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Wheat harvesting settings

Just wondering what everyone has found to be your best settings on the combine for wheat. I am running a 9870 and trying to see how everyone cleans their grain up.

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I am fortunate to be a few ours from Bennett tractor which is an excellent John Deere salvage yard, got my large wire ones in almost new con...

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I am running round bars with two rows of inserts, still haven't decided if the small wire are worth the investment.


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I’ve heard of some out here in Eastern CO/Western KS that have run 1 small wire and 2 large wire for their dryland corn, milo & wheat. One o...

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We run small wires with filler straps in the center one in our 9770. Rotor rpm as fast as need be but usually 650-750 range. Air cranked up....

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I was running worn out round bar concaves before, was told the large wire was a good all around for beans and wheat, I believe the small wir...

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Large wire concaves were a big help for me, if I remember correctly around 800 rpm fan and maybe 600ish on rotor, I set the concave distance...

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