I am interested in the possibility of making a machine just for the purpose of harvesting principaly canola then peas, faba beans and lupins. This machine will not harvest cereals.
My donor machine is a 1688 with 4000 hours to trial with.
the modifications proposed are a posifeed roller a force feed feeder chain, a bison bean rotor, a precisions farm parts discharge beater and a gordon airjet chaffer with interchangeable elements for various crops.
The aim is to produce a machine that will not thresh but will only separate as most of the threshing in these crops happens in the feederhouse. the chaffer will also have less trash to deal with.
I am a john deere fan but have run a 2166 years ago. these older axial flows are attractive for their cheap price compared to sts second hand. Hopefully be able to produce a machine for contracting that is cheap and high capacity.I have a neighbour that has just purchased a 30000 acre property to add to his current 12000 acres. I would propose to contract harvest all his break crop at a cheap rate. If the donor machine worked well i would upgrade to a 2388 or two for a large contract.
I would appreciate those who have experience with these machines to give me your thoughts about the limitations of these machines and how to address these areas in the machine.
My donor machine is a 1688 with 4000 hours to trial with.
the modifications proposed are a posifeed roller a force feed feeder chain, a bison bean rotor, a precisions farm parts discharge beater and a gordon airjet chaffer with interchangeable elements for various crops.
The aim is to produce a machine that will not thresh but will only separate as most of the threshing in these crops happens in the feederhouse. the chaffer will also have less trash to deal with.
I am a john deere fan but have run a 2166 years ago. these older axial flows are attractive for their cheap price compared to sts second hand. Hopefully be able to produce a machine for contracting that is cheap and high capacity.I have a neighbour that has just purchased a 30000 acre property to add to his current 12000 acres. I would propose to contract harvest all his break crop at a cheap rate. If the donor machine worked well i would upgrade to a 2388 or two for a large contract.
I would appreciate those who have experience with these machines to give me your thoughts about the limitations of these machines and how to address these areas in the machine.
