1-PR husking poorly

riverbend · Nov 2, 2008

My 1-PR corn picker is doing a poor job of husking the ears. I'm sure that everything is worn a little, and it does not look like there is any adjustment between the rubber rolls and the steel ones. Any ideas on inproving the performance or a way to work around this ?

Thanks

Greg

IaGary · Nov 2, 2008

To late this year but change varities of corn.

Some hang on to the husks tighter than others.

Years ago when dad and I picked ear corn we knew which ones would pick clean and which were dirty pickers.

We would combine and shell the dirty ones and ear pick the clean ones.

To this day I can look down at the corn head and tell you if the corn would pick clean just by what it looks like going into the head of the combine.

Also it may help to pick when there is no dew or moisture on the husks. Some pick cleaner when there they are a little damp.

Gary

Brownie 450 · Nov 2, 2008

Gary is right on the corn varieties picking clean. When we were kids, Pioneer 3306 picked as clean as you could want. Contrary to that number was Dekalb XL-45, which would pick as dirty as any number you had.
Gary: Are you done with corn yet?

IaGary · Nov 2, 2008

Bout half done.

The elevators are getting back logged with wet corn. Dryers are not keeping up to the high moistures.

A lot of what is left has to go to town. My bins are full.

Yields are better than I expected but is still pretty wet.

Gary

Anonymous-0 · Nov 2, 2008

Have you tried slowing down to a slower ground speed as you have to remember that picker was built for larger ears and only plant population of around 12,000 plants per A much different deal than with todays hybrids and thicker plant population

Brownie 450 · Nov 2, 2008

Yes, we're about a third done with corn. It finally got down to 19 percent. Seemed like it never would get there. Hope it stays this nice all of Nov.

FM · Nov 3, 2008

I have a neighbor, he picks all his corn at night. He says it picks cleaner that way. I don't know for sure.

Mike

F2036 · Nov 3, 2008

Varieties do make a big difference, I planted a small patch of wyffille corn (sp), got the planter set wrong and ended up with about 30,000 population in 38" rows

About a month ago I had to pick some or the construction crew would destroy it. My 1pr shucked it pretty darn clean, the problem I had was getting it fed through the snapping rolls. I had the 656 in 1st with the ta back and it was still to fast for that pouplation. Sure didn't take long to fill the wagon.

john *.?-!.* cub owner · Nov 4, 2008

Our old 1-P we used when I was a kid had bolt holes in the steel rollers where you could attach rubber straps. the straps looked like pieces cut form the sidewalls of tires. It really helped when the snapping/husking was going hard.

wolfman · Nov 4, 2008

For sure corn will husk cleaner when damp. Our old 1-pr would pick clean huskless corn til about 11 a.m. Dry afternoon picking and the corn would have ribbons. Not sure that it mattered-they ground up in the feed grinder and volume wise didn't add much.

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