Combines disrupters vs chopper

Farm_Kid2

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In dry conditions the disrupters do a good job. For example, in dry wheat they will really grind up the straw. However, tough wheat or green stem beans don't really get chopped up much. In my opinion the disruptors aren't sharp enough. We are going to try sickle sections mounted in keystock grates this year. If you have a welder and some time, the sickle sections are almost free.
 

Ohio__Steve

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I agree with Mike on the disrupters but would suggest that you look into the sharktooth grate, which is a takeoff on welding sickle sections on the keystock grate.The Sharktooth has the sections bolted in so you can replace them easily and keep a sharp edge.Bolts offer a degree of protection should a small stone, wood or other tough obstruction get into the system because most times one side will shear and allow the section to rotate out of the way rather then break off and chance damaging the clean grain parts of the combine.Keystock grates offer a tumbling action of the material going through to allow better seperation of the grain still trapped with the MOG so some of the stems will roll over the sickle sections. The sharktooth "ribs" are smooth so stems are more directly slammed into the cutting edge and thus get more cutting plus there are quite a number of sickle sections ( can't remember but maybe as many as 20 in the 60 series and more in the 80).I have run in the same field in beans with a combine equiped with a chopper and from the cab there isn't much difference. If you get on the ground the chopper makes shorter pieces of stalk(lotta 2-3-4 inch pieces of stalks) while the sharktooth has more 4-6-8 inch pieces that are more mangled or shredded. Some advatages of the sharktooth over a chopper are ease and expense of maintenance,less power to run,no bottleneck in areas where you get into green or weedy conditions,help with roping in tough conditions and less wear and tear on the rear outlet area.
 

Bubs

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last fall in green stemmed beans we ran two 30 headers side by side, one with chopper and one with rice lugs on the rear with disrupters. We thought they were comparable last fall but this spring it was hard to get the NH3 applicator through the disrupter area and even the field finishers left piles of stubble behind them in the disrupter area. A new CIH chopper is ordered for the disrupter machine this year. The disrupters are just fine in the non-green stem beans and really do a job shaking the shucks in corn. It will take more horsepower for the chopper but the screw can be turned for that.
 

TSR_PARTS

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MANY GROWERS HAVE INSTAllED THE TSR CHOPPER. THIS WIll CHOP All CROPS. WWW.TSRPARTS.COM lOOK FOR DEAlER IN YOUR AREA.
 

Farm_Kid2

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I have kind of quit worrying about the chaffer load since we got the fan deflector. Before that it was a big concern, but so far we've been able to keep it all suspended with lots of air. The grain loss off the chaffer is minimal also, even with the 1680 fan maxed. I'm looking forward to seeing if the 2188 fan can blow some grain out. Seems like 1250 rpm is higher than the 1680 with crossflow.