Combines 9600 plugged sieves bad weeds in wheat

[gben]

Talking about the sieve or chafferIJ If it is the chaffer you can make a tool with a handle and attach a sharp pointed end. Then open the chaffer all the way and use the pointed end to poke out the green stuff. This will be easier after it has set overnight and the weeds dried somewhat. After poking to loosen the mat up and getting some of it out and down on the sieve, start the machine and put the separater in gear, it should all go out the back now. To prevent this try openning and slowing the concave until you are just getting all the grain out of the head, this will tend to break the green stuff up less and it is more likely to go on through, may even get more of it up on the walkers. If you have a curtain installed behind the cylinder take it out in that green stuff, that will help also. You will probably loose a little grain out the back but the green stuff is walking considerable more out the back anyway. You may have to slow your ground speed to give the machine more time to deal with the green stuff and the power to get it up on the walkers.

 

[acrebaker]

spray your sieves with "no stick" cooking spray every morning. that worked for me. good luck

 

[2rotorsrule]

I don't know how hard it is to pull the sieves out, but one year our sieves plugged with crushed up nightshade and formed hard as a rock. It think we used an acid like you would use to acid wheels on a truck....prayed it on and let it soak, then rinsed off with garden hose. We had to scrub a little, but it wasn't too bad.

 

[deeredriver]

Pre-harvest Round-up your field and dry the weeds down that way ,,,then they won't be a problem ,,,thats what we do.