Made quick work of some sweet corn....

The corn has been done for a while & I wanted to see if the chopper is set correctly. Think the blower band needs to be adjusted in a touch. Or it
could be the 6 in. of band that's missing below the spout. The ticking you hear is the top of the worn off band. It has a small tab on the end that
just sticks out far enough to contact the paddles. It's at a spot in the blower that is opposite the opening & pretty much in line with the flywheel
shaft. The job of changing that band out will have to wait. It doesn't just roll out of there on the paddles. Waaaaaay too much rust involved! The
flywheel has to get pulled & then the band can come out. That would be an easy job if a bunch of the parts weren't held together by old grease &
silage crud. That stuff is like scraping off cold tar.... & heat doesn't help. That combo also creates some kind of super rust that holds the U
joints tight to the shafts. Might even be stronger than a weld.

There will be a couple more videos of this chopper coming up, for anyone who might be interested. One of which will be chopping corn with the one
row head. Wouldn't mind finding a 2RW head for it. Put the 560 through it's paces. The 806 probably wouldn't know it's back there.

Enjoy!

Mike

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Nobody on the tractor ?
I case you trip and fall in there.

like your Gehlchopper. we heve a Gehl 83 with 1 row corn head

My thought too about the tripping hazard. Wouldn't help having someone on the tractor.

You guys have a good point. I would go one better though & go with a safety bar on the head for stationary use. It's really easy to attach linkage to the bell crank that operates the gear box. Just like on a chopper box or forage blower, bump it & the head & feed rolls shut off.

Fairly certain the Chop-Alls had a bale table attachment for chopping bales into a mow or silo. That has the safety bar setup on it. Not sure if a manual for one is floating around here, but a copy wouldn't be too hard to obtain. That would give me an idea of what they did.

Thanks for bringing that to my attention.

Mike

Thanks! There's an 83 here with the one row, too. Don't think I'll be chopping corn with that one this fall. Needs some work yet.

Mike

i am sure glad there is no kids around or even watching u do that. i would have made a windrow by the fence then drove the tractor and blow it over the fence. make the cows work for their lunch. but ya nice to see old stuff working.

I enjoyed the video.

The other machine with the big rolling feed wheel looks really interesting, I dont think I ever saw a setup like that!

Paul

Solve all the safety nazis and just fork it in from around to the side. I never saw so much nonsense. Everybody has a comfort level for everything they do some further out the limb than others.

The concern is appreciated. I like the idea of the safety bar.... more so for the build aspect. But, I do keep my distance from stuff. Also, the head has a slip clutch on it. It's set like the clutch on a thresher. Too much weight or drag on it & it will stop. It did that plenty yesterday on the test run.

That.... & as slow as that pickup is.... I'll die from old age by the time my body hits the knife.

Mike

Thanks! The older head is a neat gizmo. Fairly certain Papec was the other company that had a roller like that on the early units. Fox & NH had a smaller pneumatic tire to help press things down.

Mike

Not yelling but also agree in terms of setting a good example for kids. Kids have gotten killed playing near operating farm equipment. Just a couple weeks ago a kid was playing with his toy tractor just about in the path of equipment coming into the auction building near here. I promptly pointed it out to one of the auction workers and that guy promptly pulled the kid off to the side and found one of his family members to keep an eye on him. I remember one time getting the silo blower going when I was 5 years old. Good thing dad was nearby as a 5 year old has no business curiosity or otherwise near such an implement.

Those people must never watch you tube, they'd die of fright.

Great video. Its cool seeing stuff getting put to use again instead of scrapped