We pulled the folded sheet stainless steel versions of the roller sections out and went back to the standard rubber versions. In our opinion, the stainless steel sections needed a bit more modification as they were just were just a little too small in overall diameter by up to 10mms. A bit hard to explain but this was due to them being a thin sheet and not the wide block of each leg of the sections. As the top of legs of the standard sections are flat, they have the effect of actually increasing the roller radius when measured from the outer corners of the top of the block to the centre. The thin sheet segments also allow a lot of gap between the legs which we suspect does not pick up and accelerate the grain in the same way as the wider and standard block segments. Things are looking pretty good around here with our best opening rains in a generation. We have had more rain on the farm so far this year than the totals for three out of the last five years. However, June has been really bloody cold which has slowed the crops down dramatically. It just got to the stage where it was becoming too wet , with water lying around for the guys south of Horsham but was OK for us north of Horsham. Almost no rain so far in June and it is a bit of a worry as the sea surface temperatures around the north west and Indonesia are suddenly cooling and going back to the same situation as last year which means very little moisture infeed from up there into our systems down here in the south. la Nina certainly seems to be delivering along the east coast but not down as far as us. Glad to hear you guys are going OK. It's about time you got a fair go. Cheers!
