Combines Hyperizing an R62

[tbran]

The green stem soybeans, tough damp windrow, BAD conditions are what spurred the upgrades .

 

[Nico]

tbran, are the hyperising mods relevant to wheat. You US folk often talk in terms of corn and soy when expousing the virtues of hyperising.We harvest mostly wheat, some canola, and some sorghum. From new I have been disappointed in the capacity of my R72, in as much as it had no HP. Never thrown grain out;replaced reverse bars with forward bars and had to change it back because of rotor loss. Your thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[tbran]

let's start from the beginning. AC - Gleaner sold the N series P1 processor. It worked well in corn and fair in wheat but was miserable in green stem soybeans. Guys like Moeller AG really put some capacity in the P1's without excess loss. Then came the P3's . They had 1_2" spaced bars, loads of reverse bars and other features that made them miserable and not a machine to put out alongside a Case or IH with a specialty rotor or a Deere conventional. Dan Hurtt and some others found many bottlenecks in the processer and found 3_4" or 1" spaced bars moved the material better, and those discharge paddles stuck into the cage were a dead block. Material was now flowing through the cage with additions like the extended helical over the upper lh feederhouse entrance. Steep pitch helicals are in the picture here especially if they will drill the cage from the factory or drill the bars correctly so they are easily installed. Now the problem of cage loss was adressed by putting in restrictors rather than reverse bars as this takes less HP. Adding the disruptors or choppers such as other brands use has also served to break up clumps which expell grain in them as loss. Now to answer you question. We have found increase on performance in soft red winter wheat, corn and soybeans. All one has to do is run a stock setup 92-95R series next to a upgraded unit and the proof is there. Now thru the years Gleaner has adopted some of these upgrades and installed them in as factory equipment, ie wide spaced bars, cut paddles, fewer reverse bars etc. The new machines with the highwire grate, corn_soy bar version, cut paddle-extended bars will work very well right out of the box. We add the helical over the feederhouse, remove the reverse bars, remove the revese bar_paddle combo in the two end units then extend two bars all the way to the end in lieu of the paddle. Then add the 'disruptors', and a restrictor bar or two to the adjsutable grate. We add the speed up pulley to the feeder chain as posted previously. These units - 62-72's will run with anyone, anywhere, anyplace. We are demo'ing a R62 with the STS's in Hokinsville Ky area. We stand head to head, sometimes better, with the best Deere has to offer, at a better price, easier service, longer life, better sample, equal or less loss and the list goes on per feedback from operators ..... plus the new Hugger corn head with adjustable strippers is the best corn head money can buy. As with all changes- we always state - your results may vary. Try it - you may like it. It doesn't cost much and the reverse changes back to stock is always just a few hours away.