Farm Equipment - All Crop canvas

All Crop canvas

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Topic: All Crop canvas

Posted By: littlemarv
Subject: All Crop canvas
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2017 at 1:36pm

I am going to make my own canvases for the 66. At Hutch, I saw one with a plain canvas but had rubber bars on it(kind of T shaped if you look at it from the end) (like the metal slats would slide right over them). Then there was another one that looked like the canvas was just bunched up inside the slats. I'm assuming the slats are necessary to carry the crop up. Anyone have any rough dimensions for the upper and lower canvases, and any thoughts or experience?

Thanks in advance.

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Posted By: Travis2766
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2017 at 3:55pm

59.5" x 152" lower
59.5" x 54" upper
Sizes are the same for the 60 and the 66

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190XT Series III, D17 Series IV, D15 Series II, All Crop 66 and a whole mess of equipment.

Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2017 at 5:33pm

If you want to make your own, power to you. However, I've found that Colby Canvas out of Colby, Kansas sells top notch canvases at a good price. They are rubberized and built to last a lifetime. It seems the slats on them are metal, covered in rubber that is vulcanized to the rubberized canvas. No frayed ends on the connecting flaps or traditional rips and tears (That alone is enough to justify the price to me! My biggest frustration with canvases is the flaps fraying after several uses, then it's a struggle to get them through the slats without tearing, which causes more trouble.) I can't recommend them enough.

If you decide to opt that route, call (785) 462-3981 and talk to Steve Molsted. He's a great guy, and he'll get you hooked up, if you would rather go that route.

Also...yes...the slats are essential to getting the crop from the cutter bar to the cylinder. If conditions were absolutely perfect, you may not need them, but usually if the crop is very short or you are just taking the heads (like with milo) the slats are essential. Also, make sure your draper speed isn't too fast. If it is, the canvas will outrun the crop, in a sense, causing the crop to slow its travel or slide down the header, bunch, then run a slug through the cylinder.

One last note...if you go traditional canvas, make sure to keep a bottle of "Tear Mender" and a few scraps of canvas handy for patching tears/holes. (That Tear Mender is awesome stuff for canvas repair! You can get it online, at Tractor Supply, Ace Hardware, and maybe more places) More than likely you will need it sooner or later.

Posted By: Travis2766
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2017 at 5:47pm

I ordered a lower from America's Belting a few weeks ago, its rubberized with rubber cleats vulcanized to the canvas, Ran an acre and a half of oats on it yesterday and worked awesome! $320.00 vs. $380.00 from Colby Canvas. (Nothing against Colby Canvass- I'm just cheap)

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190XT Series III, D17 Series IV, D15 Series II, All Crop 66 and a whole mess of equipment.

Posted By: orange
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2017 at 6:39pm

Do mice like the rubber ? or is it best to remove them also

Terry

Posted By: combinechris
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2017 at 11:10pm

Mice like them just as much. Take them out of the machine. Unless you have money to burn on canvases for your combine.

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