So far, so good. Cant make any claims as of yet, but in the crimson clover I'm running right now, the rotor vanes and the reserse rasp bars are working perfectly.
A few people stopped by as I was installing them and as usual, they claimed I best take the tools and stock bars in the combine with me as I would be changing them out as soon as I got the machine unplugged.............
Well, I actually started doubting the idea as I was driving the combine to the field and was figuring out the best and quickest method for changing back to the stock bars without pulling the concaves. Thankfully, once I hit the field and ran some crop through, all doubts disappeared.
Tryed a quick kill, but failed as the rotor would not stop fast enough, however I took the time to look around it anyway. Was impressed with the content and condition of the material that was coming through the grates.
Ran a small bit more today and was even more impressed. However the crop has some harry vetch in it and the weather has not allowed the vetch pods to dry up yet so I was getting too many pea green vetch seeds in the tank, which is not good, so I quit. Wind is blowing and will give it a go again monday.
Rearward material transport is not an issue. Plugging grates is not an issue. Damp, tough material, which is where they are supposed shine for threshing, but was worried about the roping possibility?............unreal how smoothe the tough straw transports and exits the machine. There were 2 theories at the time, one was that the reverse rasps would tear the rope apart and the other was that the reverse rasps would stall the material and cause the roping to be worse. Thankfully the first theory was correct and not so much as an attempt to rope has shown up.
Still, cant make any claims. Cant say for sure that they are the new great ticket to everything. That sort of thing will have to be done by someone that folks respect for their knowledge and abilities. I'm just reporting my own little experiences from my own little world, so dont put much in what I say as my crops and conditions are far different than 99% of the folks here.
Here's a couple pics of the field I'm in now. These were taken about may 24.
I will try to get some pics of the running as soon as I can.
Thanks.