glumes/chaff in the grain tank.
4. Conv. Elevator light seems to come on fairly often. The grain was extremely light. I took it to mean that there wasn't enough in the feederhousing to evenly go up the elevator. Didn't seem to be a problem when I got to the thicker patches.
Thanks