d_a_s
Guest
Have you tried the Kamsacker kit.We got them in both of our cts.
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Combines blanking plates under rotors
tobaboy
Guest
I guess on the new 500 series of lexions you can adjust these plates from the cab. On our 400 series you have to drop the rotor pan to put them in...get covered in dust etc. Talking to a Claas guy at farm show yesterday and he said they are trying to put together a kit before fall of '04 which will allow us to install these plates without dropping the pan, won't necessarily be from cab, but maybe from side of combine.
Ken
Guest
Never heard of Kamsacker. Do they have a web siteIJ How are they made, how do they install, and how much do they costIJ Are they available for all kinds of combinesIJ
d_a_s
Guest
They are made in Kamsack Saskatchewan.They are made that you unbolt your sep grate and bolt it back on with your sep grate.There is 3 handles to shut or open your sep grates.I think there around $1800 Can.Very easy to install.A John Deere dealer in Kamsack designed them, so i don`t know if they will fit other makes.
Darryl
Guest
DAS, I looked at the Kamsack kits for my cts combines when they first came out, but you still had to open the little door and get covered with dust, and only saved a little bit of time. Have they changed since the first onesIJ I would really like to adjust them without having to get covered in dust. Ideally, I would like to have them out in barley in the am, put them in early afternoon, and then remove them after dark, but with the dust falling down my neck, I find that I adjust them either when servicing the combine in the morning or when changing crops. Hopefully, they have changed the design.
tobaboy
Guest
sounds no different then the lex, if they made it easier to change those things then it would allow for more fine-tuning and more likely an increase in capacity
d_a_s
Guest
What do you use now,the blanks that John Deere sells.I think kamsack kit is a alot quicker then putting up individual blanks.
Darryl
Guest
Yes, I just use the JD blanking plates. The $1800 was too much for me to spend when it did not do much more than the standard blanking plates (when I inquired about them some time ago). I think it would be money better spent if I could spend $2700 and have them electrically set from the cab. Just watch the grain loss monitor, if no loss then flip a switch and install another row, until you get loss and then take out the last row and you are maximized on capacity. The simple answer would have been if JD had used the 9600 frame so that the shoe would have been bigger, and then you wouldn't have to fool around with the cover plates.