It's corn harvest time in Alabama again! It's amazing to see the fields shining gold and all the hard work paying off. Moments like these not only bring joy but also make us feel the simple beauty of country life. Each corn is a labor of love and patience!" 🌽✨
Glad I found your channel. You might find this interesting. My great great grandmother was Elizabeth Beers from Benton .She passed away after childbirth and one of her brothers, George Washington Beers took the baby to Montgomery and raised him . I won't bore you with anymore of this but I have been hunting down there for about 45years😊
I am in a different region than you, but last year I dealt with some very similar conditions in corn with my Geringhoff. I found running the head as high as I could helped to prevent bringing excess trash through the combine, which I offset by running Devastators on the bottom of the head (could use stompers as well). I was running right below the ear, so even if I was getting stalk breakage, it wouldn't give me as many fits. I also have the Geringhoff factory ICF Crop Sweeper. I am not a fan of traditional reels, but the sweeper is very effective against lodging on the top of the snouts, and being able to use your control and reel controls to pop it out and "pull" a wad in when it did break, it really helped me with having to get out and clean up plugs. Plus, when you dont need, it, turn the valve on the side of the head, fold it out of the way, and go about your business. I also picked up a hair of ground speed and slowed the head down a little, using the momentum to help feed - but everyone's experience may be different. I would highly advise looking into the sweeper, its the best money I've spent besides the investment of the Geringhoff, and by not having a folding head, you can run the full length head. Good luck!
To help the stalks feed in better try taking those rubber cob savers off including the ones on top of the snouts. When the stalks are that brittle they catch and break off. Try that on the rows that plug the most and see if it makes any difference.
Dan is right. Vibration will crack those hydraulic lines quicker than most anything. I've seen it happen on combines, tractors, cotton pickers, even on trucks. And I can tell just from his tone, this isn't his first go around with this issue. Take a look at those hands. They have turned many a wrench!
I'd say a corn reel might be a help. I know your corn isn't down but a reel would keep it feeding into the combine. Have a safe harvest. Really like watching your videos.
Second on the corn head reel. It will work in standing corn. Set your reel speed to keep stalks moving to auger. Enjoy your videos. PS: do you get any wind of significance over winter? Might have some trouble keeping chopped residue in place.
Good morning Granny , hope you are having a great week. Beautiful weather here in Michigan. Around 80 for the high end 60 for the low. They say next 7 days of this and I will take it. TAKE CARE AND STAY COOL !!!!
I admire his patience and willingness to get dirty and fix things. Never questions how much “work” it’ll be just gets it done. Team work makes the dream work keep it up!
you can put a reel on head they work great, its spinning wheel mounts on top of corn head, your knives might need changed also , geeting deck plates right distance might help also
Good Day Granny! Yall are such a hard working Farm Family. We thank Yall for sharing your farm lives with us. Yall are working hard through the lower than expected corn crop. Pray is the Way to Go.
Just think for a second at 1 time 90 bushels was outstanding numbers. We have become spoiled with all these high bushels per acre these past few years or so.
90 bushel corn does not pay for.the planting cost by a long shot. In 2024 the average cost.to.plant.an acre of corn is $850. With today's prices you loose big money fast. It can put ya out.of buisness in a hurry. A 1000 acre.farm.would be at a $500,000 loss in one year. Our break even yield is 157 bushels/acre.
Watching from Nebraska. I enjoy your videos. I have never left a comment before. Just want to encourage you to hang in there trying to harvest that corn. Some years and days things just don't work out. Hopefully you get more rain next year
Something we have done on our john deere corn head when the stalks start to pile up is bump your header up and down a couple of times and for some reason it will start to feed in again. It works for us so maybe it will help you
Generally the first and cheapest thing to do in down or brittle corn is to remove the ear savers on the snoots. Second thing to try is to line up the gathering chain lugs across from each other.
Too much deck angle can cause corn to ball up and cause jamming on the head, adjust the deck plate to best deck angle for corn is 20-25 degrees, standing corn use lower angle, laying corn use the higher. Measure angle with head about 2"inches off the ground. Slowing ground speed (I believe you are running slower at 3.5 mph) is good also .
Dan when a flat face oring blows out/starts to leak it usally blows the bad part of oring out to behind the loose/swivel nut. you need to wash the loose nut outwith brakeleen the more gooder the better. Been dealing with those for years on construction equipment. May or may not help but usally fixes the problem guys.
Daniel It looks like you are going to have to do more shelling in the early morning and later in the evening to take advantage of dew or moisture in the air to keep the stalks tougher.
We tac welded some large lock washers on the auger flighting once. Also lowering the head has worked before. I know it sounds wrong but the stalk may be stronger at bottom allowing them to help push the stuff into auger.
We ran into stalks breaking off last year and piling up. Seemed to flow better with more moisture so we started running at night to get through that variety
Weld some flat washers on your gathering chains (long links) leave them sticking high as possible without them hitting anything while they turn………John Deere makes kits that does the same thing but there flat pieces of metal that you bolt onto the chains……..I’m sure case makes them as well or yetter…….helps tremendously in dry stalks
Deere’s do the same thing. One thing that helped us is set the gathering chains point to point. I think it has a little more time to pull the fluff into the chains.
Hello my friend! I would like to recomend you to buy that kind of reel that Geringhoff has. That kit will clean the pile of stalks thay are annoying you due the harvest situation thay you are facing of due the lack of rain.
Got a new to me 2188 this year as our backup combine and the first things to go into it were LED lights and a gps, once you run with both of those things you will never want to run without them
Run an old honeybee header in 50+bu/ac canola and you’ll be out cleaning off the feeder house about every 10 minutes, terrible older headers for combines in fluffy crops even with a cross auger. Great swather headers and great for cereals but terrible in fluffy stuff
We don’t get the wind you get in the Midwest. Flooding will take it, but there’s no solution to that except flood control structures and watershed management. You do what you can.
Good job man never thought corn harvesting season start beginning in August I'm European is this 2024 harvesting and when do you planted this corn season in Europe start mid September.
On a dry year with corn there not much you can do to stop it from piling up buddy. Done been there on dry year. Starks are so dry they just don’t feed though the corn header. Hate to see y’all cutting bad corn and prices not good this year. All farmers go through this and you work so hard to get it right but you don’t get rain when you need it this is what happens . Hope you get in some better corn buddy!! Stay safe. From La . 🙋🏼♂️👍
Was leaking from the o-ring maybe but broke the furnace brazed joint from not being able to hold the backup wrench on the fitting stationary while loosening and tightening the line nut.
Daniel, one thing to try is adjusting your header height. I know you guys like that auto height but if you run it manually and run the height where the “ear savers” or black flaps on each row are an inch or two below your lowest ears, there will be less stalk breaking off into the header. Thats been my experience. Just an idea you can try.
Two of the worst four letter words when said together is “down corn”. I realize this stuff isn’t down but it’s producing the same results. It’s enough to drive you mad.
It's corn harvest time in Alabama again! It's amazing to see the fields shining gold and all the hard work paying off. Moments like these not only bring joy but also make us feel the simple beauty of country life. Each corn is a labor of love and patience!" 🌽✨
Glad I found your channel. You might find this interesting. My great great grandmother was Elizabeth Beers from Benton .She passed away after childbirth and one of her brothers, George Washington Beers took the baby to Montgomery and raised him . I won't bore you with anymore of this but I have been hunting down there for about 45years😊
I am in a different region than you, but last year I dealt with some very similar conditions in corn with my Geringhoff. I found running the head as high as I could helped to prevent bringing excess trash through the combine, which I offset by running Devastators on the bottom of the head (could use stompers as well). I was running right below the ear, so even if I was getting stalk breakage, it wouldn't give me as many fits. I also have the Geringhoff factory ICF Crop Sweeper. I am not a fan of traditional reels, but the sweeper is very effective against lodging on the top of the snouts, and being able to use your control and reel controls to pop it out and "pull" a wad in when it did break, it really helped me with having to get out and clean up plugs. Plus, when you dont need, it, turn the valve on the side of the head, fold it out of the way, and go about your business. I also picked up a hair of ground speed and slowed the head down a little, using the momentum to help feed - but everyone's experience may be different. I would highly advise looking into the sweeper, its the best money I've spent besides the investment of the Geringhoff, and by not having a folding head, you can run the full length head. Good luck!
Dad is always right. It's called experience.
I like the custom “long wrench” used on those fittings. Great eye dad on the cracked fitting!
To help the stalks feed in better try taking those rubber cob savers off including the ones on top of the snouts. When the stalks are that brittle they catch and break off. Try that on the rows that plug the most and see if it makes any difference.
Might have to harvest that stuff at night! The moisture would be welcome! Or start at 3-4 am and run til 11 or noon, then Hancock’s for lunch! 😎
Dan is right. Vibration will crack those hydraulic lines quicker than most anything. I've seen it happen on combines, tractors, cotton pickers, even on trucks.
And I can tell just from his tone, this isn't his first go around with this issue.
Take a look at those hands. They have turned many a wrench!
I'd say a corn reel might be a help. I know your corn isn't down but a reel would keep it feeding into the combine. Have a safe harvest. Really like watching your videos.
Second on the corn head reel. It will work in standing corn. Set your reel speed to keep stalks moving to auger. Enjoy your videos. PS: do you get any wind of significance over winter? Might have some trouble keeping chopped residue in place.
Yeah they definitely will help feeding. we haven’t run one in a while but they were useful in any conditions that were not feeding well.
Can you lay your header flatter so the stalks fall back more. Combine at night with the dew or get a downed corn reel put on.
Good morning Granny , hope you are having a great week.
Beautiful weather here in Michigan. Around 80 for the high end 60 for the low. They say next 7 days of this and I will take it. TAKE CARE AND STAY COOL !!!!
I admire his patience and willingness to get dirty and fix things. Never questions how much “work” it’ll be just gets it done. Team work makes the dream work keep it up!
Granny Good Morning! Hope you're having a Great Week! Great video Daniel! Machine work beats picking by hand. 😮
you can put a reel on head they work great, its spinning wheel mounts on top of corn head, your knives might need changed also , geeting deck plates right distance might help also
That’s what I was going to say we use them when we get down corn
Hate to see the lower yields Daniel, hang in there. Y’all are doing great considering…Hello Granny, God Bless all y’all at Triple R🇺🇸👍🏻🇺🇸
Drink!
Good Day Granny! Yall are such a hard working Farm Family. We thank Yall for sharing your farm lives with us. Yall are working hard through the lower than expected corn crop. Pray is the Way to Go.
Drink!
Just think for a second at 1 time 90 bushels was outstanding numbers. We have become spoiled with all these high bushels per acre these past few years or so.
Not really spoiled but required to pay the higher expenses and make a living.
@@lesliewoinarowicz7018exactly. Tractors were not 300k+ and combines were not 3/4 to a full million back then either😂
90 bushel corn does not pay for.the planting cost by a long shot. In 2024 the average cost.to.plant.an acre of corn is $850. With today's prices you loose big money fast. It can put ya out.of buisness in a hurry. A 1000 acre.farm.would be at a $500,000 loss in one year. Our break even yield is 157 bushels/acre.
Yeah. Spoiled by low seed corn prices too.
Watching from Nebraska. I enjoy your videos. I have never left a comment before. Just want to encourage you to hang in there trying to harvest that corn. Some years and days things just don't work out. Hopefully you get more rain next year
Love Dad's outlook. He has experience and knows how to fix it.
Really enjoyed the focus on agriculture technology in this video.
Something we have done on our john deere corn head when the stalks start to pile up is bump your header up and down a couple of times and for some reason it will start to feed in again. It works for us so maybe it will help you
Generally the first and cheapest thing to do in down or brittle corn is to remove the ear savers on the snoots. Second thing to try is to line up the gathering chain lugs across from each other.
Sleep from 11 am to 7 pm and harvest the rest of the time 😉
Corn reel is a life saver in those conditions
Your dady very hard working man, 👍
Too much deck angle can cause corn to ball up and cause jamming on the head, adjust the deck plate to best deck angle for corn is 20-25 degrees, standing corn use lower angle, laying corn use the higher. Measure angle with head about 2"inches off the ground. Slowing ground speed (I believe you are running slower at 3.5 mph) is good also .
You a 100% right, if that deck angle is to high its like pushing snow, but it's corn stocks. Geringhoff says it's suppose to be 22 degrees.
Those stalks are beyond brittle. Hope the rest of harvest goes better
Corn reel for the header will help you alot with stalks piling.
Get a corn reel, takes care of the problem no matter the color
Lol. Dagummit...We love our southern words. Great video.. God Bless.
Wow, i feel for you guys, but you keep smiling and going....
God bless y'all.
I'd of tried Jb weld overnight on the pipe. If that didn't fix it ....then pull it of and braze the pipe or replace it if u could get part easy.
I believe I would invest in a corn reel to help feed them stalks in Should help speed things it did for me.
Daniel, please get your Dad a Triple R cap 😊.
I took that center cover off over the auger on my drago gt and works great.
Corn reel will help.
Have you tried picking Just under the ear it will leave high corn stalks maybe good luck
I said the same thing. We always pick at a height where the “ear savers” are right under the lowest ears.
Work at night when there is more moisture
What percentage of planted acres were impacted by the drought? Continued good luck and stay safe!
Dan when a flat face oring blows out/starts to leak it usally blows the bad part of oring out to behind the loose/swivel nut. you need to wash the loose nut outwith brakeleen the more gooder the better. Been dealing with those for years on construction equipment. May or may not help but usally fixes the problem guys.
Should have to tighten ff o rings that tight
Daniel It looks like you are going to have to do more shelling in the early morning and later in the evening to take advantage of dew or moisture in the air to keep the stalks tougher.
yea listen to dad - very smart person !!!!
There are Teflon shims that you can put behind the gathering chains that push the chain out more so it can grab the stalk and help push in
Start earlier while stalks have moisture!
We tac welded some large lock washers on the auger flighting once.
Also lowering the head has worked before. I know it sounds wrong but the stalk may be stronger at bottom allowing them to help push the stuff into auger.
Speed up snapping rolls! 🤷♂️🤷♂️
Good morning Daniel and Granny.
Farmers the foundation of America
Man oh man this changing weather makes me think, farmers of the future will be growing crops not depending on fertilizer but faith!
It's always been that way.
Praying you make some profit on the corn this year.
Good video good to see y'all
We ran into stalks breaking off last year and piling up. Seemed to flow better with more moisture so we started running at night to get through that variety
Weld some flat washers on your gathering chains (long links) leave them sticking high as possible without them hitting anything while they turn………John Deere makes kits that does the same thing but there flat pieces of metal that you bolt onto the chains……..I’m sure case makes them as well or yetter…….helps tremendously in dry stalks
Put some 1" lock washers on the header auger flights. This will help grab the dry stalks.
Deere’s do the same thing. One thing that helped us is set the gathering chains point to point. I think it has a little more time to pull the fluff into the chains.
That was going to be my suggestion
When faced with a similar situation years ago we switched to the grain head. Worked pretty good
Daniel your a friggin hoot! 😊
Bring head up closer to the ears of corn
Hello my friend! I would like to recomend you to buy that kind of reel that Geringhoff has. That kit will clean the pile of stalks thay are annoying you due the harvest situation thay you are facing of due the lack of rain.
Maybe try picking at night so the stalks have some moisture and not so brittle
Bless his heart - your daddy doesn't have anything better than an Auburn hat to wear.......
Got a new to me 2188 this year as our backup combine and the first things to go into it were LED lights and a gps, once you run with both of those things you will never want to run without them
I would pick the variety that breaks off in the early morning hours then move to another variety at 11 am
Reverse the position of the gathering chains to stop the bunching on the head in the afternoons. Guaranteed to work!
U almost need a reel for down corn on the header. Digging the content.
Hi 👋🏽 granny and the boys excellent video know it’s hard work but thanks for everything you all do and as always you all be safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Drink!
If possible I have switched varieties at noon that didn't do that then go back in morning when dew is on. But not always possible.
Rough going but thanks for taking us along!
Conditions will be the same here in Oklahoma not looking forward to it.
you need a cob fork carry on the combina to rake them stalks in.
Run an old honeybee header in 50+bu/ac canola and you’ll be out cleaning off the feeder house about every 10 minutes, terrible older headers for combines in fluffy crops even with a cross auger. Great swather headers and great for cereals but terrible in fluffy stuff
Speed up header as fast as it goes and stay perfectly between the rows.....are turn the day job to a night job
Look into a header reel for corn heads.
Try raising your header up so not as much is going through
Good morning Granny have a great day
You need a corn reel to pull them corn stalks in like we use in Iowa to pick up down corn
Have @Wonderful 248th ! / / thanks
Got a potato rake to save the corn. That worked out pretty good.
🔥🔥🔥I can’t believe it’s corn harvest time already😮
It is not. It died early from no rain.
How is that fodder all going to stay in the field and now blow across to the creeks and ditches??
We don’t get the wind you get in the Midwest. Flooding will take it, but there’s no solution to that except flood control structures and watershed management. You do what you can.
Man is that aggravating. Miracle this video isn't one big beep. Keep up the perseverance.
Good job man never thought corn harvesting season start beginning in August I'm European is this 2024 harvesting and when do you planted this corn season in Europe start mid September.
Put a reel on front of corn header as on sm grain it will at least keep the stalks in the header I know they make them but I'm not sure who
I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO Daniel ❤😊
On a dry year with corn there not much you can do to stop it from piling up buddy. Done been there on dry year. Starks are so dry they just don’t feed though the corn header. Hate to see y’all cutting bad corn and prices not good this year. All farmers go through this and you work so hard to get it right but you don’t get rain when you need it this is what happens . Hope you get in some better corn buddy!! Stay safe. From La . 🙋🏼♂️👍
Man that is frustrating Daniel I've been there . Thanks for the footage
Was leaking from the o-ring maybe but broke the furnace brazed joint from not being able to hold the backup wrench on the fitting stationary while loosening and tightening the line nut.
Great video Daniel. Could you tell me where you got those toolbox trays in the cam locker tool box????
Thanks.
Daniel, one thing to try is adjusting your header height. I know you guys like that auto height but if you run it manually and run the height where the “ear savers” or black flaps on each row are an inch or two below your lowest ears, there will be less stalk breaking off into the header. Thats been my experience. Just an idea you can try.
You need a corn reel!
If it's too wet to be in the field are you going to attend the farm progress show in a few weeks?
Thanks for sharing
Two of the worst four letter words when said together is “down corn”. I realize this stuff isn’t down but it’s producing the same results. It’s enough to drive you mad.
Shell that variety at night/early morning. Shell better stalk quality in afternoon?
Potato rakes are good for all sorts of things!
Crawl speed Dan! Crawl speed! 2 mph
If you had a corn reel you could roll right trough that mess. And does that corn have alfatoxin from the drought?
Flip gathering chains over on the rows that are giving you problems.
Love the AU hat.
Maybe a little wax on the header may make it a little more slick
Why does he need GPS to cut corn stalks.
Once you get used to using something, you want it to work. And you will need it later when doing planting, etc.
It will help put together accurate yield maps to plan future crops
Stupid question
I ran thousands of acres with a no cab 930 case I had to drive tractor my self and even steered it
@edcrego8487 Exactly right and we still do the same thing. We don't need no damb GPS. If you can't follow a row marker quite farming.