Combines return to rotor

I think gleaner should return to rotor standard,sometimes in tough conditions,return to acc. rolls will overload right side of sieves.Don't know about wheat,but cornand bean use the high wire grate concave.

I think return to rotor is essential in small grains at least, esp in tough threshing conditions. My old N6 has allmost unlilmited capacity in hot temps but on cold days and at night the unthreshed material just keeps on going off the end off the seive, into returns, through the acc rolls back round again ad neaseum. Of course it all builds up and capacity plummets. Get the picture.

I would say Hi-wide wire setup. Or if it has low narrow spaced wires get every other wire removed to prevent corn cobs from plugging it up. Us bottom mount filler bars to get full thresh of wheat or tough bean pods if using hi-wide setup. Top mount filler strips can be used on low-narrow wire concaves. Might need slightly thicker top mount filler strips if every other wire is removed. Use lock nuts with plates to secure top mount and don't over tighten which bows filler strip to point it doesn't do much good. Return to cylinder is a must with the hard to thresh spring wheat. Do yourself a favor and be sure it has or gets that option. Don't forget with the Gleaner you can just slide a lever to go to just reclean tailings or rethresh.

Can't comment on need in your crops as we are in small grains and pulses. Would not be without the return to rotor as it gives good flexibility for different conditions. The mechanics of the system look lousy but have never given us a scrap of trouble. Only trouble has been when trying to return lots of ropey, very tough, semi- green material to the rotor. It bungs the auger up! Good luck!

We added one to our combine a few years ago. You will definantly like it for the conditions you described. Otherwise you will chase the same material around and around and may have to eventually open up return door to allow it to clean out on the ground.

Unless a machine is guaranteed to never need to do anything but corn, consider it a must to be on every machine. I have a dealer close that never recommends them here in corn_soybeans area, and I am sure that gives Gleaners a bad reputation, as pods in sample will be a problem in some conditions. As a Gleaner owner, (and AGCO too I hope) I would not want anything so easy to fix be a reason to give a bad reputation to an otherwise great machine.

If you ever plan to harvest small grains in cool conditions they are a must. Otherwise the unthreshed heads just go round and round and build up till you have slow to walking pace or the sieve overloads.