Last year I tested the Deere 8820 against the MF 860.
I think the 8820 does not tresh as nice, main cause being the concave, that is an "universal" one on mine. Wires are 15/16'' inch spaced, 1/4 inch.
THe MF860 I have has a small wire concave, and treshes a lot better.
For this year, I have removed the concave, straightened it and made few passes of it hard welding rod, then grind it to original.
Then I got 2 extra bats welded at the front of the concave, between the first 3 bats. I had them laser cut, so I did not have to drilled so many holes....
I still think the 8820 would perform a lot better in small grain with a small grain concave. Do you know where they are available?
This post was edited by fdt860 on 06/23/2022 at 03:12 pm.
I think the 8820 does not tresh as nice, main cause being the concave, that is an "universal" one on mine. Wires are 15/16'' inch spaced, 1/4 inch.
THe MF860 I have has a small wire concave, and treshes a lot better.
For this year, I have removed the concave, straightened it and made few passes of it hard welding rod, then grind it to original.
Then I got 2 extra bats welded at the front of the concave, between the first 3 bats. I had them laser cut, so I did not have to drilled so many holes....
I still think the 8820 would perform a lot better in small grain with a small grain concave. Do you know where they are available?
This post was edited by fdt860 on 06/23/2022 at 03:12 pm.
