L2 skip tooth cyl bars in wheat
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Topic: L2 skip tooth cyl bars in wheat
Posted By: wekracer
Subject: L2 skip tooth cyl bars in wheat
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2015 at 2:57pm
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We are getting ready to cut wheat and I would like to use the L2 this year instead of the F2. It has skip tooth cylinder bars. I know the question was asked a while back but I can't remember the settings. Seems like it was normal spacing 1/8" and run higher rpms. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2015 at 10:12pm
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They will work, will need all the concave. MACK
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Posted By: wekracer
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2015 at 10:18pm
Posted By: tbran
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2015 at 10:42pm
RUN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE , until you start seeing grain cracks , then back off speed.
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When told "it's not the money,it's the principle", remember, it's always the money..
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Posted By: tbran
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2015 at 10:58pm
And we assume you are talking about hard surfaced wide spaced rasp bar cylinder bars...
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When told "it's not the money,it's the principle", remember, it's always the money..
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Posted By: wekracer
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2015 at 6:06am
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Yes. Every other tooth is ground off the bars.
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Posted By: Steve Zidlicky
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2015 at 10:45am
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does the skip tooth give you more capacity, less cracking or what other purpose? I have ran into that before but do not remember the advantages. I have to run around 5/16 to 3/8 clearance on the E so what is different to run only 1/8 clearance? will that work better to not crack beans or was that done mostly for corn?
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Posted By: Dave7060
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2015 at 6:06pm
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I start at an 1/8 of an inch and somewhere around 1250-1300 RPM. Adjust accordingly after that. Increases capacity a lot on my L2
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Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2015 at 9:39pm
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5/16-3/8 is too much clearance for any thing on a E. 1/4 max. MACK
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Posted By: Steve Zidlicky
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2015 at 2:52pm
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well Mack, I always want to think that your advice is spot on but how would you harvest fescue seed without plugging up, oats without hulling, beans without splitting or wheat without cracking set on no more than 1/4 inch? I have been running E's for many years and combined my share of clover so I know when the gauges are set right on the cylinder. I remove the cylinder drive chain and turn the cylinder by hand and adjust clearance just above the click for clover and the mark is right. I intend on harvesting my seed to plant or sell without dockage on cracks and splits and 1/4 will crack dry wheat. I just wanted to know about capacity change and more so a lack of cracking grain with altered cylinder bars as I am planning on harvesting special seed beans. It should not matter if you are running an A C F G etc the clearance set the same any machine should have the same results? or not? this old dog is still open to new tricks but has not forgotten the old ones either. can someone please answer my original question? do you run less clearance with skip tooth bars and will that avoid cracking the grain. I might have missed out on that part. thanks
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Posted By: Skyhighballoon(MO)
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2015 at 4:30pm
I have great results in wheat with 1/8" on my EIII and 3 channel concaves in 1-3-5. Mike
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1981 Gleaner F2 Corn Plus w 13' flex
1968 Gleaner EIII w 10' & 330
1969 180 gas
1965 D17 S-IV gas
1963 D17 S-III gas
1956 WD45 gas NF PS
1956 All-Crop 66 Big Bin
303 wire baler, 716H, 712H mowers
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Posted By: Mike Plotner
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2015 at 4:36pm
any one use the concave filler bars in there L's and M's for wheat?
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2001 Gleaner R42, 1978 7060, 1977 7000, 1966 190 XT, 1966 D-17 Series IV and 1952 WD and more keep my farm running!
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Posted By: critter
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2015 at 4:39pm
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We run tighter cylinder clearance on our L3 with wide spaced bars, they will definitely increase capacity especially in tougher beans or weeds but I don't know if you would see less cracking.
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Posted By: Kevin in WA
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2015 at 6:28pm
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On my M2 I have wide spaced Ausherman bars and run about 1/8 inch clearance, also have 2 concave filler bars in, In soft white wheat I find it cracks less with tighter clearance and slower Cylinder RPMs, I run it faster in hard red wheat because it does not crack as easy.
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Posted By: wekracer
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2015 at 8:36pm
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We always run 1/8 in for wheat 1/4 in beans and 1/2 - 5/8 in corn depending on cobs with the F2 and L2 but I've never done wheat with the L
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Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2015 at 10:43pm
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When you get above 1/4", the material will follow the cylinder around causing more cracking, plus wears the crown off the cylinder bars. MACK
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