Combines Capacity R52

[tbran]

That is hard to answer. R50-52 . Soybeans, our customers average 30-80 A _day depending on time of year, conditions, size of field and variety of beans. Corn, 800-1200 bu _hr. depending on field size and unload on the go or not. You do the math. We have a customer who reported he ran 1800 bu _ hr one day, unloading on the go in corn with a R62 and 630 corn head. As in those commercials "your results may vary" It would be interesting to see, honestly , the acres_ bu covered per day from others.

 

[Silver_Bullet]

The 6-30 cornhead makes for a lot of driving limiting the number of acres in a day. How much you can cover depends on three important factors. 1. Whether you use grain carts and dump on the go or pull out to dump. Having a grain cart can increase productivity 50%. 2. How much the crop yields. Although with a 6 row head, you won't have to slow down much unless you are looking at 150 bu._a. or more. 3. Terrain. If you have nice, fairly large, reasonably flat fields you will get more done than if you have small irregular shaped fields with hills. To answer your question, you may go from 5 acres per hour to about a maximum of 10-12 acres per hour, (6 mph x 1.8 acres_mile on a 6-30 head). The later would be dumping on the go all the time. Then mutiply how many hours you can run a day and how many days you have conditions to run in to see how many acres you can get over.

 

[Silver_Bullet]

In answer to your question on acres or bushels covered per day. With our R62 and an 8-30 cornhead we average 12 acres per hour in 100 bu. corn. We can get closer to 15 if dumping on the go. In 200 bushel corn, we safely average 10 acres _hr. at 2,000 bushels_hr and dumping on the go most of the time. I still wait on the cart occasionally. When things are going good it is not hard to bump up to around 2,500 bushels_hr. One time, just to see what the 62 could do in 220+ bu. corn, I timed it to see how long it took to fill the 300 bu. bin with 15% moisture corn. I didn't push it real hard, rotor and sieve loss remained minimal and filled the bin in 6 minutes. That's a rate of 3,000 bu._hr. So the machine is capable.

 

[tbran]

Couple of years ago we helped a R72 customer to speed up the clean grain conveyor_chain in 200bu+ corn. Used the pulley off a R52 return to cyl system and had to relocate the idler. Sped up about 15% +-. MAx'd out at 3500 bu _hr. with 12 row hd best I can remember. Theoretical clean grain capacity is 60 bu _ min . Real life capacity is 52-55. New machines coming with larger elevators and some real goodies , more later.

 

[RamRod]

Hey tbran, how long do I need to wait for the changes you mentionedIJ Right now I see a 2006 R75 in my future, or do I need to get the 72 through more yearsIJ

 

[big_orange]

Run an 8-36 on a R-62,did 43 acres in 4.1 separator hrs.Corn averaged 215 bu_acre.160 rod rows and standing good.

 

[tbran]

think you will see some in 06, field installed items SUPPOSED to be avail in 05 , but things like higher capacity elevators are not big a item to most.

 

[T__langan]

Gotta be honest with you - I think you should be looking at a R62 for that number of acres. I believe our field and yield situation to be quite similar to yours out there in PA. Most of our fields are 20 acres or less, quite a few, if not most, are odd shaped, hilly, ect. Even have a few guys we cut for with big oak trees and_or windmills out smack dab in the middle of their fields making things even more interesting. Yields average approx 150 for corn and 35 for beans. On an average day with our R52, we can do 4.5 - 6 acres per hour (clock hours, not separator hours). We unload on the go when we can, which is seldom. We can really increase productivity if we can. Even when we can, the combine still has to wait on occasion depending on the haul with the cart. Also, we do the greatest majority of our corn as high moisture, which really limits your capacity at the shoe - running without a sieve helps, but some guys don't want the cob bits. If you run a sieve with 30% corn on a 52, you'll be running 2.5 mph on the flat. We are seriously tossing around going to an R62 simply for the added shoe capacity in high moisture corn - we sure don't need (and really are not equipped) the extra capacity otherwise, especially running 6-30. With that number of acres to cover, I'd say go with an R62, have a big cart and trucks, or lots of wagons. All the help you can find to keep the grain away from her too! If you are filling silos, get a BIG roller mill and a really big wagon sitting at it and use a cart to fill the wagon. We use a 1200 Automatic roller mill run by a 7085 Deutz Allis, have a 250 bu Walker power unload gravity box that we fill with our grain cart. We can keep the roller mill running at capacity on close fields so a 62 and a bigger cart would bury it. When we get into dryer corn, like 20% or under, the 52 acts like a whole different machine. You can really knock down a lot of acres if you're equipped to keep grain away from it. Be sure to let us know what you decide - I'm curious as to what direction you take. Tom langan

 

[ahbecalm]

I' ve heard 3000 bu_hr once before. I think it's possible, but near the maximum of an 8" auger below the shoe. Tell us how you're machine's set up- feeder chain slats, drum size, rasp bar spacing, concave preliminary 0 point, clearance when running, bar configuration, any mods not on the Mod page. You know, anything non standard. I'd like to be able to get half that from an R50.

 

[Silver_Bullet]

Believe it or not, my machine is stock except for a Generation 2 Sunnybrook rotor. I have no reverse bars. I run the concave at the "12", (3_4") setting. I've found if I run the concave too wide I seem to get more cob breakage. I think by keeping the concave at 3_4" the cobs roll through instead of going end over end and breaking up when the concave is too wide. I had an R50 before I got the R62. You should have no trouble getting at least 1,000 bu._hr out of it. I think in good corn I could get 1,200-1500 bushels _hr. if the corn was dry and etc. and dumping on the go. I know I could run 5 mph in 100 bu. corn with an 8-30 cornhead. Ran about 3 mph in 180-200 bu. corn. If your having trouble, check the helical bars. When mine got wore down that robbed a lot of power. Put new ones in and it seemed like a whole different machine. Probably increased capacity 50%.