AgTalk Home
AgTalk Home
Search Forums | Classifieds (121) | Skins | Language
You are logged in as a guest. ( logon | register )

Couple Harvest Photos
View previous thread :: View next thread
   Forums List -> AgTalk CafeMessage format
 
Glenn W.
Posted 8/12/2022 08:52 (#9792841 - in reply to #9791311)
Subject: RE: Couple Harvest Photos


Southeast Washington
ihmanky - 8/10/2022 19:23

Forgive my ignorance but always wondered about the older hillside machines and now the same on the newer ones... is there a safety of some sort on the leveling cylinders?  What I'm getting at is if you're running on a fairly steep (steep for you guys) sidehill with a nearly full hopper and blow a hose to a leveling cylinder or some other failure, is there something that keeps it from leaning to the downhill side at a rapid rate?  Seems to me with a full tank that could be enough momentum to turn one over in that instance. 



A couple things to lessen the issue. Dump your hopper before the steepest part. It also isn't a good idea to take the grain cart on the steepest part because one's who have lost wheels or spindles sometimes.

The old combines leveled further over 40 percent. The new Hillco levelers only level to 28 percent so aren't going to level as far down the hill. The current hillsides have duals and are a lot wider than the old full hillsides so are far more stable on the typical hill. The more the combine levels down the hill, the less the grain tank will hold. This means the combine will automatically dump the grain over the top and lighten the load the combine will be holding.

There are two leveling cylinders and one hose could blow but doesn't usually affect both cylinders as the hoses are separate to both sides so would make it less effective and pull would blow everywhere catching your attention as would the smell.

The final thing is some brands are equipped to run the hills without leveling so the whole combine is bolted to the axle so a leveling system failure isn't going to happen.

Know of one new hillside combine last week snap the lug bolts and the outside tire rolled away and the inside dropped and the combine luckily fell on it and was supported some.

Those instances are usually in bad locations and reminds you to pay attention because you never know when something muggy happen.

Here is a tracked one with leveling. Another running hills without leveling.



(20210606_190923 (full).jpg)



(DSCF1275 (full).JPG)



Attachments
----------------
Attachments 20210606_190923 (full).jpg (146KB - 157 downloads)
Attachments DSCF1275 (full).JPG (109KB - 135 downloads)
Top of the page Bottom of the page


Jump to forum :
Search this forum
Printer friendly version
E-mail a link to this thread

(Delete cookies)