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[Dave]

Sounds like a dealer not to interested in selling a machine... On the other side I had the chance to drive a new 2000 R72 a few weeks ago, it must have been set up right. Awesome, best word I can come up with, what a wheat cutter.............

 

[Dan]

Good words of advice STG. What was he doingIJ Trying to push it to soon. Was he plugging somewhere or poping the trap doorIJ Do you know what he had in it for cylinder barsIJ You are so right about rough or sticky surfacesIJ Even some chroming is rough hear and there which take hundreds of hours to polish smooth and get to full potential. Have a good harvest.

 

[d_smith]

It is not surprising that some dealers struggle with the setup of new machines. Few will ever spend time in the field to find out what works and what does not. Go to a car dealer and having to ask about 3 different people what to do set up a truck for towing and you can see the frustration.

 

[T__langan]

About the chromed surfaces - a dealer once told us that if we ever bought a brand new Gleaner rotary, to buy it in the fall and cut a crop of corn with it first to polish the cage rather than try to cut grain first. He said it takes forever to smooth out the cage in grain. Probably good advice! I think Dan and Co. should buy a couple thousand acres of land to go with their dealership to plant corn on so they can pre-polish the cages for their combine customers!

 

[SilverTurnedGreen]

Hi Dan! To give credit where credit's due, the dealer removed the reverse bars, since his idea was that the friction of the new chrome and paint would "retard" the crop flow enough for adequate seperation. We never did get rotor losses down to an acceptable level, but then again we didn't try too hard, either. We simply wanted a reasonable speed with a clean sample in the tank. From their, we could start to "tweek" rotor speed and concave settings to reduce rotor loss, but unfortunately we didn't get that far.

 

[Rolf]

Come on Tom

 

[T__langan]

As we all know here on Gleaner Talk, there are hidden profits in corn. And I'm sure the Hurtts have room in the corner of their shop for a shinin' still same as the Brannons! As George Jones' song goes - "Mighty, mighty pleasin', Dan's corn squeezin's. Pssssshhhhh, hickup, White lightenin'!" I guess there will be no need for me to bring a milk truck full of beer to the annual Gleaner "Meeting of the Minds" party this year!