NH TX 65 advice

[Renaultman]

Good evening all, cutting rape with my TX 65, I set the secondary beater to low speed and everything going alright but every now and then it is giving an alarm, particularly if I drop header a bit and feed a bit more straw through. Drum is ok, don't want to go to high speed as there is a bit of broken straw in the sample anyhow,. TIA Tony

 

[Two Tone]

I was advised by a NH dealer to NEVER put the rotary separator (I think is what you are calling the secondary beater) or any other part of the combine in low speed on Rape, no matter what the book says. I’ve seen what can happen if it stalls and plugs on somebody else’s combine that took four days to unblock!

Do anything else to reduce smashing the straw up, like opening the concave to nearly maximum. But don’t EVER put or swap any belts onto low speed settings.

Shut the bottom sieve to 3mm to get a cleaner sample. And keep the wind speed up to compensate for the greater back pressure that closing the sieves will create.

 

[Renaultman]

I was advised by a NH dealer to NEVER put the rotary separator (I think is what you are calling the secondary beater) or any other part of the combine in low speed on Rape, no matter what the book says. I’ve seen what can happen if it stalls and plugs on somebody else’s combine that took four days to unblock!

Do anything else to reduce smashing the straw up, like opening the concave to nearly maximum. But don’t EVER put or swap any belts onto low speed settings.

Shut the bottom sieve to 3mm to get a cleaner sample. And keep the wind speed up to compensate for the greater back pressure that closing the sieves will create.

Cheers, back to high speed today, if the weather holds out, all of the above done apart from, allowing a bit of wiggle/blockage room on the concave. Sample is by no means dirty just being a bit fussy I suppose. Thanks again for your help.

 

[MF-ANDY]

Drop the concave on the second drum to get the stuff thro easier. No need for it on rape as most is thrashed out beforehand

 

[Two Tone]

Cheers, back to high speed today, if the weather holds out, all of the above done apart from, allowing a bit of wiggle/blockage room on the concave. Sample is by no means dirty just being a bit fussy I suppose. Thanks again for your help.

No problem, you’re welcome

Drop the concave on the second drum to get the stuff thro easier. No need for it on rape as most is thrashed out beforehand

Yep, forgot about that one.

I don’t know why NH have such a high up, tight setting for the main concave in Rape. Rape threshes very easily. Set the concave to 90% open, allowing for it to be opened a bit more in case it plugs, to release the pressure. I also run the drum a bit faster than they say, to give it more momentum to prevent plugging.

Rape Header extensions can actually cause more lumping, which gives the drum a lot of grief. I find that if you have a vari-feed header, you don’t need it fully extended, which give a much smoother, less lumpy feed to the drum. Obviously a rape header extension is better than none. But make sure the reel is set to provide a constant feed to the auger to feed the drum evenly. If you can hear the drum coughing, something isn’t right.

Open the Rotary separator concave to its wider setting, because all the threshing is done by the drum in rape. The wider setting prevents the straw from being smashed up too much and flooding the sieves with MOG (material other than grain).

 

[Renaultman]

Drop the concave on the second drum to get the stuff thro easier. No need for it on rape as most is thrashed out beforehand

That's done but thanks.

 

[Renaultman]

Thanks all, this is my 4th season with her but it just goes to show that 'every day's a school day'