Twelve cyclone trash exit arrangements were evaluated using a 34-inch diameter 1D3D cyclone and trash from stripper harvested cotton. Four of the experimental arrangements outperformed the standard cyclone configuration. Superior arrangements included an air bleed system that extracted 9% of the process air along with the trash, a linear flight design discharging into an unsealed trash system, a large expansion chamber discharging into a sealed trash system, and a spiral flight design discharging into a sealed system. Of these arrangements, the large expansion chamber appeared to be the most practical candidate for retrofitting an existing gin's cyclone system.