[gleanercii]

I was wondering if any of you out there have tried any brands of aftermarket concaves? I am interested in how a Kuchar concave would work on a nonbullet rotor 9760sts in corn and milo. I don't belive that the round bar concaves are doing a complete job of thresing or definatly seperating. Thanks for any imput!

 

[rod]

Used Loewen (now A&I) concaves in STS & CTS for years - chalk & cheese compared to standard JD.

 

[greentech]

Any type of large wire concave would help your threshing problem. PF Parts makes a solid concave and they come in 6 instead of 3 so R&R is much easier.

 

[9570sts]

I would highly recommend kuchar concaves, the difference is night and day.
plus if you don't like them he will give you your money back.

 

[gleanercii]

what crops do you harvest 9570sts? How much of a gain in capacity did you see compared to you old john deere concaves?

 

[9570sts]

I grow corn and soybeans, I would say 30% more capacity maybe more in certain conditions. plus alot better sample.
personally I wouldn't run a combine without his kit. just my opinion

 

[gleanercii]

do you just run the concaves or all of his upgrades?

 

[9570sts]

I run his rotor elements,concaves,feed accelerator. his stuff works good but its a little pricey.

 

[9570sts]

I am assuming you have the smooth elements, if so, I would defiantly go with his rotor bars and concaves first and then latter you could get the feed accelerator.
I don't want you to think his stuff will totally stop the rotor loss in a high trash situation because it wont, but it is allot better.

 

[gleanercii]

They priced the concaves at $3,960 where John Deere round bars would be around $2500. Do you think most of your gain in capacity came from the concaves or the rotor elements? Were i am getting at is that we can't afford the whole converson and our rotor isnt' worn out. So I was just thinking of switching just the concaves.

 

[tylerm667]

I would also check precision farm parts they have good parts for good price.

 

[tylerm667]

Loewen mfg also has bar setup that looks good to me don't know cost.

 

[combiness]

You will not go wrong with Kuchar's concaves. He also takes care of his customers.