Combines sts

[Aussie]

Agree with you there Harvester. It seems that a lot of what I read on these pages relates to Corn and beans which seems to be where Gleaners excel. The only trouble is our main crops are Canola and Cereals, mainly Barley. I have yet to get a satisfactory job from my N6 in Canola. To get the admixture to a deliverable level we have to have unacceptable losses over the back.

 

[Ag_lad]

Do you have the small seeds kit in your N6IJ

 

[Harvester]

Ag-lad brings up a good point. If it's shoe loss, there is a kit available to reduce wind for lighter grains. Can also use a board or metal bar bolted across the back of the chaffer that is approx. 3" tall to prevent air blast from blowing light grain out and over shoe. Works well for canola.

 

[Aussie]

Do you mean the dampers in the air ductsIJ If so , yes we do.

 

[Ag_lad]

WE have a 91 R60 with P3 and this is how we finnally got a decent sample in canola. Rotor at about 600RPM, concave nearly wide open. Accelerator rolls must be in good condition. Top sieve nearly wide open with rear section of chaffer closed down some to direct more air to the front of the sieve. Bottom sieve about 3_8" open. With the small seed kit, insert the upper wind blocking screen IN the upper fan throat, but leave the screen OUT of the lower fan throat that supplies air to the sieves. This reduces the amount of air under the accelerator rolls to keep the canola seeds from being blown out, but maintains adequate air to the sieves so that MOG (Material Other than Grain) is airbourne and is being blown out rather than being walked out. If there is a mat of material being bounced out the back, then you will be bouncing seeds out also. When material is airbourne, there is less chance of seeds being thrown out. Maintain ground speed to keep the machine full. Driving too slow will result in higher losses out the back. Try this and see how it works. It's what works for our machine.

 

[Aussie]

Thanks, I'll try that. In fact , at this stage I will try just about anything. BTW we have new acc rollers.

 

[Ag_lad]

The new accelerator rollers will help. BTW, I forgot to mention that the fan is at about 3 or 4. let us know how you made out.

 

[bucko]

Aussie, if you wouldn't mind i'd like to have a yarn about your n6 and would apreciate it if you contacted me at the email adress at top. we strip about 1000ac canola and 1200ac cereal each year with our n6 so we might be able to share some thoughts. thanks Bucko

 

[Dan]

That machine likely had round bar concave(s) or any combination of concaves and special spaced wires ect. that works well in a couple crops. Canola breaks up so bad when dry that shoe has a very big job. Reduce load to shoe by decreaseing material breakup. Do you have standard concaveIJ (not extended). Have you installed some thick concave filler bars to decrease agressivenessIJ Do you have your standard helicals spaced out from cage and the kit with extra helicals to hook up thresher to seperator sides or have you installed channel helical kit. Do you still have your reverse cylinder bars installedIJ Also I've heard of a guy that converted chaffer to super chaffer (mainly heard of guys doing this for corn). After doing this he found himself with front louvers locked wide open for most all crops and eliminated need for board at the back of chaffer.

 

[Aussie]

Hi Dan,