In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Straw wrapping on L2 tresher rattle chain posted by Gleamer on October 26, 2004 at 17:56:45:

Tell your brother to give it a try. I have used filler plates on both the L2 and a K2 with much success. As long as the cylinder grooves are not worn too badly you should not have a wrapping problem. Really enjoyed your advice and conversation. I finished harvest of my pintos last Thursday. Really the best day we had all harvest. Never had harvest drag out like this year before. Friday was a terrible day; I'm sure that there were dry beans on the move that were cut, especially those in windrows. Never got to look around the country but I noticed windrowed alfalfa fields in bad shape. Wind gusts were 60 mph. We had snow last night, about 2 inches, and there is a wind advisory out for today again. There is a substantial amount of dry beans that are still in the fields. Been a trying year and it would have been even worse if the first freeze hadn't held off for over a month past normal. Not the case for everybody.

Corn harvest next, all reports in the area are that the moisture is still near 30%. We didn't have the ideal dry down conditions like those reported in the eastern Corn Belt compounded by the lack of moisture and a cool summer. Don't get me wrong, my corn yields will be quite good, but that will probably not be the norm for many.