Combines rotor loss with stripper headers

first, what is the kernal count, spreader removed, per running foot directly below discharge chuteIJ I think it is 18" wide. It takes over -350- grains per foot on a 28' header to = one bu. _ a. That is a solid stream. You will have to count for a looooong time to figure that one out. We have found installing retarder bars in the sep grate will lower or stop rotor loss as well as or better than reverse bars. . These are easier to install than reverse bars and require less HP. You can use either to stop losses. Do you have an adjustable separator grateIJ If so tighten it up a mark at a time; on a stripper header this should help also w_o absorbing hp. let us know exactly what your loss is and what is the yield.

I have no experience with this situation, but it seems to me that since the stripper is sending a lot of mostly threshed out grain into the rotor the trick would be to get the grain out of the cage ASAP. Do you need filler bars for threshingIJ Can you pull wires and open up the cageIJ

We've been shut down due to rain since I last wrote but as soon as we get going I will find out our actual losses. Do you have any suggestions on what's the easiest way to measure the straw losses. I have heard of a pan that mounts on the combine and you have a release button in the cab but I can't seem to find out who makes them and I don't have time to design one for this year

As tbran said, just take your straw spreader off and let the straw drop in a windrow. Measure one running foot of that windrow and count the kernals in that foot. The straw will be dropped to the left of the shoe so the losses will not be misinterpreted as shoe loss or vice versa.

Well we finally are back in the field and we dropped the spinner off and your right it is a long process but I would say we were right around three bushels and we don't have a heavy crop to start with. Shortly after we did the count we had another shower. We had some time to scratch our heads. Our local dealer made some calls and had a few suggetions to try narrow rub bars. We located a set and were just about to throw them in and we were told to try removing the filler plates first. So we tried this with the combine with the sunnybrook and it made a huge difference. We got our other combine in peas but will be trying it in in wheat in a few days. It doesn't make sense to me but it seems to have helped a lot. When we had opened the bottom sieve we ended up with a lot of heads in the tank so I thought it was a thrashing problem and we needed the filler bars and that the narrow rub bars might be the solutionIJIJ