R42 Corn rotor loss

Hello

Ditto what Doc said - ALSO MEASURE THE LOSS - Drop the spreader and count the kernels  per running foot under the discharge chute at harvest speed.  If memory  serves correct it takes 18 kernels per running foot under the 18" discharge chute to make 1 bu / a loss.  IF you are in 150 bu corn and have 1 bu or less loss - you are an expert harvester.  Most combine losses exceed 1% - by a lot.... if one tries to get to 0 loss,,, the cost to do that in extra fuel and time exceeds the loss cost.    1 BU / a loss is less than $4 today Grrrrrrrrr...   Also  harvest speed can affect loss. Too slow or too fast in different varieties makes a difference.  We have seen some varieties that will have double the loss of a different variety at the same moisture/speed of harvest. Some varieties have shucks that 'roll' themselves into a giant stogie an roll up kernels inside - we use a cylinder bar or rasp concave bar bolted in the bottom to shred the shuck. 

Yeah, I usually shoot for 300-320 in corn of any moisture, but always 12 on the concave.

I am running around 2.5-2.8 mph. The corn is 16.5 moisture and around 210 bu. I have tried slowing up and speeding up and don't see a lot of difference. The rotor has every 3rd wire removed on both ends.  Thanks again for everyones help. 

How is the best way to remove theextra wires from the rotor. Looke like I still need to do the every other wire because there are whole cobs stuck in the narrow holes. Again thanks

I hesitate to disagree with the very knowledgable people here. That said, my son took every other wire out of our S67 and the result was that we over loaded the shoe. We have the most frustrating losses in soybeans. I think 90% of our losses are out of the rotor. Still not a big deal, but once you get them in the combine they should go in the hopper. We are running 4 reverse bars, and I just don't want to put in more because it makes the beans dirtier and it pulls harder.