Smooth as a draper. On an auger flex head, it isn't the auger that's the problem, it's getting the green stalks from the cutterbar TO the auger. The row crop head carries them back fully into the auger.
It sure makes the combine work better! I do think I might look into slowing the auger a bit, or possibly hydraulic driving it to keep it from throwing as many beans around. I put a brush on the top of the feederhouse opening and it really helped cut down on the beans coming back out there
I wouldn't recommend it on twin rows. I've had a few places where the planter overlapped and created a twin row effect and it was not pretty. Probably got more beans than it looked like but I sure wouldn't run a bunch of acres of twin rows with a row crop head
We've run about 400 acres with it now and are really pleased with the job it has done. It does not shave the ground quite as close as a platform, but with 30" beans they are usually podded just a bit higher so this is less of an issue. With extensive checking behind the head and machine, we are leaving nearly nothing in the field. Combine works much better than it did with the flex platform, and we were happy with how it fed the machine!
@@deeretech14 thanks for the reply, nice that it’s working for you. I also imagine you don’t have to worry about rocks near as much with the snouts there.
@@Beyonder8335 rocks can be a nuisance. We found rock guards for this head because we have more than our share. A lot of them it just bounces over, but occasionally the outer point will stand one up and it either gets caught in the guard and blocks the beans from coming in, or it gets to the gathering belts and stops them at the slip clutch. Usually pretty easy to stop and hit the reverser to remove them, but I have had them wedge into the rock guards and had to get out to remove them
Smooth as a draper. On an auger flex head, it isn't the auger that's the problem, it's getting the green stalks from the cutterbar TO the auger. The row crop head carries them back fully into the auger.
It sure makes the combine work better! I do think I might look into slowing the auger a bit, or possibly hydraulic driving it to keep it from throwing as many beans around. I put a brush on the top of the feederhouse opening and it really helped cut down on the beans coming back out there
Ran one for years we had three 12 rows on 9600's we ran 4 MPH and no auto steer loved it 😃
Them sum bitches were good but high costly maintenance heads. When the last head left the farm it was big load lifted off my shoulders.
Wonder how they would do on twin-row beans on raised beds?
I wouldn't recommend it on twin rows. I've had a few places where the planter overlapped and created a twin row effect and it was not pretty. Probably got more beans than it looked like but I sure wouldn't run a bunch of acres of twin rows with a row crop head
What if they are Down? Do you have a lot of rocks?
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What kind of job does it do? I’d wonder how it does getting them off the ground compared to a Draper.
We've run about 400 acres with it now and are really pleased with the job it has done. It does not shave the ground quite as close as a platform, but with 30" beans they are usually podded just a bit higher so this is less of an issue. With extensive checking behind the head and machine, we are leaving nearly nothing in the field. Combine works much better than it did with the flex platform, and we were happy with how it fed the machine!
@@deeretech14 thanks for the reply, nice that it’s working for you. I also imagine you don’t have to worry about rocks near as much with the snouts there.
@@Beyonder8335 rocks can be a nuisance. We found rock guards for this head because we have more than our share. A lot of them it just bounces over, but occasionally the outer point will stand one up and it either gets caught in the guard and blocks the beans from coming in, or it gets to the gathering belts and stops them at the slip clutch. Usually pretty easy to stop and hit the reverser to remove them, but I have had them wedge into the rock guards and had to get out to remove them
@@deeretech14 ah I see. Do you do any other crops besides beans with it?
@@Beyonder8335 planted sunflowers for the first time ever, going to run them off, probably late November or December when they dry down enough
Definitely not going to do this out here. You would rip the snouts off in minutes.