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Case Nutty 1660 10-24-2012 13:21:11 75.127.24.27 Report to Moderator	sorry my screens did not have numbers on these wood cased screens, my all metal ones do but these are the ones I use for Alfalfa, top screen should only allow the seed to pass I use a 3/32 round hole screen, the final screen only allows trash/weed seeds ect through and is a fine cross pattern screen, the cleaner I use now is a all metal one but the other one I have is all wood and worked as well as the newwer model shown hope this helps cnt [Reply]   [No Email]
mtjohn 10-24-2012 15:16:47 66.171.17.252 Report to Moderator	Re: cleaninn alfalfa with a clipper #27 in reply to Case Nutty 1660, 10-24-2012 13:21:11   case nutty thanks for the pics. Any pics available of the "rough" seed straight out of the combine.(I see below that you were cutting some) I am wondering if mine is too dirty to screw with or if I should order some screens. I see from a different post that parts and such are available think I will contact them in the morning. What kind of time does it take to clean this up. I have a single axle truck load approx 300bu the cleaning area looks small thinking having to feed it by hand it doesn't look like I could set an auger over top to auto feed. If it is somehing that I could set up and do in a day might get real ambitious and keep cutting. [Reply]  [No Email]
Case Nutty 1660 10-24-2012 16:47:39 75.127.24.27 Report to Moderator	Re: cleaninn alfalfa with a clipper #27 in reply to mtjohn, 10-24-2012 15:16:47   the shot above is from my 1969 960 with a Alfalfa sieve installed which does reduce the amount of hulls/trash ect in the seed, for years I did not have a specialty sieve and would end up with about 25% or so hulls mixed in which did make running it through the cleaner a longer process as I then set the cleaner to first remove the hulls then I ran it back through to do a finish clean, my cleaner is set up for a auger to remove the clean product which does help if you are bagging or as I do put it in resealable barrels to keep it nice and "critter free", I would guess I run 400lbs a hour thru mine most times maybe a little more, here I can get 4.00-5.00 a pound for seed so for me it is very worth while, another thing that works well on excess hulls is if you have access to a hammer mill as they will knock out the remaining seed very well, a grinder mixer would work well for this step also just a thought cnt [Reply]  [No Email]