I have a 323 New Idea 1 row picker and was wondering if there is a way to keep it from shelling off kernels off the corn ears. I had 6788 dekalb silage corn this year and it shelled it off bad, had another brand (no longer available) and it did good. I moved the rollers in and out, lowered the RPM's, adjusted my speed but nothing seemed to help. Does the rollers or husking bed shell it off the worst? I think I need to get a corn snapper, I can shuck by hand what little I pick. Does a snapper shell off any kernels like a picker?
I was also thinking about taking the chains off the husking bed and put a piece of plywood down so it will just slide to the elevator. This gets aggravating when i'm bagging and selling the nice whole ears. I was in a hurry this year to get it picked or I would have done it by hand.
I was also thinking about taking the chains off the husking bed and put a piece of plywood down so it will just slide to the elevator. This gets aggravating when i'm bagging and selling the nice whole ears. I was in a hurry this year to get it picked or I would have done it by hand.
