Pulled the rotor out on my 8780

[northernfarmer]

Originally Posted by 8850jd

the rotor mod is under three thousand for sure, they told me if you call ahead they could do it in three days for less if you wanted to drive to kansas and have them do it. Its worth it from everything I have heard

Niel, did you send your rotor to them or just waiting so ur shop can do it?

Terry is still(I hope)working on an easy mod for the 9895 rotor. with the dia. of that rotor the number of rasp bars still had to be worked out "I think".

with the whole front(adjustable) concave being an equal distance from the rotor and no real pinch point.. I'm sure there are a few other minor things that need to be figured too.

[masseypride]

Csfarm,

Thanks for the heads up on the high wear part. I won't have to bother messing around with that piece. That's good because nobody was to interested in rolling a piece that thick for me. Did you update the front of your rotors?

Northernfarmer,

I will look into the St. Johns Rotor components. I was curious if any of you guys bale the wheat straw? I have a guy who puts small bales for a landscape company back east. I was wondering if the St. Johns cut would really break up the straw. I have learned how to adjust the machine to produce a walker like quality straw with my current set-up without grain losses. I will visit with him about the 9895 rotor. I appreciate your help with this matter.

Does anyone hardsurface these components back into shape. I'm not sure if I will because I have quite a few major bar dings. I wondered if anyone had and how they got along with them.

Masseypride

[northernfarmer]

Masseypride:
If you can get the straw to be acceptable for small square bales with the original rotor, then you will have no problem with the St Johns rotor.. the one thing that the St Johns rotor allows you to do is run the rotor at a slower rpm and with a greater concave clearance.. so the straw doesn't breakup as bad, and there is less mog on the sieves..