McDon flex draper or similar

[l'ordinary bonville]

Anyone running this type of header?

How successful are they on flat laid corn?

Are lifters needed with them

How do people harvest laid corn on very wide 30'+ headers?

 

[teslacoils]

How do people harvest laid corn on very wide 30'+ headers?

No lifters. Header on the deck. Reel it in. Hot day. Dry soil. Cross fingers. Tracks on combine help a lot.

 

[Boysground]

I am told that TH White have a demo McDon this year. I did see one being moved just south of Cirencester a few weeks ago.

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[l'ordinary bonville]

I think I might try taking the lifters off. One way not too bad but the other way in every field the lifters just start dragging every few m

Have tracks and header as low as it will without bulldozing but unfortunately ground is far from dry
Across 7.7m header width it is a push where ground isn't dead level, just wondering if a wider header, but flexing in the middle and with an adjustable knife angle would do better

 

[teslacoils]

Brother says lifters make it worse, but wet going will be the big problem. Good luck.

 

[Dman2]

If its flat then I find it better without lifters
Only really use them for picking barley up when its not to flat

 

[warksfarmer]

Anyone running this type of header?

How successful are they on flat laid corn?

Are lifters needed with them

How do people harvest laid corn on very wide 30'+ headers?

Lifters worked a treat in our flat bits. Just angle the header down. Without them we were leaving loads.

 

[l'ordinary bonville]

Lifters worked a treat in our flat bits. Just angle the header down. Without them we were leaving loads.

Don’t think the claas can alter header angle

 

[Brisel]

2 x 45 ft MacDons flex headers near here. The guy does lots of organic crops & grass seed with them.

 

[d williams]

Anyone running this type of header?

How successful are they on flat laid corn?

Are lifters needed with them

How do people harvest laid corn on very wide 30'+ headers?

Friend has one very impressive bit of kit will shave it off laid flat and wet lots of different adjustments that can be made pitch the knife from cab also feeds combine really well a very good bit of kit

 

[Against_the_grain]

Don’t think the claas can alter header angle

Our 2016 lexion can.

 

[JCFC]

We are running a Class convio Flex, we haven’t thankfully had a lot of flat crops but what we have had it has been brilliant at getting underneath them. It’s contour following ability is excellent . Massive improvement in stubble height uniformity and also feeds more evenly to the combine. So far very impressed with it

 

[l'ordinary bonville]

Our 2016 lexion can.

Where and how do you adjust please

 

[quattro]

I think I might try taking the lifters off. One way not too bad but the other way in every field the lifters just start dragging every few m

Have tracks and header as low as it will without bulldozing but unfortunately ground is far from dry
Across 7.7m header width it is a push where ground isn't dead level, just wondering if a wider header, but flexing in the middle and with an adjustable knife angle would do better

Can’t beat a new Holland in flat stuff never use lifters I hate them

 

[Boysground]

I have an old class Montana. The forward - rear tilt of the header can be adjusted on it. In flat crops I tend to turn the Montana off and just rely on the contour control. I change the tilt to keep the lifters under the crop but just high enough not to plough too much.

Do have to be vigilant and not eat too many flints though. Was a problem last year so far going well this year.

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[Against_the_grain]

Where and how do you adjust please

Bit of a dusty windscreen but we have a ram on top of the feeder housing which angles the header forward/backward.

 

[Mark C]

Plenty of demos by Collings Brothers around here. Lots of very impressed customers. Friend tried one on the 780 he drives and reckons a significant increase in output.

 

[Clive]

I am told that TH White have a demo McDon this year. I did see one being moved just south of Cirencester a few weeks ago.

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That was coming here tomorrow to do some oats but logistics don’t work for us (still
In wheat) so had to cancel

They might have a spare couple of days demo now if you give them a call - it was heading north to Scotland I think

 

[Boysground]

That was coming here tomorrow to do some oats but logistics don’t work for us (still
In wheat) so had to cancel

They might have a spare couple of days demo now if you give them a call - it was heading north to Scotland I think

Not sure it will fit a lexion 430

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[l'ordinary bonville]

Bit of a dusty windscreen but we have a ram on top of the feeder housing which angles the header forward/backward.

I take it you have a Montana?