Combines Sunnybrook Question for Ramrod

[RamRod]

Sorry to be so late responding - busy - I have the Sunny Gen. II rotor, now on third year. last year and this, I have steep pitch helicals, the wedge helical(which matches up with the first helical),extended helicals to discharge, hump kit, loewen sep grate(same as rest of cage square hole),fine cut chopper, and this year a 915 IH rasp bar fixed stationary on the sep grate. We added that to stop light corn losses, but should not be in there for beans in my opinion. Must run slow rotor speed in beans - like doing seed bean quality all the time. Running high speed - say 800 on up - tends to cause slight rotor loss. Have not done corn to see if the fixed rasp bar helps, but losses were minimal previously(running slow rotor again). I would not put anything back to factory that I have changed. The Sunny is sweet, as the smoothness of double the bar impacts per revolution makes a great runner. And the rotor is always in balance, not hindered by dust fallout. I feel my performance did not go up as it could have because of the chopper's super chop job. But insisting on the best chopper job is what I wanted, and is a good trade off. Bean straw is pulverized.

 

[Irv]

So, Ramrod, what do you do with your chopper when you run cornIJ We installed one this year, and did install the new drive pulley, but wondered what kind of job it would do with the old driveIJIJIJIJ It really does pulverize the straw! Maybe our kit is a little different than yours, as installation didn't seem to be as much of a challenge as I remember yours to be. Could just be my memory, tho', as that's the first thing to go. Can't remember the next....

 

[RamRod]

Irv, I just pull out stationary knives and slow it down like other choppers. The fine cut chopper did a great job on bean straw this year with no problems. Good luck with the corn.