kens
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Post by kens on Sept 20, 2020 15:00:52 GMT -6
I have some DeKalb pod shatter canola that I swathed when frost was looking imminent. Anyways I am having a real hard time getting the combine set(2018 760). Seems I have to get the cylinder tight and fast to thresh it out, 630 and 10-13mm. Seems if I open it up or slow the rotor down it starts throwing over the rotor, otherwise it goes over the sieve. The canola so far has been a bit of a disappointment only running 44bpa. When I was throwing pans yesterday and dropping the straw, the straw was hardly chewed up at all. All I can get out of it for speed 2.5 to 3 mph. Every other year I was able to get at least 3.5 to sometimes.up to 5 mph with acceptable losses in canola.
Any thoughts on how to get my losses down and speed up.
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Post by SWMan on Sept 20, 2020 15:12:43 GMT -6
Not sure I have ever run cylinder as high as 630, but I have closed concave tight if it's not threshing(doesn't matter the crop). Need to watch for cracks with the cylinder that fast. Are rotors running full speed? Lots of weird canola setting issues this year I gather. Drought/frost will do that.  |
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Post by meskie on Sept 20, 2020 15:23:18 GMT -6
What aps grates do you have in?
If it’s not threshed you need to tighten concave or speed up cylinder. We have run 750-800 on tough canola before.
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Post by kevlar on Sept 20, 2020 16:10:59 GMT -6
Your problem lies in the first 7 words of your post. I will trade you your 44 bpa for our sub 30. Dekalb canola isn’t worth the bag it comes in.
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kens
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Post by kens on Sept 20, 2020 21:56:54 GMT -6
I'm running the same ones I run in wheat, the small holes ones with keystock. I tried some invigour 233p and I was able to go 4mph with it running 55. There is surprisingly no cracking of the canola yet. Maybe I'll start increasing the rotor speed until it starts cracking and back it off a bit. Maybe I just have to wait for the straw to rot more.
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Post by SWMan on Sept 27, 2020 22:29:43 GMT -6
Probably too late but you won't crack with the rotors. I ran 1250 at times on the rotors in my 780 when straw was really green.
Another thought is that maybe running the keystock APS grates you are getting whole pods through there before they are threshed out? But if that were the case they wouldn't be rotor loss unless they went through the return first.
I haven't hit my 82SC yet this year, just L233P so far.
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