[bear0560]

i have a 7720 combine do i have to change concave to harvest wheat.when i bought it was harvesting corn.

 

[combiness]

I would not change the concave, but maybe pull out every other wire. Also, be sure to install the cylinder filler plates.

 

[tbone95]

No disrespect combiness . . .

I was advised to do the opposite with regard to filler plates, remove them for wheat-eating capacity. I've bounced around the advice on filler plates a great deal. The one thing I've settled on them making sense for is high moisture corn. You'll get advice from both sides on this one to be sure.

For what it's worth, I did remove mine for wheat last year. However, I had never run it in wheat before. . .so no real comparison. I bought my bine from a dairy farmer, he did high moisture corn, kinda adds up. (Mine is a 4420)

 

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filler plates out for wheat harvest, and in for fall crops

 

[combiness]

Sorry, guys. I read that wrong. I was thinking from wheat TO corn, and not the other way around.

 

[combiness]

Pulling ever other wire will often help in corn, but I said it is not absolutely needed. It can help.

 

[bear0560]

thanks ihad a old gleaner and i retired it and the 7720 is new to me.

 

[combiness]

I hope you did not just scrap that old Gleaner.

 

[Bundy Bear]

you had me wondering too when you said take out wires and put filler plates in... thought i musta been a** about all this time

 

[combiness]

Not at all. I know what I read--just could not really focus with a couple of screaming kids and all. I just had it backward.

 

[kb]

Don't pull any wires out! Just take out the filler plates between each bar and remove any concave fillers on the back side of the concave if they crawled inside and put them in. Not sure if they would have put them in or not? If you leave the plates in that fill in between bars it will vibrate your combine to death when harvesting wheat!

 

[slyyck]

What else can you do with it? The junk yards don't even want them cause thier so JUNK!

And yes i did have a gleaner at one point in time and mark my words i will NEVER EVER have another gleaner in my lifetime!

 

[cornerpost]

sound like he has the L2 blues.

 

[slyyck]

no actually i had an F2! and combiness we had three different dealers out to set our machine and none of them could set it better than we could! they couldn't tell us a reason why it was cracking(GRINDING) so much grain. and it wasn't worn out my grandpa bought it new, it had done this from the get go!

 

[combiness]

Only because you either know not how to properly set a Gleaner or you know not how to pick a sound one from a worn-out one, in a used machinery lot.
Which is it?