I have used a bottle jack to straighten a bent cutterbar. You get a log chain, bolt it down on each side of the bend using bolts bolted through the cutterbar. Put the chain on top of the jack and jack down the hump.
Excellent video Brandon :) , your Dad don't be shy on video or camera :) , George :) also Brandon remember my dad damaged grain head on cutter board by some rocks year ago and only header for combine! We couldn't find good parts so had rebuilt cutting board and bend in same area in middle like guy one bean head one! We had use 2 Loader tractor Desiel motor chains tow metal rope too pull bend out and straight up cut board plus fingers and blades broken to! Plus torch heat 🔥 some too and was 4 days take apart but 3 days assembly back together! What lucky part the 1964 McCormick International Sickle Mower pull type was same as 1968 McCormick International 105C combine gas motor on 2 carraige bolt fingers and knifes 🔺️ 2 pop rivets each same both things Lol ! Save money because my dad always bought extras parts save for repairs times to and when I did repairs lots to same things so had double parts extras Lol! It was smart ways doing it and especially days was want get things fix and go to it !
My next job is adjusting the floor behind the knife on my 1020-20 so this was a helpful video. I hope you unhook the battery when you weld on your combine. There’s a lot of electronics in a 2388 that you can fry
That is the first header i've seen with fingers the full length. Yrs ago the neighbor told me it was impossible to weld over head! Dad told him , I could make it look as good up side down , as rite side up!
I just hope the fingers don't cuase alot of head shell....the sparks are what is the bad part of over head lol in the this video when I was cutting with the torch some hot stuff went down my shirt I kept my composure though lol
@@dirtgrainsteel yes the sparks are the bad part , the good part is we can keep are equipment going. We get to save some money! I'm replacing hydraulic lines. One was rite , the other was bowed badly , after several hours gently fixing it , it's the wrong line. Glad i'm not needing the tractor rite now.
neat re bending to fix the rock damage! especially in the cycle bar! keep an eye on the polishing of the cutter see if it is ok, or needs more tweaking. great find, happy harvesting!
Whatever insurance company that guy had sounds like a great one most places won’t pay for a replacement unless they make for dang sure it can’t be fixed lol you done a great job fixing it I kept trying to tell you get little *ick and push down on the cutter bar lol then you got it 😂 good job buddy thanks for sharing
Great job as usual glad to see such a nice head repaired instead of scrapped out
Great job great video thanks thanks Brandon and George and Dad
Thank you!!
It's funny how a rock can bend it up, but look how much work it took to get it back! Good Job!
Good lesson on how to fix bent metal without having to fully dissassemble the whole machine!
Good job guys!!!!
Thank you!
I have used a bottle jack to straighten a bent cutterbar. You get a log chain, bolt it down on each side of the bend using bolts bolted through the cutterbar. Put the chain on top of the jack and jack down the hump.
Excellent video Brandon :) , your Dad don't be shy on video or camera :) , George :) also Brandon remember my dad damaged grain head on cutter board by some rocks year ago and only header for combine! We couldn't find good parts so had rebuilt cutting board and bend in same area in middle like guy one bean head one! We had use 2 Loader tractor Desiel motor chains tow metal rope too pull bend out and straight up cut board plus fingers and blades broken to! Plus torch heat 🔥 some too and was 4 days take apart but 3 days assembly back together! What lucky part the 1964 McCormick International Sickle Mower pull type was same as 1968 McCormick International 105C combine gas motor on 2 carraige bolt fingers and knifes 🔺️ 2 pop rivets each same both things Lol ! Save money because my dad always bought extras parts save for repairs times to and when I did repairs lots to same things so had double parts extras Lol! It was smart ways doing it and especially days was want get things fix and go to it !
Enjoyed watching this fix up project. Nicely done!!
I love the way you fix all kinds of Anything. It’s certainly good to see old school thinking and working, not just changing parts. Thanks
George does a great job...
Yes he's good help!!
Thank u
Looks as good as new! were there there is a will, there is a way 🙂
Thank you!
If it doesn't work you got a parts head atleast. Great video so much talent. Between the three of you.
That is true!
My next job is adjusting the floor behind the knife on my 1020-20 so this was a helpful video. I hope you unhook the battery when you weld on your combine. There’s a lot of electronics in a 2388 that you can fry
Great video Brandon,Dad, and George glad you got it going 👍
Give 'er the beans!
It is an excellent video though Brandon!!
Thank you!
That is the first header i've seen with fingers the full length. Yrs ago the neighbor told me it was impossible to weld over head! Dad told him , I could make it look as good up side down , as rite side up!
I just hope the fingers don't cuase alot of head shell....the sparks are what is the bad part of over head lol in the this video when I was cutting with the torch some hot stuff went down my shirt I kept my composure though lol
@@dirtgrainsteel yes the sparks are the bad part , the good part is we can keep are equipment going. We get to save some money! I'm replacing hydraulic lines. One was rite , the other was bowed badly , after several hours gently fixing it , it's the wrong line. Glad i'm not needing the tractor rite now.
It even runs pretty smooth
Yeah I was happy with it it just needs shined up now!!
@@dirtgrainsteel that won't take long
I guess when it boils down to push and shove, its the pushing and shoving, that makes the reels go around!
neat re bending to fix the rock damage! especially in the cycle bar! keep an eye on the polishing of the cutter
see if it is ok, or needs more tweaking. great find, happy harvesting!
Y’all did great on that head. Look forward to hearing how that head performs.
Thank you!!
Another great project! Thanks for videoing it for us.
Thanks for watching!
Good job guys. That turned out real nice. Might take a little bit to shine it up but that's normal. See you soon in the next one!!
That head would look good on L2
The 5020 looks sad sitting in the healing weeds
Whatever insurance company that guy had sounds like a great one most places won’t pay for a replacement unless they make for dang sure it can’t be fixed lol you done a great job fixing it I kept trying to tell you get little *ick and push down on the cutter bar lol then you got it 😂 good job buddy thanks for sharing
Yeah I need to get that insurance info also lol....thank you!!
Very cool, it's way bigger than my mower behind my WD.
Just alittle bigger lol
Hello from Ireland.. any chance of dad cam during harvest??
We can try I'll see what I can do!!
'Thats going to be a good header. And we always call rocks, sex stones F****** rocks lol
The audio is really sub par.
The audio is way to low.
Yeah it's alittle low but it gets louder and I don't say much important
@@dirtgrainsteel but it’s good to hear your voice, still an excellent video
It's all right