Shawn Feikema

And they, they, my uncle and the engineers were comparing all, you know, all week and they just kept taking parts out, putting different parts in, trying to get it to do the same thing. They did get it there. Um, ended up with a mostly convex set of concaves in that other machine. Um, and they got it very close grain sample wise.

And they, they, my uncle and the engineers were comparing all, you know, all week and they just kept taking parts out, putting different parts in, trying to get it to do the same thing. They did get it there. Um, ended up with a mostly convex set of concaves in that other machine. Um, and they got it very close grain sample wise.

And they, they, my uncle and the engineers were comparing all, you know, all week and they just kept taking parts out, putting different parts in, trying to get it to do the same thing. They did get it there. Um, ended up with a mostly convex set of concaves in that other machine. Um, and they got it very close grain sample wise.

I would call them right on par with the Estes, not quite the capacity I can get out of an Estes. Um, I can get a little more capacity in corn out of the Estes. But both of them, we've been running two 780s now for three or four years, one with Condex, one with Estes, and we just continually keep comparing. And so both of them run with no, never changing a concave.

I would call them right on par with the Estes, not quite the capacity I can get out of an Estes. Um, I can get a little more capacity in corn out of the Estes. But both of them, we've been running two 780s now for three or four years, one with Condex, one with Estes, and we just continually keep comparing. And so both of them run with no, never changing a concave.

I would call them right on par with the Estes, not quite the capacity I can get out of an Estes. Um, I can get a little more capacity in corn out of the Estes. But both of them, we've been running two 780s now for three or four years, one with Condex, one with Estes, and we just continually keep comparing. And so both of them run with no, never changing a concave.

But the Estes, in my opinion, still got an edge on capacity. Um, I have not tried the XPR threes yet, but yeah, so that's, that's kind of what, where we ended up with the, with the, that's kind of how we, the story of how we ended up where we did.

But the Estes, in my opinion, still got an edge on capacity. Um, I have not tried the XPR threes yet, but yeah, so that's, that's kind of what, where we ended up with the, with the, that's kind of how we, the story of how we ended up where we did.

But the Estes, in my opinion, still got an edge on capacity. Um, I have not tried the XPR threes yet, but yeah, so that's, that's kind of what, where we ended up with the, with the, that's kind of how we, the story of how we ended up where we did.

So we will throw some covers in, uh, on some hard, like our trit. When I combine that trit, that's a little, it's kind of, the trit was kind of like combine. And I don't know if you guys have ever combined spring wheat. Uh, spring wheat is a bear cat to thresh. Um, and so that I did, it threshed a little bit like spring wheat.

So we will throw some covers in, uh, on some hard, like our trit. When I combine that trit, that's a little, it's kind of, the trit was kind of like combine. And I don't know if you guys have ever combined spring wheat. Uh, spring wheat is a bear cat to thresh. Um, and so that I did, it threshed a little bit like spring wheat.

So we will throw some covers in, uh, on some hard, like our trit. When I combine that trit, that's a little, it's kind of, the trit was kind of like combine. And I don't know if you guys have ever combined spring wheat. Uh, spring wheat is a bear cat to thresh. Um, and so that I did, it threshed a little bit like spring wheat.

So I threw covers in on that one, but once we got done with that, I pulled the covers out and I never, I never ran any covers. So, yeah.

So I threw covers in on that one, but once we got done with that, I pulled the covers out and I never, I never ran any covers. So, yeah.

So I threw covers in on that one, but once we got done with that, I pulled the covers out and I never, I never ran any covers. So, yeah.

Well, and the way I look at OEM is, you know, deer's got to do what they got to do to make it for the masses, right? They can't customize a combine for everybody's unique situation. And, you know, if you're somebody that... Yeah, it just depends on your operation. If you're not pushing your combines hard, you can get a good sample out of them.

Well, and the way I look at OEM is, you know, deer's got to do what they got to do to make it for the masses, right? They can't customize a combine for everybody's unique situation. And, you know, if you're somebody that... Yeah, it just depends on your operation. If you're not pushing your combines hard, you can get a good sample out of them.

Well, and the way I look at OEM is, you know, deer's got to do what they got to do to make it for the masses, right? They can't customize a combine for everybody's unique situation. And, you know, if you're somebody that... Yeah, it just depends on your operation. If you're not pushing your combines hard, you can get a good sample out of them.

But if you want to get max capacity out of these combines, and for us, we need to keep them combines rolling, I push them things to the point where, you know, the little power meter's right in the red. You know, the beeper should be going off telling you you need to slow down. Yep. And that's when we just could not keep a decent grain sample in an OEM concave. And the Estes, we can. So...

But if you want to get max capacity out of these combines, and for us, we need to keep them combines rolling, I push them things to the point where, you know, the little power meter's right in the red. You know, the beeper should be going off telling you you need to slow down. Yep. And that's when we just could not keep a decent grain sample in an OEM concave. And the Estes, we can. So...