SAMPLING PROCEDURE
!!CAUTION!!
*Always stop the combine (travel, thresher
and unload auger) before getting a sample.
Ideally, stop the combine engine! *Be careful
when climbing into the grain hopper. Follow
the combine manufacturer’s recommendations.
The following procedure should be done prior to the hopper auger being
covered with grain and should be done when the moisture of the grain is
at the level of which you are most concerned:
1.
If the meter is changing rapidly, it is possible to have a sample that is either
wetter or drier than the meter reading. Waiting for the meter to stay steady
will assure you of a more accurate sample.
When readings have been steady and not changing rapidly for a short period
of time, stop the combine. Remember the cautions above.
2.
Collect a sample of grain from the very top layer of grain. (The grain that was
being augered into the hopper when the digital panel meter was being read.)
A clean plastic bag works well to transport this sample to a reliable moisture
tester for comparison. Write the Calc-U-Dri reading on each sample bag.
3.
Take several samples and take their average.
4.
Set the offset using that average.
In the example below, the unit had a -2.50 offset before sampling. Based on
the sampling example, you would now change that to a -2.20.
SOYBEAN SAMPLING EXAMPLE
*The type of tester used at
grain elevators or terminals.
Combine Calc-U-Dri
Reliable
Hand held units can be used,
Digital Display
Tester*
but under certain ambient
conditions, may not be very
13.2%
13.9%
accurate.
13.4%
13.1%
13.0%
13.2%
12.9%
13.5%
Total:
52.5
53.7
Avg.
13.1%
13.4%
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