You think you have problems I spent €300 on a belt and blades for my Lawnmower . At least the combine has aircon.I know now why I should have blocked this thread!! Just back from armstrongs - a few spare fingers, reel tines, a couple of knife guides and a set of blades so I can have the spare knife ready - oh you'll need rivets with those as well €30 a bag and you'll need 2 bags... all in with discount €330 ...
Anyway the knives on my combine already are bottom serrated - they only stock top serrated. No issue mixing apparently but which do you folks use or what is pros cons of each.
I was planning to sell the mower to cover the repairs to the combine - I read somewhere the serrated knives will cut grass!
Schumacher knife with serrated sections and every second one upside down. If a combine does not cut right it cannot thresh because the straw goes through in lumps .
Pictures please!! Got a second hand head here for ours this year. Probably should have bought a combine to go with it.
All top serrated ones I use. I got them on eBay. Only catch is there NH sections but I've increased their value by using them on an MF machineI know now why I should have blocked this thread!! Just back from armstrongs - a few spare fingers, reel tines, a couple of knife guides and a set of blades so I can have the spare knife ready - oh you'll need rivets with those as well €30 a bag and you'll need 2 bags... all in with discount €330 ...
Anyway the knives on my combine already are bottom serrated - they only stock top serrated. No issue mixing apparently but which do you folks use or what is pros cons of each.
. Tbf there very good ones and chrome plated whatever that's supposed to do. Keep the rust off I suppose. I'd certainly have no issues using them again.
My combine is leaving a few grains on some heads out in the straw. My concave settings are correct but I am wondering about the rasp bars. They still have decent teeth on them but are fairly rounded. Not sure if photos will show clearly.
In winter barley or is it last harvest your referring to?
Its this years winter barley, most of it cut now but wondering if I should change them before the spring barley. I agree with you about just being barely ripe, I thought on 12th July it would not be ready till after 22nd but then two blistering days of sunshine last weekend and I got anxious and started cutting Tuesday only to find it 15.5%MC. Mind you with the breaks in the weather it has gone back up to 21% today.
Three seasons Holy S**t, my combine is 38 years old and I don't think my father ever changed them. At least there are none thrown in the scrap heap, and he never dumped anything. I reckon she has approx 2,500 acres cut from new.
Grain income is €30K to €35K depending on price. So on your calcs 3% is worth €900 to €1000. Would the new set cost me around €700ish??? I have never touched them so probably safer get a combine mechanic to fit for me. Break even in a year. I am reluctant to spend too much on the combine by doing these kind of jobs as I would hope to upgrade in the next few years and nobody will notice these when selling.
