agco 3000 series corn head owners

twinstacks · 10-11-2011, 08:53 AM

found this out the hard way.

came to the end of the row started raising the cornhead & one of the snouts started to fold under. as i raised the head the gathering chains hit the snout & broke 1 top drive sprocket & broke the top of the gearbox on the other. all because the chain that holds the snout up was held in by a clevis pin & spring clip. the clip was pushed out by corn stalks & pin fell out. REPLACE THESE WITH BOLTS & LOCKNUTS!!!!!

pioneer · 10-11-2011, 09:47 AM

I have only lost 2 snouts from rocks. All the others have come from those dang pins coming out.

nebrmassey · 10-11-2011, 10:07 AM

Thanks for warning....dont need something else to go wrong. Sometimes I think I should give up on AGCO. Good CaseIH dealer just 5 miles away (compared to marginal AGCO dealer 45 away). Then all my problems would be over! Right??

Jackrabbit · 10-11-2011, 11:37 AM

Please note that spring clip that holds the pin into the chains is supposed to be pushed all the way in, not just to the first detent of the clip.

8850jd · 11-06-2011, 09:06 PM

If your going to case ih make sure u dont buy the heads... corn head is great for head shelling. And either buy a 7088 or 8120... the check out the other threads.. they have issues too.

10-11-2011, 08:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
twinstacks Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 126	agco 3000 series corn head owners found this out the hard way. came to the end of the row started raising the cornhead & one of the snouts started to fold under. as i raised the head the gathering chains hit the snout & broke 1 top drive sprocket & broke the top of the gearbox on the other. all because the chain that holds the snout up was held in by a clevis pin & spring clip. the clip was pushed out by corn stalks & pin fell out. REPLACE THESE WITH BOLTS & LOCKNUTS!!!!!

10-11-2011, 09:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
pioneer Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: George, WA Posts: 227	I have only lost 2 snouts from rocks. All the others have come from those dang pins coming out.

10-11-2011, 10:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
nebrmassey Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 257	Thanks for warning....dont need something else to go wrong. Sometimes I think I should give up on AGCO. Good CaseIH dealer just 5 miles away (compared to marginal AGCO dealer 45 away). Then all my problems would be over! Right??

10-11-2011, 11:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jackrabbit Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Coming soon to a field near you Posts: 14	Please note that spring clip that holds the pin into the chains is supposed to be pushed all the way in, not just to the first detent of the clip.

11-06-2011, 09:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
8850jd Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: wisconsin Posts: 852	If your going to case ih make sure u dont buy the heads... corn head is great for head shelling. And either buy a 7088 or 8120... the check out the other threads.. they have issues too.

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