Combines Would green be betterIJ

Haven't seen one up this way were out in those areas. We have a '90 1660 with 2800 hours and not a bit of a wear spot. We clean the grain tank a few times during the season and it has yet to sit in the rain unless we were maitnencing it before season.

I should mention that these combines are mostly located in AR. lA. MS. areas. Most have had rice run through them which is very abrasive. More northern combines would probably be nicer, just a little far to travel for me. Maybe worth the tripIJ

The 6620 I ran for the last 18 years wore one feeder bottom, three clean grain elevators, and three concaves in 3800 hrs. If you push a lot of material through anything it will wear out regardless of color. There are things you can do to stretch the lifespan way out though like stainless auger troughs under the cross augers in the tank, uhmw plastic slab on the feeder house bottom (a must) also under the slinger paddle in the grain tank cross auger so it will not wear a hole in the tank just under it, weld a 1_8" rod around the circumference of all the augers including the fountain auger. You will probably not replace these before you trade again. Kind of time consuming, but a great winter project that will save you a ton of bucks in the long run. Good luck no matter what color you get. GS

Alot of it is all on the Crop Conditions Keeping it clean!!!! Nothing else....

all beans go n1 or 2 corn is always n1. How much cleaner can it getIJ It is the amount of stuff pushing through the augers that wears it out. Clean grain elevator really gripes me because it is not built thick enough to last. I think a double squeeze belt elevator would really beat the tar out of this old design. gs

If they have been through lots of soybeans and corn they get pretty worn, too. I have seen 700 hour JDs with the grain tank worn through under the cross auger. The elevator trap is replaced by that time.

Yeah they really do need to figure something out.. all companies

last year greenstrat posted how to do the rod welding on the augers. I took his advise and welded a rod all the way around the verticle unload auger on our 1680. It works excellent. It saved us several hundred dollars and it is quite easy to dnce you make a loop or two, and have the hang of it, it goes really quick.

Hey, OP.. I just did all the rest of my augers in my new-to-me machine, including clean grain auger in the bottom of the machine which never lasted long for me either. Cross augers too. I was really wondering about the double squeeze belt idea for the clean grain elevator, and wondered why it wouldn't have much more capacity, and so much more longevity it would be hilarious. I think Hutchinson bought the patent up from the inventor who is about 50 miles from me. The elevators this guy designed had two belts with the grain running in compression, and once it got ahold of the grain, it could run upside down! Damage was about nill too.. Wouldn't this work for a feeder house tooIJ I think too much.. gs

It could be interesting to see it done. But I fear it may take too many more moving parts to make it work. It is a great way to get the grain into the bin at the farm though. like you say, the damage would be about zero.