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[Hobbyfarmer]

a snails pace. Want to venture a guess which row got new pieces yesterday evening?

Finally wised up on the proper tool to use to stand the head up to work on it.

Btw: it took quite a bit of self control not to use that tool to consolidate that head into a pile of rubble. Or dig a hole....

Do you have any idea how many moving parts there are on a corn head that ALL have to work at the same time in unison to get the job done? Row three got a new gathering chain drive shaft last night on the left chain.

[Nebrfarmr]

Yes, I do. I've done everything on the older ones, including gearbox rebuilding. What model of head, is that? The picture isn't clear enough for me to tell if it has the iron, or alloy gearboxes on it.

[NDf]

Looks like a piece of junk get a different one so we don't have to hear about it any more. With your 200bu/a corn I would think yu could afford a better one.

[Hobbyfarmer]

863 with many 1063 updates. The last three years of down corn running it all one way and running the front skids on the ground or in the mud have undone most all the rebuilds.

Yes it is a hunk of junk and yes there is a better one on the horizon. Complete with Mule to run it. As it isn't scheduled to arrive this week and the weather and crop is in need of harvesting I am putting up with it. Kind of like that cow that just waits till you're over the hill to make a new hole in the fence. Sale day is almost here (only 60 acres left)

In the mean time the site is slow, sorry to irritate you.

[Nebrfarmr]

We run an 854 ourselves. If you have the $$$$ go with one new enough to not have the bearing on the front of the snap rolls, much reduced maintenance to those. Honestly, though, except for swapping the gathering chains, ours has been as trouble free as we could ask of it, now that we have the gathering chain drive shafts upgraded to the new style with the woodruff key, and lock nut, instead of that crazy roll pin system.

[Hobbyfarmer]

NEF: that's what got put in yesterday. Only a couple of rows to go that aren't bothering. I have looked at quite a few 1063's and they aren't any different than what this one is getting to be. The CIH heads sure do a nice job on the cornstalks of chopping them up. The frame and tin are good and $1500 for seals, chains, a few front sprockets and two more boxes of knives and it would be as good as any of the $10,000 heads I have personally looked at.

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[Nebrfarmr]

I have done enough of them, for myself and others, that I can replace the shaft, in under a half hour, without taking the head off the combine. If you want any tips on how to do it, just ask. An air hammer, with adjustable power, makes it go much faster.

[Mizzou_Tiger]

you ever get second gear fixed??????

[Hobbyfarmer]

The second gear issue is on the 1460 in the back of the shed. And no but it is on the agenda.

I have been thinking of putting some white corn out next year and it would be my prefered machine. It has a conventional rotor and does the best job of NOT damaging the grain of any machine I've ever had.

[Hobbyfarmer]

I like Not being under the head to do the job. I was at it less than an hr and more time than I would like to admit was using a magnet to find the key you have to put in after the shaft is installed and that miserable snap ring is put on. Also no greasy mess as it is all at the "bottom" and I was working on what was the "top" with it on it's backside. I also replaced a front idler while I was at it and the chain was off.

Best part was I already had the parts.