Gleaner S67 2015, S68 2015, S77 2015, S78 2015, S88 2015 Quick Reference Guide
2015 Quick Reference Guide
S67/S68/S77/S78/S88 Models
It is YOUR responsibility to read and understand the safety section in your
Operator’s Manual and the manual for all attachments before operating your
machine. Remember YOU are the key to safety. Good safety practices not only
protect you, but also the people around you.
Study the features in your Operator’s Manual and make them a working part
of your safety program. Keep in mind that the safety section in your Operator’s
Manual is written only for this type of machine. Practice all other usual and
customary safe working precautions, and above all REMEMBER - SAFETY IS
YOUR RESPONSIBILIT Y. YOU CAN PREVENT SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
Contents
Combine Setup 1
Cereal Grain - Wheat, Oats, Barley 1
Milo - Grain Sorghum 2
Dry Corn (< 20% moisture) 2
High Moisture Corn (> 24% moisture) 3
Soybeans 4
Canola/Rapeseed 5
Millet 5
Edible Beans 6
Sunowers 7
Flax 7
Grass Seed (Bluegrass, Bentgrass) 8
Alfalfa 9
Clover 10
Rye 10
Troubleshooting 11
Header 11
Feed conveyor 16
Processor 17
Grain quality 19
Grain loss 23
Loss Calculation 25
“Quick check” for combine grain loss 25
Spreading discharge 25
“Next step” for combine grain loss 25
Rotor loss 26
Shoe loss 26
“Advanced” grain loss calculation procedure 27
Advanced rotor loss 27
Advanced shoe loss 27
Standard Payable Moisture & Density Chart 28
Combine Setup
Cereal Grain - Wheat, Oats, Barley
Initial Combine Setup
Milo - Grain Sorghum
Initial Combine Setup
Concave
Rotor RPM
Setting
Fan
Opening
Chaffer
Opening
Sieve
Opening
Chopper
Speed
Elevator
Boots
Concave
0.1” -
0.2”
0.1” -
0.2”
0.1” -
0.2”
Setting *
3 - 6
3 - 6
3 - 6
Fan Opening
Chaffer
0.75”
(19 mm)
0.75”
(19 mm)
0.75”
(19 mm)
Opening
Sieve
0.375”
(10 mm)
0.375”
(10 mm)
0.375”
(10 mm)
Opening
Fast Solid
Fast Solid
Fast Solid
Chopper
Speed
Crop
Wheat 800
Oats 600
Barley
* - As read on the EIP.
Rotor RPM
400 -
600
Initial Header & Header Drive Setup
• Cutterbar locked up on ex headers.
• Variable speed header drive in slowest position.
• Right-hand pivot drive belt positioned on large countershaft drive
sheave and small driven pivot sheave.
Straw Chopper
• Position chopper drive belt so chopper is operating at fast speed.
450-600 0.2” - 0.4” 3 - 6
• Set concave to stem thickness just below head for starting point.
Elevator
Boots
• Run in low range of rotor gearbox for greater torque if possible (S8
Series has greater range to provide ability to run on low side of
gearbox).
0.625”
(16 mm)
0.313”
(8 mm)
Fast Solid
Initial Header & Header Drive Setup
• Lock up cutterbar on ex headers.
• Variable speed header drive in slowest position.
• Right-hand pivot drive belt positioned on large countershaft drive
sheave and small driven pivot sheave.
Straw Chopper
• Position chopper drive belt so chopper is operating at fast speed.
Dry Corn (< 20% moisture)
Initial Combine Setup
Concave
Rotor
RPM
Setting
Fan
Opening
Chaffer
Opening
Sieve
Opening
Chopper
Speed
Elevator
Boots
Tips
• Filler bars may be required for hard threshing cereals to eliminate
white caps. Order Concave Filler Kit #700958588 from your
dealer.
• If white caps persist, dealer should contact Technical Service Support
for additional kits required.
• A narrow wire-4 section concave option may be ordered from the
factory in lieu of the All Crop concave or from AGCO Parts for areas
predominately harvesting harder threshing cereals such as spring
wheat and canola. Order Narrow Wire Concave #71469348 from
your dealer.
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250-300 0.6” - 0.8” 4 - 6
• Feed chains at slow speed for corn
Initial Header & Header Drive Setup
• Variable speed header drive hose and coupler should be connected.
• Right-hand pivot drive belt positioned on small countershaft drive
sheave and large driven pivot sheave.
Tips
• Use round end corn chaffer for higher moisture corn.
• A grain chaffer is optional and can be used for drier corn.
• Removal of lower sieve will increase capacity in corn.
0.625”
(16 mm)
0.4”
(11 mm)
Slow Solid
High Moisture Corn (> 24% moisture)
Soybeans
Initial Combine Setup
Concave
Rotor RPM
250-300 0.6” - 0.8” 4 - 7
• * IMPORTANT: Set chaffer to achieve acceptable grain bin sample.
Opening chaffer can be done anytime. However, due to the nature of
the electronics, closing the chaffer should be done at the end of the
eld after cleanout by completely opening and then closing to the
lower number that you desire and then adjusting up to the desired
chaffer setting.
• Feed chains at slow speed for corn.
Setting
Fan
Opening
Chaffer
Opening
0.625”
(16 mm) *
Sieve
Remove
lower
sieve
Opening
Chopper
Speed
Slow Solid
Elevator
Initial Header & Header Drive Setup
• Variable speed header drive hose and coupler should be connected.
• Right-hand pivot drive belt positioned on small countershaft drive
sheave and large driven pivot sheave.
Tips
• Use round end corn chaffer for higher moisture corn.
• Use grain chaffer for drier corn.
Initial Combine Setup
Concave
Boots
Rotor RPM
400 0.2” - 0.4” 3 - 6
Setting
Fan
Opening
Chaffer
0.75”
(19 mm)
Opening
Sieve
0.375”
(16 mm)
Opening
Chopper
Speed
Fast Perf.
Elevator
Boots
Initial Header & Header Drive Setup
• Release and adjust cutterbar on ex headers. Adjust header height
control.
• Variable speed header drive in slowest position.
• Right-hand pivot drive belt positioned on large countershaft drive
sheave and small driven pivot sheave.
Tips
• Round end corn chaffer can remain in combine for soybeans however,
grain quality will be negatively impacted. Standard chaffer will provide
higher grain quality.
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Canola/Rapeseed
Initial Combine Setup
Concave
Rotor RPM
Setting
• Feed chains (front and rear) should be in high position and fast speed.
• Angle pickup header down so pickup attachment and pickup header
auger can breakup clumps of crop material and more evenly feed the
feed chains and lower wind board accordingly.
Tips
Fan
Opening
Chaffer
Opening
Sieve
Opening
Chopper
Speed
Elevator
Boots
• During day in dry conditions, slow the rotor down; at night when
conditions are damp speed rotor up
450-600 0.2” - 0.4” 3 - 5
0.75”
(19 mm)
0.375”
(9 mm)
Fast Solid
Initial Header & Header Drive Setup
• Variable speed header drive (if equipped) in slowest position for draper
headers and direct cut headers.
• Right-hand pivot drive belt positioned on large countershaft drive
sheave and small driven pivot sheave.
• For pickup headers, speed up variable speed header drive (if
equipped) by 50%.
• Feed chains (front and rear) should be in high position and fast speed.
• Angle pickup header down so pickup attachment and pickup header
auger can breakup clumps of crop material and more evenly feed the
feed chains. Lower wind board accordingly.
Tips
• During day in dry conditions, slow the rotor down; at night when
conditions are damp speed rotor up
Millet
Edible Beans
Initial Combine Setup
Concave
Rotor RPM
190 - 230 0.3” - 0.4” 5 - 7
• Remove all reverse bars and replace with forward bars and remove
separator knives if installed.
Initial Header & Header Drive Setup
• Cutter Bar - In some crops, the material is direct cut so the header
should be set-up accordingly. In many cases, the crop is windrowed
and the material is harvested from the windrow.
• Variable speed header drive in slowest position.
• Right-hand pivot drive belt positioned on large countershaft drive
sheave and small driven pivot sheave.
Setting
Fan
Opening
Chaffer
0.75”
(19 mm)
Opening
Sieve
0.375”
(10 mm)
Opening
Chopper
Speed
Fast Solid
Elevator
Boots
Initial Combine Setup
Concave
Rotor RPM
525 0.2” - 0.3” 2 - 4
• While you can harvest millet with the All Crop convave, settings
are ideal with Narrow wire concave installed. Order Narrow Wire
Concave #71469348 from you dealer.
Setting
Fan
Opening
Chaffer
0.625”
(16 mm)
Opening
Sieve
0.187 5”
(5 mm)
Opening
Chopper
Speed
Fast Solid
Elevator
Boots
Tips
• Optional perforated boot covers on clean grain and tailings elevators
may be used if desired but, can cause cracking in certain conditions.
• Optional slow speed elevator kit may be used if desired. Order Slow
Speed Elevator Kit #71394759 from your dealer.
Additional Combine Setup
• If cracking of beans still occurs, remove all lugs on front accelerator
roll and leave lugs on rear accelerator roll to move crop. Lugs should
be reinstalled immediately for all other crops.
Initial Header & Header Drive Setup
• Variable speed header drive (if equipped) in slowest position for draper
headers and direct cut headers.
• Right-hand pivot drive belt positioned on large countershaft drive
sheave and small driven pivot sheave.
• For pickup headers, speed up variable speed header drive (if
equipped) by 50%.
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Sunowers
Grass Seed (Bluegrass, Bentgrass)
Initial Combine Setup
Concave
Rotor
RPM
350 0.4” 2 - 5
Setting
Fan
Opening
Chaffer
0.625”
(16 mm)
Opening
Sieve
0.25”
(6 mm)
Opening
Chopper
Speed
Fast Solid
Initial Header & Header Drive Setup
• Header must be equipped with sunower attachment to minimize head
and seed loss at the header.
• Variable speed header drive in slowest position.
• Right hand pivot drive belt positioned on large countershaft drive
sheave and small driven pivot sheave.
Additional Combine Setup
• May require additional Separator Blanking Kit #700961967 (3
blanks) will block off separator grates and level out shoe distribution.
Please have your dealer contact Technical Service Support.
Flax
Initial Combine Setup
Initial Combine Setup
Elevator
Boots
Rotor RPM
400 0.0” - 0.1” 0 - 1 **
* - If baling straw is preferred, order impeller if needed.
** - The Light Seed Kit #700959206 can be installed and used for grass
seed harvest but should be removed for any other crop.
Concave
Setting
Fan
Opening
Chaffer
0.75”
(19 mm)*
Opening
Sieve
0.1”
(2.5 mm)
Opening
Fast* Solid
Chopper
Speed
Elevator
Boots
Initial Header & Header Drive Setup
• Variable speed header drive in slowest position.
• Right hand pivot drive belt positioned on large countershaft drive
sheave and small driven pivot sheave.
Additional Combine Setup
• Completley block off leaf screen with plastic or cardboard.
• May require additional Separator Blanking Kit #700961967. This
will block off separator grates and level out shoe distribution.
• 2 additional reverse bars should be removed from separator side of
rotor (LH) and add 2 reverse bars on threshing side of rotor (RH).
• Have your dealer contact Technical Service Support for additional
adjustments required.
Concave
Rotor RPM
800 0.0” - 0.4” 3 - 5
Setting
Fan
Opening
Chaffer
0.625”
(16 mm)
Opening
Sieve
Opening
0.12 5”
(3.18 mm)
Chopper
Speed
Fast Solid
Elevator
Boots
Initial Header & Header Drive Setup
• Flax is generally windrowed and a pickup attachment is used on
header.
• Variable speed header drive in slowest position.
• Right-hand pivot drive belt positioned on large countershaft drive
sheave and small driven pivot sheave.
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