Filler plates for corn?

[Josh in Pa]

I am setting up an Oliver 7300 combine to do some corn. The manual shows that cylinder filler plates are available for corn, but does not say if they are required. Do I need the filler plates?
Josh

 

[Silver-mo]

We ran ours with out the filler bars in corn seem to work just fine, sure they would help but they will work with out them.

 

[Anonymous-0]

keeps the ears/cobs out of the cylinder, If you are going to do alot of corn or some every year I would find a set, should be some in a salvage yard

 

[JMS/.MN]

Depends on conditions. If cobs are soft and hard to shell off, put the bars in. If you want the cobs whole, and they shell fine, leave them out. On a Gleaner, keep the speed under 850 rpm- bars are clamped in, not nuts and bolts- don"t want one flying loose. Don"t know how the Oliver bars are held in. Filler bars are used only in corn.