Combines Combining Dry Edible Beans with 750 or 760

I would think you wouldnt have much problem with it. Usually the beans thresh out easy. You would have the wind cranked up and sieves open so there shouldnt be much rethreshing going on.

I live in an area where edible beans are grown. Have never heard of any problems with rethresher so I cant say for sure, however, I know for certain that you need a cylinder slow down kit on the machine to run cylinder slow enough or you will get a lot of grain damage from too much cylinder speed. edible beans are tough on a machine-- lot of dirt-- have a neighbor that had run so much dirt though a 860 combining edible beans that the dirt was packed so hard in the unloading auger the motor couldnt turn the auger. Anyway I know for sure you will need a cylinder speed slow down kit for sure, Good luck.

I did edibles (navies) with an 860 for several years. If going to a lot of acerage then I agree to get the slow down kit for the cylinder. If you don't the belt will slip when slowed down as much as possible with normal dirve. My 860 had a 2 speed cylinder drive but not the slowest gearing available. If you are doing a lot of edibles they make a different rear beater that will help reduce the splits. I beleive it is more of a finger type beater than the paddle type I had in my 860. To help the rethrasher what I did was remove the concave bars from the outer edge of the rethrasher. I removed all the bars and got along fine. Another option is to open the bottom gate on the returns elevator and let the material fall on the ground. This will greatly reduce the dockage and as stated above you should be running very few unthrashed beans over the return anyway. Here is e-mail address if you want any more info. jmcs@nbinternet.com

I have the sprocet for the slow down kit for edible beans. It came with my 850 when I bougth it. It was used only one season before he sold the combine. Email me if You are interested.