K2 with spike cylinder for corn

RBoots · Oct 31, 2016

We run 2 Gleaner K2 diesel combines. Both have a spike cylinder. They seem to be pretty hard to adjust to keep from destroying the cob and getting pieces in with the clean grain. I see stuff about "filler plates" for the cylinder of some combines. Is that what I need, or do I need to go back at the adjustments? And, what do filler plates look like, and are they available for a combine such as this?
Thanks!

Ross

Bob Bancroft · Oct 31, 2016

I can't imagine trying to do corn with a spike cylinder.

The filler plates are very simple. They fit over one row of cyl. rasp bar bolts, and cover the gap between bars, on a conventional cylinder.

It's not a bad job to change over to a conventional cylinder and concaves. There are enough of those machines being scrapped, that those pieces should be available.

4020 electrician · Oct 31, 2016

I have a rasp f cylinder in good shape??in Isabella county.

mudcreek183 · Oct 31, 2016

Neighbor had spike tooth on the dairy it was fine because he fed all his corn when he went to sell some no one mill would take it to much damage.

4020 electrician · Oct 31, 2016

Call Kens Parts Place in Beal City. He will set you up.. Honest guy to deal with and has all agco parts on hand for K-L series.. Belts, sprokets, bushings, bearings.. open till 10:00 pm..

coonie minnie · Oct 31, 2016

Usually filler plates are used on rasp bar cylinders in we corn. They attach between the rasp bars.

How big are your cob pieces? Can you close the bottom sieve some to keep them out?

My great grandfather used to use his threshing machine to shell corn... but they would remove the bottom teeth from the concave so as not to bust up the cobs. That crib corn was pretty dry, so I'm sure it shelled easy.

RBoots · Oct 31, 2016

We have a parts combine with the rasp cylinder, but the spikes just do such a nice job in soybeans. We don't really need to run the K2s in corn, we have an M2, but we thought we'd give it a whirl and see what happens. Someone told us you can't make clean corn with a spike cylinder, so we tried it out. Apparently they were right lol. Thanks

RBoots · Oct 31, 2016

Coonie, the cob pieces are about the same size as a corn kernel, that's why I'm thinking it's just grinding them up and running it through just like the corn kernels.

RBoots · Oct 31, 2016

Thanks! I will keep that name for future reference, it may come in handy!

RBoots · Oct 31, 2016

Makes for filler material on feed I suppose.
No animals here, so it all goes to the
elevator, they don't dock hard, but you do
get hit a little for foreign matter

RBoots · Oct 31, 2016

So it sounds like there is a reason it is a "soybean special" lol. I guess it just wasn't meant to be. We'll just keep using the M2

centash · Oct 31, 2016

Doesn't your M2 have filler plates? Ben

RBoots · Nov 1, 2016

I'm not sure Ben, I don't work on the separator part of the combines much. That's dad's department for the most part, he has run Gleaner combines for about 40 years. I do engine, hyd, tires, transmission and general mechanical for the most part. I need to pay more attention and learn more about the separator parts.

centash · Nov 1, 2016

Just have a look at the cylinder.....if the are spaces between the rasps 4 inches or so, then no filler bars. If the rasp bars alternate with a flat plate, then yes, filler bars, or plates. Ben

RBoots · Nov 3, 2016

No filler bars in there. My brother has a K that he said he has filler bars for.

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