,, I need good advice,.. I have 2 rows that like to plug rite in front at the beginning of the shuking rolls I will find stalks pulled out by the roots and snjapped off stalks behind in the corn head ,,. most times it rolls the corn stalk down ,. the other 4 rows of the six row massey head work fine , the head is probably built in the late 1970s..i know I should adjust sumthin , but not sure of what to do ..
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casecollectorsc
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On a Case 306 head I had to torch the front edge on the deck plates off at more of a angle than the factory had on them. Seemed the edge of the deck plate pushed the stalk down before the gathering chains could grab the stalk. Not familiar with a Massey head, only speculating.
casecollectorsc
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Course it all had to be ground smooth after torching.
If it were mine, after checking that the gears were ok, I would just take the cutting torch and cut the heads/nuts off of the bolts that hold the flutes on the snapping roll shafts and replace the flutes. Maybe try one row and see what it does to improve your situation. I think a pair of flutes for one row isn't that much through aftermarket vendors and it isn't that hard of a project to do. I have a pair of new flutes I would sell for 1/2 price if you are interested as I run Deere combines now. Pretty sure I had the same situation once and replaced that row. Generally if a gear or bearing is bad in the gear boxes it will destroy the gear in short order, sometimes the gear box. Most of the time you will notice it just quit and there will not be any teeth left on the gear. They were a great corn head for their day. Better than anyone else had until Deere came out with the 444, 434, 643, and 843, which in my opinion is a better head. I had several Massey corn heads - 43, 44, 63, and 1143 which I ran on a Massey 410 and 550.
caterpillar guy
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If the snapping rolls are not worn out then the stripper plates are the problem. They want to be at 1-1/8th front and 1-1/4 in back. Another words the front or tip by flexible nose is 1-1/8th Then back by the auger be 1-1/4.
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