[bigmack]

Started combining canola yesterday and need seetings! (Yield normally a ton to the acre. I have an R60 combining canola with a 22' straight cut header. Use the settings in the book, but seem to be losing A lot of canola out the back end (across the shoe) What speed should I be going, and what settings (cylinder speed, sieve and chaffer openings, wind speed???????????????)
Tried slowing down the cylinder, not much better!

When I got the combine, the former owner installed 2 rows of old belting near the discharge end all the way around the cage....is this necessary.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[dirtdigger]

I am sure the belting was to keep the MOG off the shoe which would help your problem. There gets to be so much on the shoe it cant be seperated and rolls out the back. Hopefully someone else chimes in here. I had an N7 with the P1 and always struggled with canola. It just stays in the machine to long and gets over threshed and over loads the shoe. The belting would keep some off the trash off the shoe. By that time the canola should be seperated. It would be worth a try. I know it can be frustrating.

 

[mtremraf]

It was a few weeks ago...so I should be pretty close on the settings. These apply to a R62 but shouldnt be much different than yours. Worn out accelerator rolls will assist in dumping canola out the back...

Cylinder- 680 to 720
Concave - 12
Air - about 5
Chaffer (top shoe)- 1/2 or maybe a little more or less
Sive -(lower shoe) 3/8 or a little more or less

Throughout the day I adjusted the sive (sometimes the chaffer a little) according to the amount of trash in the bin.

I hope this helps.

 

[btren]

I would try the wind higher if you have high shoe loss. had the same thing in wheat and cranked the wind up to 7 and we totally eliminated the shoe loss. I know canola is more tricky and you will probably never eliminate shoe loss but I would try more air. I would sooner blow some over than have it ride out on a mat of chaff. How is your rotor loss?

 

[bigmack]

Thanks for the info guys. Still wondering about speed. How fast can I go with a 22' header. Currently doing 2.8 mph???????