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Mbmaring
Posted 9/29/2010 14:20 (#1378369)
Subject: Steel tracks on combine ROUGH



North west MN		I put some steel tracks on my 9600 combine and don't know if we will be able to take the ride they are very rough and loud. From what I hear that is just the way they are Guess I should have spent the money for rubber. Would be nice if it dries up to take them off.
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Illinois John
Posted 9/29/2010 14:39 (#1378381 - in reply to #1378369)
Subject: RE: Steel tracks on combine ROUGH


Crawford County, Robinson, Illinois

Each time I put on my steel tracks, I was so glad I was not getting stuck constantantly, I never minded the rough ride.

At least the ability to harvest was worth the rough ride, in my opinion. 

I did have rubber road pads on my Gilbert and Riplo tracks, perhaps that might have made my ride a bit easier.  You could check to see if rubber road pads are available for your brand of tracks.





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usafarmer
Posted 9/29/2010 18:42 (#1378463 - in reply to #1378381)
Subject: RE: Steel tracks on combine ROUGH


Newfane NY		A picture from my past that I would like to forget........that home made combine trailer.........we found it easier just to drive it down the road........you soon learned how to clean them off correctly if it was going to freeze.......I will not sleep tonight now.

John
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Robert W Greif
Posted 9/29/2010 23:30 (#1378896 - in reply to #1378381)
Subject: Mr John - Kame



Dallas Center IA 515-720-2463		Mr John, Did you see my 'kame' pictures in the Overkill tread, now on page 2?

I remember being with you on a kame in Illinois back in 2002, at the gravesite of Burl Ives.
And I was suprised you knew what a kame was. I doubt if 1% of the population do.

The kame in my pics is Ocheyedan Mound, northwest of the Clay County Fair, and near the town of Ocheyedan.

For years it was considered the highest point in Iowa. But new data found a higher point, a level corn field about ten miles west.

The painted rocks: They have been up there as long as I can remember. And you can tell they were arrainged to spell something. But the rocks have all been pushed around and it was hard to figure the wording out.
This time the rocks were nice and in
place.

I like to climb the mound every time I am in the area. Like after the Clay County Fair or if RAGBRAI is in the area.

I would love to pitch a tent and spend the night up there. A few years ago during RAGBRAI, I climbed to the top well before sunrise. It was a GREAT sunrise, and I about frooze to death during July.

Any of you wondering what a kame is? Wikipedia has a good article on them.



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Illinois John
Posted 9/30/2010 06:00 (#1379070 - in reply to #1378896)
Subject: RE: Mr John - Kame


Crawford County, Robinson, Illinois		Yes, I saw your kame picture, and remembered our time together on "The Mound" in Jasper County Illinois.  For that matter, Mr. Bob, I really remember our time together at the Spencer County Fair a few years ago, as well as your farm tour of rural DesMoines.  Lots of good memories.
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Mbmaring
Posted 9/30/2010 08:05 (#1379161 - in reply to #1378381)
Subject: RE: Steel tracks on combine ROUGH



North west MN		That is the same kind of tracks I have. One thing I noticed on mine is the rollers are so wore out that the outside flange of the rollers are hitting the pin area of the track wearing into the pin area of chain links and making a bit more vibration and noise than they should. I might have to replace the rollers.
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plowboy
Posted 9/30/2010 12:39 (#1379512 - in reply to #1379161)
Subject: RE: Steel tracks on combine ROUGH



Brazilton KS		If the rollers are hitting the pins, the rails are most likely shot too.  The normal course of action is to torch the flanges on the rollers down and continue to run to destruction, then replace rollers and rails together. 
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Chad H
Posted 9/30/2010 13:31 (#1379551 - in reply to #1379512)
Subject: Re: Steel tracks on combine ROUGH


NE SD		I've never been around these. What makes the rails go bad too? Don't the rollers carry the weight?

How much do you consider to be too much for a rubber track system with excellent Goodyear belts? Ours might be for sale this winter.
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Rawleigh
Posted 9/30/2010 13:36 (#1379554 - in reply to #1379551)
Subject: Re: Steel tracks on combine ROUGH



White Stone, Virginia		Same thing as on a dozer. Abrasive wear between the roller and the chain thins the chain out. Also the pins and bushings will wear letting the chain stretch, which in turn wears out the sprockets. The rollers can be built up with weld as a temporary fix.
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Chad H
Posted 9/30/2010 14:24 (#1379583 - in reply to #1379554)
Subject: Re: Steel tracks on combine ROUGH


NE SD		So when you say rail, you mean what serves the same purpose as grousers on the rubber tracks and not what the rollers are mounted to?
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plowboy
Posted 10/1/2010 10:26 (#1380558 - in reply to #1379583)
Subject: Re: Steel tracks on combine ROUGH



Brazilton KS

Rail is the part the rollers roll on. 



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MOjeeper
Posted 9/29/2010 15:25 (#1378399 - in reply to #1378369)
Subject: Re: Steel tracks on combine ROUGH



NEMO		I didn't think in soft fields steel track road that rough..
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95h
Posted 9/29/2010 22:55 (#1378816 - in reply to #1378399)
Subject: Re: driving on top of the ground seems


Kittitas Co. Wa. State

much preferable to being sunk to the axles, dragging chains/straps/whatever through knee deep mud getting the tractor 1/2 stuck and spending the day playing "tow truck".

But,, I've been wrong before.

 

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Virginia Veg.
Posted 9/29/2010 19:34 (#1378492 - in reply to #1378369)
Subject: RE: Steel tracks on combine ROUGH



Eastern VA. No such thing as too many Magnums.		A man I worked for in college had some on a CaseIH 1844 cotton picker back in 1993. They were loud and mean, but they would go.

Edited by Virginia Veg. 9/29/2010 19:35
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plowboy
Posted 9/29/2010 23:29 (#1378890 - in reply to #1378369)
Subject: RE: Steel tracks on combine ROUGH



Brazilton KS		DUH
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acfarmer
Posted 10/1/2010 00:04 (#1380174 - in reply to #1378890)
Subject: RE: Steel tracks on combine ROUGH


Revere Missouri very northeast corner.		Thats a great response, if it was from a retard.
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plowboy
Posted 10/1/2010 10:34 (#1380563 - in reply to #1380174)
Subject: RE: Steel tracks on combine ROUGH



Brazilton KS		Well, that's about all there is to say about the statement "steel tracks ride rough."  
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