1994 - Volume #18, Issue #5, Page #05
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Conveyor Delivers Chaff Into Chopper
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The cleated conveyor is designed to fit onto the back of Deere 9500 and 9600 Deere combines. The front end rests on the combine frame and the back end attaches to existing chopper hangers. The conveyor delivers chaff from the sieve into the specially-designed Redekop chopper, which is belt-driven by the existing combine chop-per drive (see story on chopper in Vol. 16, No. 4). The conveyor can be used only with the Redekop chopper.
"It spreads over a much wider area than the factory chopper on Deere combines," says Redekop. "It's equipped with new-style hammers that produce a finer cut than the Deere chopper. Deere's chaff spreader is rated to spread chaff only about 18 ft. wide. The hammers create a high air flow that blows both chaff and straw out over an area of up to 40 ft. Or, you can detach the spreading unit and install a delivery spout that lets you blow chopped straw and chaff into a trailing wagon."
Chaff falls into a hinged pan on the chop-per. To switch from spreading chaff and straw to dropping it intact onto the ground, you simply flip the pan back and remove the belt from the chopper. "Adding chaff to the straw makes for better feed if you bale or otherwise collect crop residue. A high percentage of the chaff will fall onto the straw and be incorporated into straw bales," says Redekop.
The chopper sells for $3,500 while the chaff conveyor sells for $1,050. Redekop notes that the chopper designed for the Deere 9600 will also fit the 8820 model, and the chopper designed for the 9500 will also fit the 7720.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Redekop Industries, Box 178A, RR 4, Saskatoon, Sask., Canada S7K 3J7 (ph 306 931-6664).
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