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The plastic chutes are to let air out of the shoe. New ones have a vibrator to shake the trash out. Yesterday in the rain, the corn trash plugged them, but it doesn't seem to hurt much. Maybe it helps the air out due to the chopper blowing some air backwardsIJ By the way, it can stop raining here in MN any day now. (Some spots north and east of us got a foot of rain last night.) collegeboy

Good to read the feedback. Maybe the tach difference partially explains the miraculous 9660s we've been hearing about. Wonder if one can tamper with the Gleaner tach too to make it do 7 mph in good beans!!

Gleaner ground speeds on the display are always low at least .5 mph. They need to correct that at the factory. The 5 series can be programmed from the cab to correct speed.

Hey Tim. Any suggestions on setting a 8000 flex with the SCH systemIJ Its a 30 footer. We think the guards are pointed down too much and thats causiing us problems. The combine has big tall tires on it, so thats part of the problem. Is there any way to get it to level out and let the poly slide on the ground moreIJ Good to hear about the Gleaner doing well.

We had the same problem you are having. The way we cured it was installing a corn head wedge kit on your flex head this will flatten it out 5.7 degrees and get your poly flatter on the ground. It has worked excellent and we are installing one on our other head as well. Then angle the guards up and it should run nice and clean with no pushing. Your dealer can get you one through whole goods since it is a kit. So talk to the salesman and not the partsman.

How many reverse bars are you running and whereIJ Do you have any bars to end of rotor and how manyIJ What concave setting and rotor rpmIJ Is your cage area plugging on discharge endIJ Having trouble with mine plugging the whole way around in soybeans though it does not seem to create any loss.

Does it affect feeding anyIJ Our auger will hit the throat chain sometimes after it sits and warps just a little. So its set up really close. Just wondering if the wedge will mess with that. I'll call the dealer tomorrow and see what one runs. Does it stay on the combine or head when its unhookedIJ

Have you tried tilting the cutterbar up via the bolts in the back - do not forget to release the side stabilizers and retighten.. As posted there is a wedge kit. With lateral tilt, and 30.5's or 18.4-42 s we have excellent results feeding and cutting. Conditions really vary so much though I understand different conditions dictate various settings and remedies.

It stays with the head and the wedge didn't effect the the feed from the auger to the feeder chain. We are running 20.8 x 42's with the axle risers and this is what it took to level the head out so it isn't nose diving into the ground. We are going to try one on the other machine with 20.8 x 38's to see if this will float better across the ground.

We have two reverse bars - short ones- next to the discharge end. We removed the other two and left them out except for a short forward bar we cut 5" in length held on by one bolt right where the third bar starts at the transition area between thresh and separate. Running on "6" on gauge readout and the front grate set to .6 when at zero on the top. Plugging is not the word, the cage has to green stems protruding, but after checking, the same stem was not there so they are working out as they thresh.IJ. Anyway no cylinder loss, even in green grass. I bet if I pull the reverse bars I will pick up some. We are going to install retarders on the rear access cage if that happens. Again this is a work in progress as we see what the new iron can be brought up to do.