[silverluv]

I saw some posts earlier about the rodono straw choppers and was wondering how they worked out for the guys that tried them this year. Was thinking about putting it in an R-75. I just have the standard chopper right now. How did they work in green beans?

 

[hwy19farm]

I put one in my R62 old man did'nt put one in R72 saw very little differance.Extending helical to push straw out further was a better buy than 1200 for rodono.Major reason for a red machine in shed now.

 

[silverluv]

You were able to get the 8120 right away. Did you speed the chopper up on it? Was this in soybeans also. I have seen this chopper and it looks pretty sweet with the hammers in it. I would consider going to the Agco fine cut but heard you have to rebuild it every year. This is why I am leaning toward the rodono. I was going to also extend the helicals and change the thresher helicals when I get it in the shop. Thanks for the info

 

[hwy19farm]

No I did not speed up chopper in dry straw it seemed to work better,but also had Barley straw that I could bale.Have the Clinton knife kit also.The 8120 we got has 143 sep hours guy that trades every year only run in soybeans so just about new.My biggest question with the new machine is do I run out and buy a grain cart to keep it moving or run R62 with it with no cart.For the age of my help it is almost easier to run another combine ,plus I have a 9 yr. old how could start out with the Gleaner in afew years.

 

[silverluv]

I have heard that that chopper will perform way better by speeding it up and will help pull away from rotor too. This also comes from guys who sell them too, but I do see their point. The whole grain cart thing is a toss up beings you already have the second machine. I would say depending on what condition the 62 is and what kind of up keep needs to be done on it you could just keep it and run it or trade it off on a cart. I don't think that one combine and a cart will do what 2 machines and no cart will do. I also depends on how far the combines have to travel to dump. The thing that I like about running two machines is if you have a break down there is always another one still running. Yeah the bigger machines may do more than the smaller ones but if and when it goes down you just lost all of that. Thats just my opinion. I do most of the work myself so usually if something happens I can get it running right away. I was about 11 when my dad let me run combine, I had been riding with him for years so I kind of knew already what to do, but I thought it was pretty cool the first time he actually got out and let me make a few rounds by myself. That was 22 years ago. Let me know how that 40ft head works out. We had a FD70 and a 974 out this year and there is no comparison between the two. The FD70 flexes so much better and once I got more familiar with it, it was easier to set.

 

[tks]

We did not see any difference between the factory and rodono choppers atleast not for the money. That is one of the down falls of the gleaner combines in wet conditions it is hard to manage the straw.

 

[nddan]

I'd put it like this. Rodono is some better than old standard Gleaner. Both Rodono and old standard Gleaner will chop better with sharpened stationary knives or Clinton stationary knifes as well as they will both do better with RPM cranked to Gleaner fine cut speed. Belt life improved with the added RPM. Gleaner fine cut does well while its blades just clear the floor and has awsome set of stationary knifes. The fine cut does require more service but does the best job. The original thin knifes couldn't take the beating especially in corn so the thickness was doubled. The added weight is a plus also. I think there will be a better chopper floor in future where the hump is removed and material will be aimed more toward bottom. This will surely feed chopper better and may even promote better chop. I think a great design would be to hinge a flat non perforated floor at cage so you can tilt it down far enough so corn cobs will clear under it and then tilt it up for the straw you want to chop. Could have slots in floor to clear rotating knifes and then straw must intersect knifes. Then on each side of slot could be slanted back stationary knifes to slice the straw instead of outright chopping it. I think this is posible and wouldn't take any extra HP. I have a guy with a pair of 62s that is having trouble with the whole straw his machines now flow. These machines are grain eating hogs in the toughest of conditions and he will run while others wouldn't think of it. This guy will have some chopper floor and or knife mod for this season for he isn't about to go back to grinding in rotor. We'll see what we come up with. If all else fails we will protrude some knifes into seperator side of rotor. This worked to some degree one time on a machine that had no chopper and he surely has very little shoe load with the way he flows the straw.