Wheat Harvest

John B. · Jun 20, 2014

I saw the first field of wheat being harvested yesterday just on the North Side of Trenton IL.

I think the big combines look the best harvesting Wheat than other crops. But then I also like seeing a combine off in the distance as the sun is behind the combing just before sundown.

notjustair · Jun 20, 2014

I worked on the 9500 yesterday all day to get it ready to cut. It is about half greased and ready but I keep finding little things to replace. About half the sickle sections got done yesterday. The wheat may be ready about Sunday. I have to get Deere back out to work on limit switches for the unloading auger. Yesterday was the first day that I saw it open since they worked on it and it over-extends too far. About the time it bends the ram on that cylinder things will come to a grinding stop!

I'm not expecting too much from wheat this year. There will be patches I skip due to weeds and just knock down with the rotary mower. Beans will definately be better as long as they can be sprayed in time. Maybe this afternoon.

caterpillar guy · Jun 21, 2014

Do those switches in the cab for the unloading auger go back to the neutral position on their own? If not that is why the limit switches are going out. I was out in Ks when the first year of the 9600 was out. The rocker switch would need to be pressed back to the neutral position. If they were left in the in position they would burn out the limit switches. The limit switch was easy to change up on the top of the auger. We carried a couple for parts. This was when they were a new machine first year out. The guy I was with had 6 of them and 2 8820's 8 machines all together. The next year he had 10 9600's

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