Combines Combining corn in high wind

I agree with you that that hole never gets used but I don't think I would make it permanent. Use some sheet metal screws to put up some hail screen or expanded metal to cover that area.

I too had leaf trouble on last wednesday and thursday in sw Mn. in the wind - before next year I will finish sealing up all areas that let them in. With orig. factory setup of the rotary screen, we would have corn leaves stop the screen. I have fixed this by first adjusting all things around the drum so there is at least 1" clearance(the lower right tin can be removed and installed upside down, and I removed the strap below the drum),and then drilled a small 3_16" hole in the screener drum about 2_3 way in from the outer edge of the circumference. Then install 1" stove bole from inside drum, so the threaded bolt sticks outside drum. When a corn leaf comes around the drum, the bolt flows it through, and I have never had a plug in four years since doing this. Gleaner could do something like this so wouldn't have to. Anyone else have fixes for things like thisIJ

Yes we bent rear stripper away from screen one time when we had severe winds and that did the trick. Gleaner made that change a couple years ago or so. We also fabricate rubber curtain to extend front stipper down aways and snug as possible to inner and outer panels. This prevents leaves from going around screen another time or more. We also extend rear stripper down in similiar manner for the extreme conditions. Gleaner has had both these panels extended for a couple years or more. Gleaner also has enclosed area around outer support bearing to prevent vacuum from holding straw onto vertical surface of screen. Gleaner has also increased width of the sawtooth blades to help prevent chaff from sneaking in and blocking radiator. Alone with a couple other changes I believe the factory setup is working better than ever now.

Thanks for the suggestion. I had checked every screen_shield except the one above the axle, but it was there where it belongs. While under the feeder house I noticed openings around the drive axles. I dont know how to seal them but something will be done before next year. Tom in MN

You guys must have really high winds or my R60 screen sheds trash. I dont see anything built up in itnever have. I combined corn on a windy day with an l2 and had to carry a snowbrush to clean the rotary screen on every dump. That wasnt fun. Tom in MN

Yes Tom your right. I've never seen that problem on a R60 or R70 or many other models. We talk about so many models over so many years that many things will pertain to one machine but not the rest. The problem with screen in very high winds was worse with a liquid cooled R62-72 for they use more air and less with air cooled for they use less air and batterys are placed where it helps deaden the air and material falls to the ground. The screen on R62-72 is also tucked into tinwork more so there was some trouble with material falling out. No problem with slight modification as mentioned earlier. Thanks for your point for we should try mention year and model of machine.