Harvesting Spring Beans

Honest john · Sep 9, 2020

Start at front, knife in good order ? This year we ran std divider
Header losses will be high as pods so low this yearneed to cut low as poss. Drive as fast as poss, to catch as many as poss before they drop to floor. For me that was 7k. But we did lose poss 500kg ha.

Set combine as Two tone said.

We unloaded standing, starting auger on mid speed, then speeding up. Empty auger before stopping, worked for me.

Start first light if possible to reduce header losses.

Cut mine at 20% now on drying floor.

Zippy768 · Sep 9, 2020

Had a nibble - 18.7%

Zippy768 · Sep 9, 2020

Honest john said:
Start at front, knife in good order ? This year we ran std divider
Header losses will be high as pods so low this yearneed to cut low as poss. Drive as fast as poss, to catch as many as poss before they drop to floor. For me that was 7k. But we did lose poss 500kg ha.

Set combine as Two tone said.

We unloaded standing, starting auger on mid speed, then speeding up. Empty auger before stopping, worked for me.

Start first light if possible to reduce header losses.

Cut mine at 20% now on drying floor.

Only went about 100 yards in, but the crop didn't seem to want to flow into the header. Only travelling v steady.
Also managed to get unthrashed pods in the sample

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Will need a bit of playing when we get going. 18.7% so will leave a few days and hopefully get some sun on them

yellow belly · Sep 10, 2020

If weedy spray off in August

lift auger as high as possible
open concave but no all the way
wind full on SlottEd elevator and grain auger bottoms
smooth returns
in a cr remove every other concave wire could do this in a drum combine
sieve open wide
go like the clappers to beat the fall of beans In front of the knife

Adeptandy · Sep 10, 2020

David. said:
Watching...
Although my problem will be the World Class crop of fat hen that is concealing the bean plant.

I have a similar crop, can’t decide wether it’s beans with fat hen or fat hen with beans

Clive · Sep 10, 2020

definitely remove returns auger door

Wilberforce · Sep 10, 2020

Zippy768 said:
What's the idea behind that?

Should be nothing but rubbish or MOG for the professionals going though the returns so might as well leave the cover off.

limestone brash · Sep 10, 2020

We have previously cut them with the rape extension on (to catch the ones the reel knocks out) - does anyone else do this?

JeremyD · Sep 10, 2020

Flat out keep her lit

David. · Sep 10, 2020

Adeptandy said:
I have a similar crop, can’t decide wether it’s beans with fat hen or fat hen with beans

The only thing that stops me topping it is the lack of a front mounted topper, well and the prospect of a couple of tons of beans (6 acres) at £200.

Honest john · Sep 10, 2020

Zippy768 said:
Only went about 100 yards in, but the crop didn't seem to want to flow into the header. Only travelling v steady.
Also managed to get unthrashed pods in the sample .
Will need a bit of playing when we get going. 18.7% so will leave a few days and hopefully get some sun on them

If beans are tall knife to auger mid to close drive fast with real slow to lean crop forward auger will pull them in tail first. Drive fast as poss. 8/10K

However if crop short you have to use the real as in wheat Or bit faster in top of crop above The pods.
Drive fast too catch falling beans.

This year we have pods from 3” instead of the normal 18” sooo high losses.

Flat 10 · Sep 10, 2020

David. said:
The only thing that stops me topping it is the lack of a front mounted topper, well and the prospect of a couple of tons of beans (6 acres) at £200.

Easily worthwhile to cut don’t be so negative as long as you have used round up not a big deal.

Zippy768 · Sep 10, 2020

Honest john said:
If beans are tall knife to auger mid to close drive fast with real slow to lean crop forward auger will pull them in tail first. Drive fast as poss. 8/10K

However if crop short you have to use the real as in wheat Or bit faster in top of crop above The pods.
Drive fast too catch falling beans.

This year we have pods from 3” instead of the normal 18” sooo high losses.

Crop was tall but unpodded top now bent over. Still podded quite low down

Zippy768 · Sep 10, 2020

Wilberforce said:
Should be nothing but rubbish or MOG for the professionals going though the returns so might as well leave the cover off.

Still a little confused on this. Why would there be no returns at all?

Flat 10 · Sep 10, 2020

Zippy768 said:
Still a little confused on this. Why would there be no returns at all?

Because there should be no beans in pods that require rethreshing. Very occasionally there are (normally pods that only ever had 1 bean in) in which case just close the concave

Honest john · Sep 10, 2020

Zippy768 said:
Still a little confused on this. Why would there be no returns at all?

The Beans fall though the seives easy so it’s mostly weed seeds & bits of pod. We had ours returns door open.

Zippy768 · Sep 10, 2020

Honest john said:
The Beans fall though the seives easy so it’s mostly weed seeds & bits of pod. We had ours returns door open.

But if they are wide enough for beans, surely all weed seeds would go through sieves as well?

farmerm · Sep 10, 2020

Two Tone said:
Best to use a long divider if you’ve got one, instead of a side knife.

mine are so short this year its not an issue...

farmerm · Sep 10, 2020

If they are showing in the pods and dry then do them with the due on will reduce shattering and header loss. I find that regards moisture and storage they are not very different to wheat. Will store fine below 16%, usually ok for a number of weeks below 18% and if over 18% you need to watch them closely for heating up. Cut 10ac yesterday evening at 16% at 1.5t/ac that is about on par with our best yielding field of wheat

Zippy768 · Sep 10, 2020

farmerm said:
If they are showing in the pods and dry then do them with the due on will reduce shattering and header loss. I find that regards moisture and storage they are not very different to wheat. Will store fine below 16%, usually ok for a number of weeks below 18% and if over 18% you need to watch them closely for heating up. Cut 10ac yesterday evening at 16% at 1.5t/ac that is about on par with our best yielding field of wheat

What do you mean by "showing in the pods"?

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