I know a guy that would get 700 ft to a shear bolt in tough canary. Finally gave up and let the Gleaner take it off. Everything is fine when conditions are right. Where I live that isn't the norm. Mudbining and wet straw are all to common here. If you don't own a dryer you don't get your crop off it seems. I often wondered why they wouldn't have made a different set up. Gleaners way back had a door that would pop open if you hit an obstruction. They had a wrench you closed the door with and away you went. 1960's technology! You could adjust the tension on the door if it popped to easily. Now considering this is 2021 and technology has advanced apparently, the use of a bolt to keep the concave closed seems like something the caveman invented. Use of an eccentric and a spring with the ability to close it, or even open it, with hydraulics from the cab could have been engineered into this setup. The price one pays surely an engineer out of kindergarten could design it. Every combine made has that WTF built into it someplace that a guy scratches his head about. New Hollands is this bolt!!
