Combines Hey 9610 combiner filler bar removal update

Glad I could help. Happy harvesting.

Have you (or anyone else) tried running without the filler bars in cornIJ I would be curious to know how it works for you as I understand having them out in corn is a problemIJ

We do not put them in for corn anymore. Corn seems to harvest just as well with them out.

I think if I remember right the complaint was ears getting "inside" the cylinder and eventually getting out the back with kernals on the cob. Does it matter if you are in wet or dry cornIJ

Hi steve, I used to run a massey years ago and it never had fillers at all either. That machine would clean the cob just as nicely as could be. When you think about it, how in the world is a cob which doesn't weigh more than a pound with corn on it get into a cylinder which is turning 400 or so rpm. The centrifugal force is so great everything goes to the outside anyhow. I seriously wonder why deere put those things in there, because they cut capacity and use more fuel. Thanks again, 9610 combiner. gs

Thanks, gs. like you, I wonder why they put filler plates in if it works fine without them. I think they've even changed the design of them once or twiceIJIJIJ And around here in corn and soy country, I have yet to see a machine without them. When I asked my dealer about taking them out they said they don't know of anyone running without, and they didn't advise it, but they really didn't know why.

I got the same runaround at my local deere shop too, no one they knew was running without them, and it must be right because they came on the machine from the factory. I ran some more today, and I know I burned less fuel. It took me almost two hours to get them out, but they will stay out. gs

filler plates help to keep the cob rolling as it moves over the concave. 2_3 farmers don't use them in my area. if the kernels are hard to knock off the cobs, filler plates help. without the plates you might see cobs on the walkers with a row of corn still on it. when the kernels come off easy, no filler plates needed, but you might see more broken cobs, and maybe more cob pieces in the grain tank. filler plates are terible in green stem soybean and small grains, the crop mat is not alowed to fluf up and be pulled apart between the cylinder bars and release the seeds. Dry stem soybeans seem to go though the cylinder easy with or without filler plates in.

I ran a lot of wet, hard to thresh corn through a massey I owned two machines back, and it had zero filler bars. I had no trouble getting all the corn off, and did not have a cob breakage problem. Actually my last machine was a 6620 with fillers and it broke cobs up all the time. Couldn't get them as unbroken as the old red one, and now I wonder if the fillers were causing too much threshing pressure on the cobs which went through end waysIJ gs

Ok guys, the corn shelling with the filler plates out DOES work here in TN. I was sceptical at first and had them ready to go in case I didn't like it. I don't see any problems at all, so far so good. My hired help is very thankful. BH