big_rig
Guest
Yes we did finally get it unplugged, many hours later. The key was that we had to cut a small square out of the back wall of that rear cylinder to get access to the straw wad that was the main problem.
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Combines 485 is slugged
jeff
Guest
In response to Roosters thougts on foreign object injestion. Gleaner has a very simple spring loaded rock door that works great. At most we might skin up a cylinder bar before an object is ejected out of the system.
tobaboy
Guest
Ya right, we've put rocks through gleaner's before and it usually meant a day or two of down time depending on parts availability, perhaps the 2 and 5 series are better, ours was an R70.
land_Surfer
Guest
I have to agree with both Rooster and Mr. Buddy about not being able to react fast enough to the overload system activating. I have put a fence post or two into my 485R (only when using my MacDon) and activated the overload system. Most to think that this type of protection system prevents slugging and damage. It doesn't, not suppose to. Think of it as a slip clutch. Once an object enters the threshing system, it is caught and the overload protection system prevents material from wedging in too tight to be unplugged. I do agree with Rooster when he said that dense objects are the only way to activate it. I have harvested some very weedy river bottom fields (morning glory, 10ft horse weeds and ditch weed aka "marijuana," etc.) and never caused the APS overload protection system to go off and that is operating at 4 + mph in both corn and beans. The system is great because the APS system is tough and it handle the two wooden fence posts I picked up.