John Deere 1219 haybine

emartin

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Hello I just picked up a very well maintained john Deere 1219. I am have a bit of a issue though. when I cut tall grass, short, thick or pretty much and thing the sickle seems to clog. I've read the manual and adjusted the reel and made sure the knives are sharp. please help
 
Does it have the regular guards on it? Mine did, and even when I replaced them and new knife, it still didn't handle
thick grass very well. I spent the money for non-clog guards and it made a different machine out of it. You can get
what you need from Shoup cheaper than Deere. They also help a lot when finishing up a swath where you have to pull in
some cut stuff--hardly ever clogs anymore. The manual talks about the non-clog guards and how to install them. There
is a new style of hold down now which is different that the book shows. They work good.
 
As far as speed; years ago I heard some of the old timers on this site say that with a haybine, you want the material to "flow through" the machine. It took awhile to figure out, but with practice you can see when your ground speed matches how fast the material is moving through. It'll be pretty close to the speed of your in-feed reel. Also, be sure your in-feed reel tines are all there and coming close enough to the guards to take the material off them
Pete
 
I have a 1207 and I find it's usually better to try to move faster and crowd more hay through it. Most of my pluging happens making a turn or when lugging uphill. Whatever speed you run at make sure the reel speed is a little ahead of the travel speed. The hard part is adjusting the individual guards to match the knife sections. I want to put new guard on mine for next year, going to look into non-clog.
 
trade it off i had a late model 1209 it would NOT cut grass i sold it for less money than i had in parts trying to make it work.
i got a hesston 1130 it's like a dream came true
 
In dry conditions 4-5 MPH. In wet/damp a little slower to allow the reel to clear the sickle off. Your clogged sickle sounds like you driving too fast and ramming the hay/grass into the guards.
 
According to Shoup those non-clog guards require a special top clip. Does anyone know if you have to buy one of those $10 clips for every guard or is a clip for every other guard good enough?

https://www.shoupparts.com/SH173-Hold-Down-Clip-for-John-Deere-Non-Clog-Guards

(quoted from post at 08:46:53 10/17/17) Does it have the regular guards on it? Mine did, and even when I replaced them and new knife, it still didn't handle
thick grass very well. I spent the money for non-clog guards and it made a different machine out of it. You can get
what you need from Shoup cheaper than Deere. They also help a lot when finishing up a swath where you have to pull in
some cut stuff--hardly ever clogs anymore. The manual talks about the non-clog guards and how to install them. There
is a new style of hold down now which is different that the book shows. They work good.
 

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