(quoted from post at 08:00:11 07/27/16) we run jd 25 and 30's bak in my hi schooldays,,. my dad could set a combine to run seed directly into a grain drill,. sadly I recall very little about setting the deere 30 combine other than using a pipe wrench to set the cylinder clearance ,..
and maybe we were unplugging ,,. ? That rarely happened .
the cylinder speed crank should be mounted in front of the bin
[b:434661b065]It is its a long crank and with our setup it increases the speed 25 rpm per crank [/b:434661b065]
, no Wait? I think that crank adjusts the fan speed ?,.the machine should be running to make this adjustment . the deeres done us a good job ,,. Seed Women is correct , a lot of that work back there on the shaker shoe is reasoning and common sense , and trial and error ,,. just remember or mark where it was set originally if you decide to move settings , do one thing , check results, then try another and chek results .watch your fan speed changes closely ,, I am assuming that you are familiar with wheat harvest ,,,. [b:434661b065] Somewhat... we have generally harvested with a newer combine which my brother drove and i walked behind to check the straw and he made adjustments from the computer screen...lol So this animal is a whole other thing![/b:434661b065]
and are not trying to harvest 20 minutes after a shower , LOL or ,if you are totally new and don't have anyone to coach you thru ,, then , you are in deep trouble ,,.. LOl ,.
[b:434661b065]I have some coaching but I like to tweak it all and Dad is a run and gun type (because he doesn't have to clean it on the clippers and gravity table)[/b:434661b065]
There is a learning curve on all machines ,.another thing that holds true for wheat harvest , especially on a massey 300 is to run the cylinder speed as fast as possible ,, run the shaker shoe fan at 2/3rds . ,, another thing , you mentioned full tailings auger plugging ,,. make sure ALL BEARINGS AND
[b:434661b065]Ha there we go... sealed bearing on the tailings is shot. We ended up opening it up and it would just spit out the light stuff as we went along... worked good in the pinch. I will get another bearing.
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shafts have no resistance and spin like new , one cranky bearing could lok up even though it appears to be in good order. what is the history of the combine ?,,. did it come from someone that messed all the adjustments up because he did not know beans from applebutter , and gave up thinking the combine was impossible to set rite Or ,a old fella like my dad that understood and knew the machine inside out ,,. AND IS HE AVAILABLEto give you pointers ?? Again trial and error is the key ,. and wheather and crop conditions and green weedsin the crop will change everything .. Good Luck
