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Combine-Mounted Weed Seed Collection System
Soon after the last issue of FARM SHOW came out featuring the combine-mounted weed seed collector built by Canadian farmer Glenn Reicheld, Warren Loewen, who manufactures low-priced combine re-placement parts, called to let us know there's already a comercial weed seed collector on the market.
Loewen runs Loewen
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Combine-Mounted Weed Seed Collection System COMBINES Accessories 20-3-23 Soon after the last issue of FARM SHOW came out featuring the combine-mounted weed seed collector built by Canadian farmer Glenn Reicheld, Warren Loewen, who manufactures low-priced combine re-placement parts, called to let us know there's already a comercial weed seed collector on the market.
Loewen runs Loewen Manufacturing in Aitona, Manitoba. in the course of business, he had come across the Rvlech Weed Collection System built in Australia. It's been used there for two years to collect up to 90 percent of weed seeds harvested along with grain. Fifteen units are in operation. They're sold by Harvestaire, a Balcatta. Western Australia, supplier of combine replacement parts and add-ons-
The system consists of an extended sieve section added to the back of the top sieve. It separates weed seeds from the flow of chaff. Seeds collect in a hopper under the sieve and are angered to a hydraulically-dumped 1 112 cu. yd. bin mounted on the back of the combine. Seeds are dumped iii small piles throughout the field. They can later he collected or simply burned where they lie.
A control box in the cab turns augers oft and on and a bin-full light fells when it's time to dump the bin.
An electro-hydraulic manifold plumbs Into the existing hydraulics to tilt the bin and start the augers. Operation requires about 1 gpm.
The 7 112-ft. long by 3-ft. high by 2-ft. deep bin attaches to a bolt-on mounting frame that can easily he taken o11 and transferred to another combine.
Installation takes about 16 hours and can be done yourself. The kit includes how-to photos and instructions.
Available for Case IH 1600 series comhines (including long sieve), Deere 8620 Titan and 9600, and New Holland TR97. Sells for 59,500 to $9.750 (Australian).
Contact: Harvestaire Pty. Ltd., 18 Mumford Place, Balcatta, Western Australia 6021 (ph 61 9 3447433, fax 3453506).
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