Spring wheat thrashing

[warksfarmer]

Anybody having issues? We cannot no matter what we do get rid of some cut in half full heads and also awns holding onto the grain. So our sample is not brilliant. Variety is Kilburn.
Tried closing concave right down, faster rotors, closed sieves etc as well as opening it up to get the crop rubbing against each other. Nothing is working yet the heads run out in your hand easily.

 

[yellowbelly]

Concave filler plates - if conventional.

If rotary, no idea.

 

[warksfarmer]

Concave filler plates - if conventional.

If rotary, no idea.

Rotary.

 

[Two Tone]

I have found problems thrashing Mulika in past years but this year seemed easy. No idea why. Could be that it was much fitter this year or has been fit for a long time, awaiting better weather.

Even though my Combine has an ACS for Spring Wheat, This year I used the Winter Wheat ACS and it went much better.

 

[principal skinner]

Are you thrashing it too hard?? Try a wide concave and slow drum?

 

[Spencer]

Leave it a week..

 

[Try to succeed]

On my lexion 650 putting the deawning plates up kept the wheat in the drum a bit longer and transformed the spring wheat sample the one time I’ve cut it. Don’t know if this is possible on your machine?

 

[JD6920s]

Anybody having issues? We cannot no matter what we do get rid of some cut in half full heads and also awns holding onto the grain. So our sample is not brilliant. Variety is Kilburn.
Tried closing concave right down, faster rotors, closed sieves etc as well as opening it up to get the crop rubbing against each other. Nothing is working yet the heads run out in your hand easily.

Obviously not yet ready.

 

[tr250]

On my lexion 650 putting the deawning plates up kept the wheat in the drum a bit longer and transformed the spring wheat sample the one time I’ve cut it. Don’t know if this is possible on your machine?

I’ve never grown s wheat before and hoping to cut some tomorrow. I’ve also got a 650 do you mind me asking your settings for a starting point?

 

[Chris W]

Always seem to struggle to thrash Mulika but with a faster drum and slightly tighter drum than normal get an ‘acceptable’ sample. Dryer then sorted it out for past 2 years.

 

[tw15]

Maybe best to leave it another few days as we have had the same in the past usually just the tips . Filler de awning plates will help . Chop the straw as it usually smashes up and is crap .

 

[Chris W]

Maybe best to leave it another few days as we have had the same in the past usually just the tips . Filler de awning plates will help . Chop the straw as it usually smashes up and is crap .

Agreed, yet to manage a good sample of grain and straw on Mulika

 

[warksfarmer]

Are you thrashing it too hard?? Try a wide concave and slow drum?

Tried that and makes no difference.

 

[warksfarmer]

Obviously not yet ready.

It’s been rounduped 4 weeks and we’ve first tiller heads on the floor. Ive never seen a crop so ready. As said you can rub the heads out by hand easily.

 

[warksfarmer]

On my lexion 650 putting the deawning plates up kept the wheat in the drum a bit longer and transformed the spring wheat sample the one time I’ve cut it. Don’t know if this is possible on your machine?

No deawning plates as it’s a NH. It’s the first thing I would of done if still running a claas.

 

[Brisel]

Are the concaves “in”at the top bolts?

 

[MrNoo]

No issues here with Mulika this year, in fact it went better than normal, ran the concave at 19mm flat out and did put one de-awning bar in but with a conventional NH not rotary

 

[warksfarmer]

Are the concaves “in”at the top bolts?

Yes

 

[Try to succeed]

I’ve never grown s wheat before and hoping to cut some tomorrow. I’ve also got a 650 do you mind me asking your settings for a starting point?

To be honest I can’t quite remember other than a tighter drum that winter wheat and the deawners. I’ll have a look in the morning to see if I saved the settings.

 

[Lincsman]

The starting point is tightest drum setting, flat out drum, you have to thresh it at the first point, letting heads get further into the system is never going to work.