Performance-Boosting Combine Add-Ons

Performance-Boosting Combine Add-Ons COMBINES Accessories 19-4-13 Independent combine specialist George Kuchar, who has developed hundreds of "fixes" for combines, recently announced three new performance-boosting add-ons. • Pre-cleaner sieve with "chaff breaker". Replaces the original pre-cleaner on Deere 9000 series combines. It lets you keep the pre-cleaner open while harvesting soy-beans, rice, wheat, and milo for faster separation (Deere recommends keeping the pre-cleaner closed on the 9000 except when harvesting corn). Kuchar says his pre-cleaner breaks up material coming off the shoe augers and provides 20 to 40% of separation. Sells for $500. • Plastic straw walker blocks for Deere 9000 series combines. Kuchar's plastic blocks replace Deere's steel and wooden blocks and are impregnated with oil to eliminate the need for greasing. Two sets of blocks are needed per walker. Replacements for wood blocks sell for $140 per walker, and replacements for steel blocks sell for $200 per walker. • An access door for setting the separating vanes on the cage on Case-IH 14, 16, and 21 series combines. The door is in-stalled by cutting a hole into the side of the combine and bolting a steel frame behind. "It eliminates the need to crawl inside the combine and get chaff and dirt down your neck. You can set the vanes and be back running in the field in 5 minutes," says Kuchar. The door sells for $150 plus S&H. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Kuchar Combine Performance, Box 595, Carlinville, Ill. 62626 (ph 217 854-9838).

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