Shawn Feikema
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No. Nope. Never change them.
No. Nope. Never change them.
All our crops from the same concaves. Yep.
All our crops from the same concaves. Yep.
All our crops from the same concaves. Yep.
Well, we're running Estes. We actually are running one Estes. So we've been running Estes concaves for, oh boy, six, eight years, something like that. And that was part of the reason why we went was because of the different crops we dabbled with. I mean, we dabble with more now than we did then.
Well, we're running Estes. We actually are running one Estes. So we've been running Estes concaves for, oh boy, six, eight years, something like that. And that was part of the reason why we went was because of the different crops we dabbled with. I mean, we dabble with more now than we did then.
Well, we're running Estes. We actually are running one Estes. So we've been running Estes concaves for, oh boy, six, eight years, something like that. And that was part of the reason why we went was because of the different crops we dabbled with. I mean, we dabble with more now than we did then.
But back then, as I told some John Deere engineers, one time when they were out, they were asking some of these questions. And I said, well, I said, in my opinion, John Deere with the STS combine built the greatest soybean combine ever. They also made the greatest feed grinder for corn. And So that was really our real reason for switching to Estes.
But back then, as I told some John Deere engineers, one time when they were out, they were asking some of these questions. And I said, well, I said, in my opinion, John Deere with the STS combine built the greatest soybean combine ever. They also made the greatest feed grinder for corn. And So that was really our real reason for switching to Estes.
But back then, as I told some John Deere engineers, one time when they were out, they were asking some of these questions. And I said, well, I said, in my opinion, John Deere with the STS combine built the greatest soybean combine ever. They also made the greatest feed grinder for corn. And So that was really our real reason for switching to Estes.
I was so sick of the fines, so sick of the cob in the tank, stuff like that. And so that's what led us down to the path of Estes, which then turned out to be great for all of the other grains we did too, because we didn't have to switch conkeys. So we ran down that path for quite a while.
I was so sick of the fines, so sick of the cob in the tank, stuff like that. And so that's what led us down to the path of Estes, which then turned out to be great for all of the other grains we did too, because we didn't have to switch conkeys. So we ran down that path for quite a while.
I was so sick of the fines, so sick of the cob in the tank, stuff like that. And so that's what led us down to the path of Estes, which then turned out to be great for all of the other grains we did too, because we didn't have to switch conkeys. So we ran down that path for quite a while.
And then when I kind of stuck my foot in my mouth and said what I said to these John Deere engineers, they decided, hey, we can come up with something just as good. So that year, Todd hooked us up with a set of XPR2s, and we put them in a brand new 780. And we had the other combine just set up with regular round bars.
And then when I kind of stuck my foot in my mouth and said what I said to these John Deere engineers, they decided, hey, we can come up with something just as good. So that year, Todd hooked us up with a set of XPR2s, and we put them in a brand new 780. And we had the other combine just set up with regular round bars.
And then when I kind of stuck my foot in my mouth and said what I said to these John Deere engineers, they decided, hey, we can come up with something just as good. So that year, Todd hooked us up with a set of XPR2s, and we put them in a brand new 780. And we had the other combine just set up with regular round bars.
And the engineers came out and watched us, spent a whole week with us, combine and corn. And by the end of the week, they had torn out a whole pile of parts in that one combine. So basically, I ran the Estes machine.
And the engineers came out and watched us, spent a whole week with us, combine and corn. And by the end of the week, they had torn out a whole pile of parts in that one combine. So basically, I ran the Estes machine.
And the engineers came out and watched us, spent a whole week with us, combine and corn. And by the end of the week, they had torn out a whole pile of parts in that one combine. So basically, I ran the Estes machine.