Combines 1460 dualsIJ

Brad,why are you considering dualsIJ If for flotation, would suggest a wider single as a possibility because you won't get the buildup of mud between wheels and less stress on the axle in uneven situations....axle and finals are heavy enough but pay attention to diameters as the trannies have different gears for wheel sizes... the chopper question is hard to answer because there are many things you can do and there are a lot of posts concerning just that below and your particular crop and weather conditions play into how well each will work for you....you can still buy a kit from CIH that will put a factory chopper in that machine but will be in the 5-6000 dollar range..seems like the small grain farmers like the add on after markets better then factory for spread patterns behind those big heads...specialty rotors and keystock grates seem to grind up the stems more than the standard rotors and slot grates...you can put disrupters in the ketstock grates that will help roping and break the stalks up more than without but have heard some comments here about cob breakage problems if you want to go back and forth beans and corn..I am running a standard rotor 1460, and harvest a little small grain but mainly beans and corn...for small grain run slotted grates..take out last grate and run sharktooth shredder both in beans and corn...put in notched separation bars over the straight ones..I added the air deflector this fall and it will help your chaff spread pattern a lot when stalks are dry.not so dramatic when conditions are wet... switch to keystock grates when beans are done and have a lot of corn to run which some years happens and some years does not...most conditions i am happy with the residue spredding

Ohio Steve, I was looking into duals for 2 reasons. First reason is that I have a friend who changed over from singles. He said that the machine was more stable in the hills and when crossing ruts and ditches. The second reason is he seems to leave less ruts in softer ground than I do. He has 20.8x38's and I am running 24.5x32's. Both machines are 4wd. The thought about duals vs. wide singles is that I could use the duals off of my tractor. I can get rims and tires alot cheaper for 20.8's than for 30.5's. As for the chopper, I have found the chopper drum and bottom but I still lack the gearbox. I have a specialty rotor with the spike bars in my machine. In dry stem beans it does fine, but the green ones seem to fall in small bunches about 18 inches long and 10 inches across and they only spread in about a 6 to 8 foot pattern. We cut a lot of maturity group 5s which is where the problem seems to be the worst.

Brad,

Duals will not help the spread pattern of your chaffer. We replaced the muffler and our spreader pattern increased nearly 3' feet on each side.