JD550W combine

Ruston3w

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Location
south suffolk
Just as a curiosity, any ideas why our two year old combine is wearing the paint one side more than the other? It is a hillmaster but watching it there is nothing to suggest it is biased one way, surely it would need to be obviously off level to make such a difference? IMG_20210904_095103_resized_20210904_092404815.jpg
 

solo

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Location
worcestershire
Look at the paint wear on the intake feeder house to see if it is feeding in evenly from the header. I would then start taking measurements on the concave to see if it is adjusted evenly from side to side. I would also check that one of the curtains isn’t missing above the walkers. If that model still has a cross shaker above the walkers then check the tines. Can’t think of anything else just now.:unsure:
 

clbarclay

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Location
Worcestershire
I wonder how even the thickness of paint was to start with?

I would check all the other things mentioned above first though before doing anything like buying a paint thickness gauge.
 

Aftermaths

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Arable Farmer
What way do you go round the headland? If that side is the side any grass and green crap out the hedge bottom goes through then it could be that's all it is
 

Ruston3w

Member
Location
south suffolk
I did smile when I read about the paint, JD would be proud of that theory and looking at my rubbish pic maybe......but too clear when you look at the machine, she is putting more straw out of that side.
we could see it at the end of last season but not clearly enough to mention.
headlands cut with knife drive (that side) away from hedge normally( little combine with drive one end only)
Thanks for the ideas, I still can't decide if it is telling us something we should know(my guess is yes) or just an anomaly?
 

Al R

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Livestock Farmer
Location
West Wales
Liquid fert or fert spinner? What make fertiliser used etc etc? You could have double the crop in bands which happens to fall more often than not on that side of the header - ie the fert is dropping early and plastering the 3-9m away from the hedge the most so you go around with the heavy crop on the knife drive side and then turn around so knife drive is out of the crop on what you’ve cut but your still cutting predominately heavy crop on that side. Complete speculation but it is possible 🤷🏻‍♂️
 

Ruston3w

Member
Location
south suffolk
Liquid fert or fert spinner? What make fertiliser used etc etc? You could have double the crop in bands which happens to fall more often than not on that side of the header - ie the fert is dropping early and plastering the 3-9m away from the hedge the most so you go around with the heavy crop on the knife drive side and then turn around so knife drive is out of the crop on what you’ve cut but your still cutting predominately heavy crop on that side. Complete speculation but it is possible 🤷🏻‍♂️
Blimey! That's one I hadn't thought of, liquid, mostly DD so not following tramlines a lot of the time.
 

Al R

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
West Wales
Blimey! That's one I hadn't thought of, liquid, mostly DD so not following tramlines a lot of the time.
It’s possible with granular especially a poorly set up machine and poor product but with liquid I doubt it. I’d be looking more at the machine instead, as others have said the concave clearance would be a start?
Tyre pressures equal both sides? I can imagine if 1 side is 2-3 psi lower than the other side you wouldn’t notice it looking at it but after thousands of tonnes through it it would make a difference….
 

Ruston3w

Member
Location
south suffolk
I like the sound of thousands of tonnes, still we are moving again here, short days near the salt water though.
The last older JD had levelling only to control cutter at but this one has hight sensors each end so stubble hight is pretty much as it should be....... We plan to have a measure up in the morning on concave, difficult to see what else could be out.....surely they will have checked that at plant and PDI...oh well, time will tell.
 

Al R

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
West Wales
I like the sound of thousands of tonnes, still we are moving again here, short days near the salt water though.
The last older JD had levelling only to control cutter at but this one has hight sensors each end so stubble hight is pretty much as it should be....... We plan to have a measure up in the morning on concave, difficult to see what else could be out.....surely they will have checked that at plant and PDI...oh well, time will tell.
Thousands of tonnes being straw and grain etc etc..
Unsure on Deere’s but I’ve had concave adjuster bolts vibrate loose on a NH.
 

solo

Member
Location
worcestershire
I have a T550 hill master and the paint wore off more in the center of the feeder house. It turns out it had auger extension flights which pushed the crop to feed in the middle more. Having removed the flights and added more fingers the crop now feeds far more evenly across the full width which has helped the whole separation process.
 

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