Combines specialty rotor

[chuckm]

Thank you. We are probably going to have to pull the rotor after this year and go through the cage and the like. If we have it out, we have been considering looking at options for the rotor. We harvest Wheat and Milo, is your rotor still a good fitIJ

 

[tj]

Yes -- Actually, we modified the first rotor (installed in a 1480 in'97) so a local operator could harvest high moisture milo without needing to pound the residue into silage for thresh_separation. He also wanted to round bale wheat straw -- we had a slight learning curve here -- straw had been rained on several times and was a little brittle, but after I convinced him that he could slow down his rotor, increase ground speed a little, and still thresh lodged heads, baling went very well for him. Straw were a little shorter than if it's quality had been good, but still made clean, tight bales.

 

[little_Oni]

Thanks for all the replies. Can you tell me more about your rotorIJ I assume it is a hybrid of the specialty but would like more information. Does the straw from a standard rotor equal in quality to yoursIJ I do not have much problem with tuff beans this far north with a standard rotor but always willing to listen and learn. thanks.

 

[Farm_Kid2]

We run Terry's rasp bar rotor beside a specialty fitted with 12 Gordon bars. In milo and very tough wheat straw, I would say the rasp bar is probably the ultimate. less rotor loss than the standard or specialty....guaranteed! However, you can easily over-thresh wheat as conditions change during the day and the straw gets dryer. With the Specialty, we've found a combination that you can just about set and forget....great option for hired help. The rasp bar rotor is better suited to the guy who is willing to adjust the machine more often to get optimum performance. Just my opinions.

 

[tj]

I'd be happy to email you some photos and info. It's a little easier to explain with a picture, which can't be posted on this site.

 

[Old_Pokey]

Ok, now ya got me curious. I'm in western oregon USA and run just about all tall fescue grass seed and some red clover seed. How would your rotor work with these cropsIJ Conditions are usually quite dry and temps range from 80 to 95 degrees with low humidity and dry ground. Both crops are windrowed, cut off at ground level. All the fescue atraw is baled but the clover straw is spread.

 

[tj]

We have several operators who are using these rotors in fescue, switchgrass, perennial ryegrass, peppergrass, alfalfa. There's no question that thresh and separation are much improved and that loss is reduced while leaving stems etc. intact. I think much of this is because the windrows can be attacked sooner since the rasp type bars carry material thru so much more easily. Don't know if anyone is harvesting red clover with these, but I suspect that in this you see conditions similar to those sometimes encountered in dry bean windrows. In very dry conditions vines will break up into extremely small pieces and over the separator grates, the rotor can't efficiently raise this to the vane transits. Same thing can happen with extremely dry corn shucks_stalks. This material will either be forced to the cleaning shoe or in some cases will roll around at the left side of the rotor until there's enough of a buildup to push it to the vanes. Pretty sure this is what causes most rotor fires. We rectify this by adding a 4th spiral of rotor bars which lead the rear strippers in order to help carry this trash thru. Hope this is clear.

 

[Old_Pokey]

Yep. I just sent you an email. I dont know who reads it at the office, hopfully you'll get it.