tbran
Guest
it took a lok of courage about 5 years ago when I placed a piece of sheetmetal under the grate and fired up the torch. Cut about everyother wire off at the cross bar leaving the little uncut pegs in the holes to keep them plugged . One cannot cut evry other wire exactly as one or two have to be left between the frames as the numbers won't come out even. Works great. I have heard of extreamly dry brittle material overloading the shoe in conversation with Gleaner service. HOWEVER in most cases the distribution auger can be adjusted and the air increased to overcome these rare occasions. The greatest benefit is in corn, especially high moisture corn. Small pieces of cob wedge in between the wires and plug the grate almost solid. The increased space also yields bigger cob pieces that are more easily seived out for cleaner cob free samples. The exception to this is for hard to thresh wheats and barleys in some areas. Just think, some of the other brands get to put in and take out wires inbetween changes of corn to wheat and soybeans regularly if they follow the op manual and factory specs!