Combines Australian sloped grain pan on r62

David I think we have what you are talking about. When you have the big tyres on the back of the combine the combine seems to be nose down and we found as well as a lot of others that the flat pan always had a lot of grain sitting on it when you stopped to check the grain loss which also might explain why the front pan cracked out after a couple of years.While the sieve box was out our dealer placed a dummy sheet over the flat section (sloped with dividers)and sealed it. It does help as the grain flows onto the chaffer a lot better (no clumping)so less loss. This is on a 72. john

That brings up another question. Have you ever used any of them blade bars you have down under (very high wide forward rasp bar)IJ I was wondering if one of them spinning in third and fourth row from gearbox would prevent possibility of crop mating or rolling on seperator side. Sure would like to try a couple if I come across and excess loss problem.

Dan this sloped pan thing is a real good idea. Takes a bunch of weight off the shoe and lessens the bunching effect of the throwing action from the shoe front.

No but we have two raised bars on the seperator side to try and clean the grates. There is a pice of flat steel placed under the bar then rebolted .This does help a bit in leafy sorghum (milo).john

This sloped grain pan is now available here in the US from AGCO parts as well as a field-installed accessory. Talked with a rep last week about it and he said it worked great to reduce shoe load and increase capacity in everything except perhaps soybeans. In soys, they want a nice blanket of material on the chaffer pan to reduce bounce and splits, as in edibles, so the sloped pan may not be the answer there but can be removed.

I have fitted a sloped grain pan with no trouble, field installed. Can be bought as an Australian part.