Potato harvester Scrolls ripping

[Dicky.A]

Anyone having problems with Standen T2 scrolls ripping off??
Lifting green top crispers in very dry conditions. Running scrolls fast and clod rollers slow with minimum gap. Ripping and damaging a lot of scrolls. Are scrolls poor quality or are my settings to harsh? Are Grimme scrolls any better??
Advice appreciated thanks.

 

[Exfarmer]

Anyone having problems with Standen T2 scrolls ripping off??
Lifting green top crispers in very dry conditions. Running scrolls fast and clod rollers slow with minimum gap. Ripping and damaging a lot of scrolls. Are scrolls poor quality or are my settings to harsh? Are Grimme scrolls any better??
Advice appreciated thanks.

I assume you mean the rubber off the rollers. We had that very issue on an early machine 20 years ago. The potatoes were dropping on to the end of the rollers where a similar Grimme they fell an inch or so back. Any flints and we had more than plenty could just fall in the gap just at the very start of the roller and were very quickly stripping them.cured it by returning the harvester to Standens very quickly.
I would guess if you could get something to stop them falling in that very first inch such as a piece of wood bolted along cut at an angle to push them back a fraction. That is if there any room

 

[Dicky.A]

It’s the scrolls that a ripping

 

[Dicky.A]

As in picture

 

[Exfarmer]

They are nothing like anything I worked with, sorry

 

[Dicky.A]

Thanks

 

[Will 1594]

Half inch of water putnon in front of lifter , or some rain will do those more good

 

[Exfarmer]

Half inch of water putnon in front of lifter , or some rain will do those more good

Going to get it today

 

[Flat 10]

I think @Spud runs a t2

 

[Spud]

Slow the scrolls down a bit. Which clod rollers are you running?

 

[Dicky.A]

Running rubber rollers 76mm I think. There fairly worn, will replace for next season.

 

[Spud]

Try running steel rollers on the first three. A water sprayer would help also

 

[Dicky.A]

It’s a different job today after only 3 mm rain. Thanks