Combines red clover

[Old_Pokey]

How are you setupIJ Here, we use a rubber seed plate on top of the concaves. Is this something you are usingIJ Also, what are your settings and what conditions are you trying to run inIJ With the seed plate rubbed in proper and with a specialty rotor, I run 950 rotor on a 80 series or 1050 on a 40 to 60 series. Crossflow fan, about 650rpm. Paddle fan 590- 610rpm. Standard cloz slat chaffer, 1_2" middle and 5_8" rear. I usually run the front closed down on the three section chaffers. Bottom seive, close it down, then just crack it a tickle. If you dont have the rubber seed plates and are running metal on metal with cover plates, you'll have to really zero in the concaves so you can get them right snug against the rotor. Then slow the rotor down far enough and push the machine a little to get enough material to help rub the seed out so it can seperate and clean proper. Still, if you could, I would like to know how you are setup, and what area you are in. I'm in Oregon USA. The settings I gave are in common medium red, in good dry weather, with out harvest aiding chemicals.

 

[bigred]

What is a seedplate rubberIJ Where do you get oneIJ Thanks, Dan

 

[Old_Pokey]

The rubber seed plate is a piece of 1_4" plate rolled to the inside diameter of the concave. Then it is acid cleaned and preped for having polyeuerethane bars bonded to it. You simply bolt it down to your concaves. After you install them, you just run the rotor at a slow rpm and slowly pull the concaves into the rotor. The polyeurethane will allow you to get a perfect zero to the rotor. It helps to have the rasp bars shimed to same highth as the highest one, that way the plates will last longer and be more efficient. The person to call about these is, Dale Vanderzanden. (503) 647-2470. He is in Oregon USA. He is the current owner of the patent and he has them made to order for any make and model machine.

 

[gunner]

We are in southern Ontario, dont have a bad crop of clover. We are running a 1660 with a specialty rotor at 1150 rpm, fan at 500 rpm sive at 1_2 rear front at 5_8 and bottom at 1_16. Also have cover plates on the first concave. Thank you

 

[Old_Pokey]

Glad to hear the crop looks good. The price sure looks good, its been a while since the price has been over 90cents. I would put cover plates on all three concaves. I know, that sounds like too much and you may be afraid of too much rotor loss, but really, it works. In this area, for red clover, every one runs three seed plates. Sometimes in crimson clover if its really dry and warm, we can run with two. The point is to get the stems chewd up enough and the seed threshed properly, before the material falls onto the conveyor augers so the small seed can still be seperated. You're probly having a lot of full bells in the tank, along with a few stem pieces. If you try more cover plates, you should see a reduction in bells. Then with the stems a little smaller, things will still seperate over the grates. It will load the chaffer a little heavier, but the material with be finer and you can speed the fan up a little to clean up some of the stems. If you think you might try it, let us know how it works out please.

 

[Gunner]

I tried the three cover plates, and it worked verry well. The conditions are warm and dry for this year unusally. Your help is verry much welcome and a big help. Thank you again Your good neighbour to the north