Combines Specialty Rotor In Wheat

[Unit_2]

JC, The standard rotor might be prefered, but the specialty will do just fine. I have run both of them in wheat and the only differance I could tell, was in some conditions you have to watch rotor speed a little closer with the specialty rotor to prevent rotor loss. If you ever have weedy wheat you'll be glad you have the specialty rotor. Good luck with the 1680. I'm sure you'll like it. K.A.

 

[lee]

We have same setup, 80 series machine with specialty rotor, Just make sure you use small wire concaves, Tighten concave to ZERO, and 850 to maximum rotor speed an you should get seed wheat for a sample in bin, If your getting straw bits an pieces in tank slow rotor speed dwn a bit, Good lUck!

 

[John_W]

Go over to the left and click on "attachments" then the Gordon site. M. Gordon makes bars to add to the specialty rotor to get it to do a better job of threshing and separating when the crop first comes into the rotor. And the quicker the wheat is threshed and separated the better.

 

[Brian]

I have run both the standard and specialty rotor on a 2366. I was not happy with the specialty in high yielding wheat until I put the Gordon rotor bars on it. The small wire concaves are a must have.

 

[randj]

you will most likely have to have another filler plate. we have cut alot of wheat with the large wire concaves and 3 filler plates but we had all the wires in

 

[Farm_Kid2]

I agree with randj. I would try putting the wires back in and then covering the front 1-1_2 concaves (three cover plates). If your concaves are in good shape you should get along just fine. You could also take the least-worn rotor bars off the rear of the rotor and put them on the front of the rotor over the concaves. That's the least expensive way I can think of for you to get set up for wheat. If you have keystock grates you may have an issue with too much material on the chaffer, which is best addressed with the fan deflector.

 

[Smiley]

I would go with the Gorden Bars over the 3 cover plate area. I can't remember how many that is but I used that setup on my 1680 and never did wear out the Gorden Bars. From that point back, all you are doing is separating so don't think you need to put the large wires back in. Mine are still in because I didn't need the extra capacity. I solved the chaffer overload with the AirJet Chaffer. Give her full air and you will run out of power before you can throw any out the back. (I'm running a 2388 now) Good luck harvesting

 

[Farm_Kid2]

Smiley, Thanks for the info on the AirJet chaffer. There haven't been a lot of reports on it's performance yet. Sounds like you like it. What crops have you had it inIJ How clean is the sampleIJ On a size 80 rotor the bars go on in sets of 4, so it takes 12 to cover the front section. We are running 12 Gorden bars and you're right, they just don't wear out!

 

[Smiley]

I've only had the airjet chaffer in wheat. My corn died mid-August last year. The wheat sample is really clean. I did some custom work for a neighbor and he brought out his 2-ton truck to fill up with "seed wheat". I also run a Shelbourn stripper head which takes more power, but I would run out of engine before I could raise the grain loss moniter off the peg. I've never had a combine even come close to doing this good of harvesting job. (I've run JD and CIH since 1978)

 

[hayman]

Will the fan deflector give similar results to the airjet chafferIJ We run more corn and soybeans than wheat. If we just put all the wires back in the first concave would that be enough to thresh wheat the the speacialty rotor barsIJ Sometimes it's hard to tell on this site where everyone is from and whether we're talking about wheat or corn_soybeans. We can usually run out of power in soybeans well before exceeding the capacity of the rest of the machine.