F3 cylinder bars

gbs

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when we bought the machine a couple years ago the man we bought it from told us the bars had just been turned,they looked to have plenty of tooth height but we got to noticing that it wasn't handling tough crop conditions as well as it once did,pull one of the bars and got a couple of the neighbors to look at them both said they weren't completely worn out but were getting flat on top,so we bought a set from Oakley combine that had been rebuilt and every other tooth cut out, the salesman said we would be able to tell a big difference especially in tough crop conditions,installed them and found the adjustment scales to be off enough one had to have the slots lengthened, got the cylinder clearance set right, tried it in 140 bu.corn it was handling all the corn the head could handle and the engine didn't pull hard at all,ran it the other day in some 50 bu beans and there was a lot of difference in how well it was performing ,after the sun set they were starting to get damp and I was trying to finish the field, man what a difference those bars make couple of times I let the reel get a little out of adjustment letting some pile up on the head before the auger would grab it and run it through ,the motor would barely grunt when it went through the cylinder where as with the old bars you could hear it cry when a wad of damp bushes would go through
 
It is a very good feeling to have them working that well. No doubt worn bars make a combine struggle. Never again will I ever use worn bars I have experienced them myself in my Gleaner A. It is like a whole different machine with new bars it eats it now.
 
Was always interested in those bars, but I do a few small grains and think they don't do so well in oats?

Paul
 
They were in my F2 when I got it. Oats are always my biggest challenge. I eventually replaced them with A&I bars. I also filled every spot on the doors with rasp bar type concaves.
The weather is still the most important factor!
 
I put the same bars from Oakley on my K2 and they made a big difference. My biggest problem is feeding beans evenly across the head. I am going to try to cut at an angle today to see it that helps.
 
oats weren't a problem for us we used 3 channel concaves,10-1/4"pulley and run the cylinder from 950 to 1200 rpm's, milo was a little unique with stock bars, recon i find out about the milo in a couple of days depending on the weather
 

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