i ran w_ the small wires and no covers in this yr. 60 to 70 bu winter wheat, rotor on about 800 to 850, concaves on about 9 to 12, fan at 1250 to 1350, no shoe loss to speak of. I dropped the all of our straw and used one of my wifes cookie sheets and had the cart driver toss it under the machine,and the best i did was 7 seeds. that was at 3.5 mph. had a really good sample too. under 1_2%. i was happy