Cocklebur Hopper For Deere Combine

Cocklebur Hopper For Deere Combine COMBINES Miscellaneous 19-1-8 "We built a hopper under our 4400 Deere combine to remove those troublesome cockleburs that escape chemical control in the field," says Milton Schrader, Alexandria, S. Dak. "We open the chaffer sieve just enough to allow cockleburs to drop onto the cleaning sieve and then the return auger picks them up and drops them into the hopper. We then dump the cockleburs and burn them after harvest. Keeps burrs from getting into our bins or dropping back onto the ground behind the combine. "The hopper is positioned under the re-turn auger on the left side of the combine. We just removed part of the shroud around the return auger by removing 4 bolts. I made ;finger spikes and clamped them to the auger to spread burrs in the hopper." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Milton E. Schrader, Rt. 2, Box 66, Alexandria, S.Dak. 57311 (ph 605 449-4526).

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