- Location
- roe valley
Hi there I was wondering if you guys have any recommendations for above. I have an aging 955 with a worn concave. Rasp bars are fine but have been putting the evil day off for a while now.
Combine Concave repair/buy new
- Thread starter Hooby Farmer
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Gapples
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It rather depends on how much you want to spend, if the concave is bowed at all I'd replace it with a reconditioned one ( if available )
If bowing from edge to center is minimal & wear wasn't to bad I'd take a grinder to the bars & flatten then again, provided there is plenty of adjustment.
If bowing from edge to center is minimal & wear wasn't to bad I'd take a grinder to the bars & flatten then again, provided there is plenty of adjustment.
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- roe valley
Flip thats not particularly scary money, i thought it would have been at least twice that.
They are ok to deal with, so far at least.
Dont have experience of Nicholson, got a Loewen one in the 98, that Combine Fabs wanted rid of; about twice as heavy and strong as the original.
- Location
- Mid Norfolk
We fitted a Nicholson to our 1075 in about 1996. It's still in there and has minimal wear and no bowing. The combine can be worked harder ad it is kinder to the straw. I have no idea why they aren't more popular, but I imagine that the manufacturers are now incorporating their ideas into the latest machines.
Combine Fabs do their own version now made from Hardox.
clbarclay
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- Location
- Worcestershire
The 5 walker version of those old deeres may have be better for being narrower, but the standard concaves in the 6 walker 985 and 1085 we had were prone to bowing. My father replaced the one in the 1085 with a heavy duty aftermarket which seemed to cope a lot better. I can't remember who made it now, but pretty sure it wasn't a Nickolson.
- Location
- roe valley
Bought a concave off Combine Fabs. First experience, top class blokes to deal with.
Next question concave comes out the back, sieves and riddles out, leave the walker's in or out?
Can you not take the neck off it and concave out the front?
I thought they always came out the front too? Then you can do the rasp bars and the drum bearings at the same time.....
Timbo
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- Location
- Gods County
Concave comes.out the front.
- Location
- roe valley
Well that's handy, maybe I wasn't listening to the oul boy then. He mentioned something about taking something out the back. Wires crossed perhaps.
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
put the header on the front and on level concrete place header on floor
get blocks and a jack and take the weight of the back of the feeder house(trunk)
undo the 2 pins on the bearings that the trunk pivots and reverse the combine back
not a very big job
Timbo
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- Location
- Gods County
Pretty much what he said on a jd 10 or 1100
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
or a 9...
Lazy Sod
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- Location
- Warminster Wiltshire
I often took the elevator trunk off of my Deutz Fahr 2680 with the JCB and the pallet forks. Put the forks under the front, angle back, belt off and pins out. Unfortunately, the stoney land on my former farm frequently caused damage to the elevator chain. Changing the elevator slats was easy also.
- Location
- Black Isle
There was a new concave for 5 Walker JD combines up to the 1177 on a Facebook selling group yesterday in central Scotland, if anyone wants I can try and find a link.
Ioan annwyl
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Remember the ram pins an elevator drive belt.?put the header on the front and on level concrete place header on floor
get blocks and a jack and take the weight of the back of the feeder house(trunk)
undo the 2 pins on the bearings that the trunk pivots and reverse the combine back
not a very big job