Stripper header for old combine

[Frogpit]

Hello All, am hoping to find out more about stripper headers and whether I can acquire one for use on linseed and cereals. Are they horrendous to maintain and is repairing an old one viable? Thanks in advance.

 

[snarling bee]

Your biggest trouble will be updating your current combine header drive to maize header spec.

 

[Two Tone]

Hello All, am hoping to find out more about stripper headers and whether I can acquire one for use on linseed and cereals. Are they horrendous to maintain and is repairing an old one viable? Thanks in advance.

Your biggest trouble will be updating your current combine header drive to maize header spec.

Upgrading to a Maize header drive kit isn’t that difficult and not all of that kit will be necessary.
In the case of a NH, it generally means you ‘might’ have to change the single ‘V’ belt and pulleys to a ‘double V’ power-band belt and pulleys on the LHS of the straw elevator/feeder housing, which is very easy to do.

There is no doubt that using a Stripper header for harvesting Linseed is useful. However, not vital by any means.
If using a conventional header, the golden rule is NEVER touch the crop with the pick-up reel.

Yes, you must harvest when the sun shines or it will wrap on the header auger.
Don’t think that a Stripper header will always allow you to get away without the sun shining. Yes it might, BUT if it starts pulling in the entire crop (including its roots and a lot of dirt) instead of just the seed and pods, you’d better have a Fire-station and Engine very close to you!

 

[Frogpit]

Your biggest trouble will be updating your current combine header drive to maize header spec.

Thanks, I can see that a bit more power needs to be transmitted.

 

[Frogpit]

Upgrading to a Maize header drive kit isn’t that difficult and not all of that kit will be necessary.
In the case of a NH, it generally means you ‘might’ have to change the single ‘V’ belt and pulleys to a ‘double V’ power-band belt and pulleys on the LHS of the straw elevator/feeder housing, which is very easy to do.

There is no doubt that using a Stripper header for harvesting Linseed is useful. However, not vital by any means.
If using a conventional header, the golden rule is NEVER touch the crop with the pick-up reel.

Yes, you must harvest when the sun shines or it will wrap on the header auger.
Don’t think that a Stripper header will always allow you to get away without the sun shining. Yes it might, BUT if it starts pulling in the entire crop (including its roots and a lot of dirt) instead of just the seed and pods, you’d better have a Fire-station and Engine very close to you!

Thanks, I shall always be harvesting at the very top of the plant (seed capsules only) because there will be green weed halfway up the ripe crop every time, ie organic. It is a job that needs great care, as you say. Very useful to hear your points, thankyou.

 

[Horn&corn]

Hello All, am hoping to find out more about stripper headers and whether I can acquire one for use on linseed and cereals. Are they horrendous to maintain and is repairing an old one viable? Thanks in advance.

Really old headers with green teeth are not great. I’m told you can update to stainless steel but it’s not straight forward. There’s a belt the width of the header which is pretty specialist. Probably need to get a replacement made rather than genuine

 

[CPF]

Hello All, am hoping to find out more about stripper headers and whether I can acquire one for use on linseed and cereals. Are they horrendous to maintain and is repairing an old one viable? Thanks in advance.

Which make of combine are you thinking of putting it on?

 

[Frogpit]

Forschritt, the smaller one.

 

[CPF]

When I had stripper headers ,when we were harvesting linseed, quite often we would run through the night

 

[Frogpit]

Wow, I am guessing the higher moisture helped to reduce pod shatter?

 

[CPF]

Forschritt, the smaller one.

For a start I never fitted one on that make of combine
The first grain strippers came out as a dedicated machine to a specific combine ,then they came out with an adapter plate which could be interchanged for different makes of combines and gear ratio on the end of the header .So you better off talking to Shalbourne Reynolds if they ever fitted one to your make a combine also they are very heavy and probably on your small combine you would only get 3.6 meter or 4.2 width.

 

[Frogpit]

OK, I shall contact them, thanks.