Gauge Monitors Corn Head Speed

Gauge Monitors Corn Head Speed COMBINES Accessories 15-5-8 A corn head gauge that connects to the variable speed pulley on the feederhouse of his Deere 4420 combine lets Charlie Millar, Wever, Iowa, see at a glance how fast his corn head is running. The gauge consists of a red-tipped metal marker that attaches directly to the variable speed pulley on the corn head's belt drive. When the pulley is moved to speed up or slow down the header, the marker moves across an 8-in. long green metal guide that's "calibrated" with four strips of black electrical tape. When the marker's at the top of the guide, the header's running at top speed. "It takes some of the guesswork out of operating my corn head," says Millar, who came up with the marker two years ago. "It doesn't take much movement in the speed of the corn head's snapping rolls or gathering chains to make a big difference in combine performance. However, my 1982 combine doesn't have a corn head monitor so I could never tell how fast the corn head was running. My mechanical marker works better than monitors on some newer combines be-cause it's simple and reliable and easily visible even in the heaviest corn stalks." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Charlie Millar, Box 234, Rt. 1, Wever, Iowa 52658 (ph 319 372-2042).

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