Combines Making a rice combine do corn a little better

I'm no corn expert, that's for sure. But I would probably go with 8 straight separator bars on the rear of the rotor like the OM calls for in corn. I don't see why that would hurt you in beans. If that doesn't cut your loss down to an acceptable level, you can always pull every other wire from the concaves, starting at the rear. That might cut your threshing down a bit in beans, but I doubt it would be noticable until you pulled them out of 2 concaves. Just my guesses.

If you aren't going to cut rice with it, go with the straight separator bars. The owners manual on my 2388 tells exactly how many and where to put them. You will lose some performance in tough green stem soybeans and rice, however if you are mainly a corn farmer and not a rice farmer, this it the way to go. We cut all crops with the rice machines with full spikes on by using a set of disrupters. They are steel spikes that attach to the inside of the last section of keystock grate and help chop the husks and leaves that your grain is riding out on. This will allow you to have great performance in green stem soybeans. But if you are mainly harvesting corn, go with the straight separator bars.

Pull out every other wire in all concaves for corn and get a set of cover plates for soybeans, wheat, milo, etc. They are great. Our 1480 rice has 4 straight bars in the back and no spikes. It will put over maybe 2 bushel in 160 bushel corn. Chads

Well, what you are talkin about is how most of the farmers in my area sit their combines up. I have a 2188 and farm mostly soybeans and corn. For the corn setup, front half of the rotor in Rasp bars, back half with 4 straight bars in the middle and the rest spikes. Does slow you a little in beans, but I've been told that I've got the cleanest combine corn ever seen. . This is how the n1 mechanic at Scott Tractor suggested how to sit it up and it's worked nicely for me. (yeahyeah, I can't stand Scott in Shreveport, but that mechanic is the best around ). Feel free to contact me anytime.