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<blockquote data-quote="Two Tone" data-source="post: 3506212" data-attributes="member: 44728"><p>Yes [USER=45910]@Griff[/USER], it has been tried on a stripper header by a Dairy farmer in Cheshire who uses a Stripper header on a SP forage harvester, harvesting (whole-crop) Barley.</p><p></p><p>His idea was to be able to row up the straw and bale it. But of course once the wheels of the forager, let alone the tractor and trailers had run over the straw and squashed it to the ground, he couldn't pick it up again. Causing even more of a problem for subsequent cultivations.</p><p></p><p>So he fitted exactly the same DS knife but without the Rollers to cut the straw before any wheels pushed it to the ground.</p><p>However, his straw is much longer behind a stripper header than a Combine header and it struggles to clear the knife fast enough. Worse still, the Stripper header bends the straw forward which prevents it from hitting the knife upright, causing even more of a problem.</p><p></p><p>Here is another video (sorry it is a bit amateurish!) made by me which explains how and why a Dual Steam knife works on a Combine and the dramatic effect it has on harvesting capacity.</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]cLrbNecCw7o[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>The trouble is that NH is run by Fiat's accountants. Who would rather sell you a bigger Combine with the same capacity as one fitted with a DS, but costing £75 - £100k more. In other words, they would preffer to sell you a Flagship Combine fitted with a conventional header, than a Mid-range Combine fitted with DS (costing about £1k/foot of width).</p><p></p><p>What they forget is that there might be some farmers who use other brands of Combine and who can't afford to renew it, but might be able to afford to buy a smaller NH fitted with DS instead at vastly lower cost.</p><p></p><p>But it wouldn't surprise me that DS is quietly forgotten by NH. UNLESS their customers demand it!</p><p></p><p>Which I think is absolutely UNBELIEVABLE when you consider that the International Machinery Manufacturers Association (IMMA), awarded it their GOLD medal at the 2015 Cereals Event!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Two Tone, post: 3506212, member: 44728"] Yes [USER=45910]@Griff[/USER], it has been tried on a stripper header by a Dairy farmer in Cheshire who uses a Stripper header on a SP forage harvester, harvesting (whole-crop) Barley. His idea was to be able to row up the straw and bale it. But of course once the wheels of the forager, let alone the tractor and trailers had run over the straw and squashed it to the ground, he couldn't pick it up again. Causing even more of a problem for subsequent cultivations. So he fitted exactly the same DS knife but without the Rollers to cut the straw before any wheels pushed it to the ground. However, his straw is much longer behind a stripper header than a Combine header and it struggles to clear the knife fast enough. Worse still, the Stripper header bends the straw forward which prevents it from hitting the knife upright, causing even more of a problem. Here is another video (sorry it is a bit amateurish!) made by me which explains how and why a Dual Steam knife works on a Combine and the dramatic effect it has on harvesting capacity. [MEDIA=youtube]cLrbNecCw7o[/MEDIA] The trouble is that NH is run by Fiat's accountants. Who would rather sell you a bigger Combine with the same capacity as one fitted with a DS, but costing £75 - £100k more. In other words, they would preffer to sell you a Flagship Combine fitted with a conventional header, than a Mid-range Combine fitted with DS (costing about £1k/foot of width). What they forget is that there might be some farmers who use other brands of Combine and who can't afford to renew it, but might be able to afford to buy a smaller NH fitted with DS instead at vastly lower cost. But it wouldn't surprise me that DS is quietly forgotten by NH. UNLESS their customers demand it! Which I think is absolutely UNBELIEVABLE when you consider that the International Machinery Manufacturers Association (IMMA), awarded it their GOLD medal at the 2015 Cereals Event! [/QUOTE]
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