Grain Grabbers Improve Crop Flow Into Combine

Grain grabbers improve crop flow into combine COMBINES Accessories 17-3-13 While harvesting a short wheat crop, Mike Heer, who farms near Ephrata, Wash., got an idea to improve crop flow into his combine's grain head. His "grain grabbers" consist simply of 12-in. long rubber strips that fasten to the feeder auger. "I was watching the short stalks get cut off at the sickle and then just sit there until there was enough buildup to push them into the auger flighting which would then move it to the feederhouse. I knew that if I could just get the wheat to the flighting, it would feed more evenly so I fastened some rubber strips to the auger about 24 in. from each end, making them long enough to slap at the wheat on the cutterbar, pulling it in," says Heer. He cuts the rubber strips out of inner tubes, making them 3 in. wide and 12 to 13 in. long. He holds them in place with a 3-in. long piece of flat iron or angle iron bolted in place with 1/4-in. bolts. He drills and taps the auger tube to accept the bolts. Strips bolt between sections of fighting, with each strip 7 in. offset from the strip next to it. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mike Heer, Ephrata, Wash. 98823 (ph 509 754-4098). Reprinted from Barnes Farm & Shop Magazine

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