Todd Dale

I think it went really well. So we had quite a bit of feedback on our new system, and it was all as good as it's been with the new XPR3s for the wheat harvest. And we're still – I'm actually right now in South Dakota where they're just getting into their spring wheat crop. So the winter wheat's done and harvested, and we're far enough north here from –

I think it went really well. So we had quite a bit of feedback on our new system, and it was all as good as it's been with the new XPR3s for the wheat harvest. And we're still – I'm actually right now in South Dakota where they're just getting into their spring wheat crop. So the winter wheat's done and harvested, and we're far enough north here from –

This line that I'm at now, about central South Dakota from here north, it's pretty much all spring wheat. And then we're just about right on the line where they do get some winter wheat. Winters aren't too terribly hard. And several of the folks have said, hey, I saw your guys' last podcast. Tips seem to work all right for them. So I guess we did okay in most regards.

This line that I'm at now, about central South Dakota from here north, it's pretty much all spring wheat. And then we're just about right on the line where they do get some winter wheat. Winters aren't too terribly hard. And several of the folks have said, hey, I saw your guys' last podcast. Tips seem to work all right for them. So I guess we did okay in most regards.

This line that I'm at now, about central South Dakota from here north, it's pretty much all spring wheat. And then we're just about right on the line where they do get some winter wheat. Winters aren't too terribly hard. And several of the folks have said, hey, I saw your guys' last podcast. Tips seem to work all right for them. So I guess we did okay in most regards.

Soybeans are tough. I mean, it's one of the toughest crops to set a combine for because not only that, but think of the difference in soybeans from your last crop. from 15 years ago, how much greener they are now, how much tighter the pods are. how much better the yield is, quite frankly. I mean, it's a better yielding plant than it's ever been.

Soybeans are tough. I mean, it's one of the toughest crops to set a combine for because not only that, but think of the difference in soybeans from your last crop. from 15 years ago, how much greener they are now, how much tighter the pods are. how much better the yield is, quite frankly. I mean, it's a better yielding plant than it's ever been.

Soybeans are tough. I mean, it's one of the toughest crops to set a combine for because not only that, but think of the difference in soybeans from your last crop. from 15 years ago, how much greener they are now, how much tighter the pods are. how much better the yield is, quite frankly. I mean, it's a better yielding plant than it's ever been.

The seed companies and all their technologies that's gone into these seeds and plants has just unfortunately made it a tough job for combines, especially if you're out there harvesting pre-frost. Big key with soybeans is still trying to keep the machine full.

The seed companies and all their technologies that's gone into these seeds and plants has just unfortunately made it a tough job for combines, especially if you're out there harvesting pre-frost. Big key with soybeans is still trying to keep the machine full.

The seed companies and all their technologies that's gone into these seeds and plants has just unfortunately made it a tough job for combines, especially if you're out there harvesting pre-frost. Big key with soybeans is still trying to keep the machine full.

And typically what happens, we go out there, you hear it grumbling and groaning and you want to kind of back off and you think you're about to plug it and Maybe you are. I don't want to make it seem like combines don't plug because they do. You know, that's kind of the fine line you got to walk and keep in a machine full.

And typically what happens, we go out there, you hear it grumbling and groaning and you want to kind of back off and you think you're about to plug it and Maybe you are. I don't want to make it seem like combines don't plug because they do. You know, that's kind of the fine line you got to walk and keep in a machine full.

And typically what happens, we go out there, you hear it grumbling and groaning and you want to kind of back off and you think you're about to plug it and Maybe you are. I don't want to make it seem like combines don't plug because they do. You know, that's kind of the fine line you got to walk and keep in a machine full.

And so one way that I think really helps is by tightening the concave clearance, closing it down more than you think you should. So one thing I'll tell folks if they ask is you're going to need rotor speed. It's going to have to be on a higher gear, whether that's a deer or a case combine. You're going to have to be 600 to maybe even 800 for a rotor speed, which seems like a lot.

And so one way that I think really helps is by tightening the concave clearance, closing it down more than you think you should. So one thing I'll tell folks if they ask is you're going to need rotor speed. It's going to have to be on a higher gear, whether that's a deer or a case combine. You're going to have to be 600 to maybe even 800 for a rotor speed, which seems like a lot.

And so one way that I think really helps is by tightening the concave clearance, closing it down more than you think you should. So one thing I'll tell folks if they ask is you're going to need rotor speed. It's going to have to be on a higher gear, whether that's a deer or a case combine. You're going to have to be 600 to maybe even 800 for a rotor speed, which seems like a lot.

And I get it, but that's about what it takes. And then a tighter clearance just to kind of keep that gap full of as many beans as you can. So you can continue the threshing of the grain on grain as well as the grain on steel of the concave. So that gets you into like feed accelerators. Feed accelerators on a deer combine, feeder house speeds on the case.

And I get it, but that's about what it takes. And then a tighter clearance just to kind of keep that gap full of as many beans as you can. So you can continue the threshing of the grain on grain as well as the grain on steel of the concave. So that gets you into like feed accelerators. Feed accelerators on a deer combine, feeder house speeds on the case.

And I get it, but that's about what it takes. And then a tighter clearance just to kind of keep that gap full of as many beans as you can. So you can continue the threshing of the grain on grain as well as the grain on steel of the concave. So that gets you into like feed accelerators. Feed accelerators on a deer combine, feeder house speeds on the case.