IH 1460 Large wire, every other removed, in soybeans

Dave from MN · Sep 22, 2014

IaGary, I emailed you on this also. My recently purchased 1460 has the large wire concaves in, and the fron two both have every other wire removed. I was planning on using only for beans this year, but possible corn with a 6RN head if the 1420, or mother nature give me a reason. Can I combine beans OK with these wires removed? How hard is it to remove the concaves and replace the wires( of which I do not have) or just a different set of concaves? I also see there is a cover plate available too, but I read that the concaves need to be removed to attach some hardware the first time you install them. Combine has been at shop longer than expected and I wantt o get it ready fo rbeans which at maturing fast here since the freeze. Any advice will be helpfull, benas will bushel anywhere from 20-close to 50 in the heavier soils.

DeltaRed · Sep 22, 2014

Many years ago,local custom cutter removed every other wire/rod in a 1440 concave to do pinto beans.He then welded the 'empty' holes shut.Kinda ruined it for corn....Cleanest,least cracked sample the elevator had seen since the AC Allcrop.

CDN 400 · Sep 22, 2014

I removed every other wire in corn to reduce rotor loss and made a huge difference in 200bpa corn.However in beans I could never eliminate unthreshed pods otherwise with the wires all in I could always have a perfect sample and that was in a 1460 with a standard rotor.

IaGary · Sep 23, 2014

Dave after thinking more about concave removal I believe you would have to get in there on the right side and loosen the bolts and drop that pipe that holds up the right side. Not a big issue if I remember right.

The grates do just hook on but the concaves hook on a pipe that needs to be loosen or taken out.

Gary

IH 1460 Large wire, every other removed, in soybeans

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