Worked for us. We ran with all forward bars before we Hyperized and were pleased with straw even then. We now get even longer straw since Hyperizing. The crop moves through the rotor in a smoother fashion, there is less straw being "double threshed" with the helical extension over the feeder opening, and less straw getting chewed up at the discharge end with helicals extended there. I will say that we have found that keeping the machine running at capacity has the most profound effect on straw length. Our machine will chew straw up a bit more in areas where the crop is down and we have to use a slow ground speed to allow reel to pick crop up. Seems like if you keep plenty of new crop coming in to push straw through, you get better straw. First thing I would do if I were you is to remove the reverse bars and simply leave the spot blank. Then consider Hyperizing when time will allow. Good luck, Tom langan