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| Are you seeing unthreshed pods in the tank, or opened pods that are getting through the sieves? If unthreshed pods, then the APS grates for soybeans/wheat will help quite a bit. They are very easy to change and will provide the more aggressive threshing in the early stages that is needed for those tougher pods. Use them in conjunction with keeping the disawning plates closed. Depending on the beans, some respond better to wide concave - fast cylinder speed settings while others respond better to tighter concave - slower cylinder speed settings. Have even used the CEBIS to store 2 settings for soybeans (one for daytime when its dry and things go through easily and one for dusk/evening/mornings when things are tougher). Usually use the wider and faster approach when things are tougher to free up horsepower and when you're less likely to damage grain and the slower and tighter approach when conditions are dry during the middle of the day and they sail through easily. Remember, speed (or to be more accurate, change in speed) is the primary cause of grain damage. So, in general, slower speeds closer to 5-600 rpm on cylinder will yield best quality. You have the APS there to absorb a good deal of the speed change, which helps a lot compared to other combines. Also, watch your tailings volume. Need to keep it minimized. For the opened pods that might be getting through the sieves, the cleaning system on this combine loves air and lots of it. Don't be afraid to run fan wide open or very close to it. There's good sieve area on these machines so it is tough to blow beans out. Sieve settings that have worked best for us are around 10-12 on top and 8-10 on bottom. The chip is around $600 I think and it is from a website called Illinois Dyno Center, or IDC. Type that into a browser and it should get you there. Technically, I'm sure any engine manufacturer would have an "out" with respect to warranty with a chip installed, but there seem to be relatively few problems in using them. That said, one should probably use one's head a little bit. The C9 chip has 3 settings: 0%, 15%, and 30% boost. I would set it at 15% and leave it there for beans. That will net you 400 hp in a 570R, which is the same as the early 580Rs had from a C12. Any thoughts to go up to a 12 row - 30 cornhead someday? A LEXION is unbeatable in corn. Have run one with a 12R30 against/with a neighbor's 9860STS John Deere and the 570R walked all over it - 1.5mph faster and a good 0.5 gal/acre less fuel burned. | |
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570 lexion combine in beans
