looking at a 9070

[coolio]

How many acres do you put in wormdigger? How do you like the 9090? Do you get those crazy yields, like 140-150 bu/acre?...Sure wish I could, we get about half that...

[wormdigger]

Originally Posted by coolio

How many acres do you put in wormdigger? How do you like the 9090? Do you get those crazy yields, like 140-150 bu/acre?...Sure wish I could, we get about half that...

Hi Coolio,
I struggle with bu/ acre but in tonnes/acre wheat we achieve 4tonnes/acre or 8800lbs/acre, in oilseed rape or canola 2tonnes/acre, Barley 3 tonnes/acre. The season is short and often damp , we are harvesting 2000 acres but Hp is always an issue on Combines in the UK so we always look over specced for our acreage. Our CR's often run at 100% engine power.

Often grain moisture can be up to 25% in the North of Uk and Scotland. I am in the South so it is less of a problem.

[rod]

wormdigger - Wish we could get somewhere near those yields! I'm interested to find out why Europeans don't use draper type heads on their machines? I realise that harvesting conditions can get damp & tough but it would be no where near as tough as harvesting rice when it's wet & flat - all done with draper heads in Australia.
Is it cultural or have they not been tried in all conditions in Europe?

[wormdigger]

Originally Posted by rod

wormdigger - Wish we could get somewhere near those yields! I'm interested to find out why Europeans don't use draper type heads on their machines? I realise that harvesting conditions can get damp & tough but it would be no where near as tough as harvesting rice when it's wet & flat - all done with draper heads in Australia.
Is it cultural or have they not been tried in all conditions in Europe?

Draper heads are used in some cases in Canola but most farms dessicate with glyphosate then cut direct, the varifeed header lends itself to doing this because the knife can be moved away from the auger allowing more room for the crop to lie down and smooth crop flow.

We find standing crops dry quicker in our showery climate allowing us to get going again quicker.

[madsnake]

Originally Posted by 2rotors

8850jd what combine do you run? How about headers?

This must be a hard?????

[rod]

Originally Posted by wormdigger

Draper heads are used in some cases in Canola but most farms dessicate with glyphosate then cut direct, the varifeed header lends itself to doing this because the knife can be moved away from the auger allowing more room for the crop to lie down and smooth crop flow.

We find standing crops dry quicker in our showery climate allowing us to get going again quicker.

Took me a couple of reads to work out we're not talking the same "draper head". We call draper heads the MacDon-HoneyBee-JD 600 etc. etc. that have lateral belts moving material towards the feeder house, then centre belt/feed roller to feed into the feeder house. They have approximately a metre between knife & back wall of header. People direct heading canola fit a small diameter (150mm tube) hydraulically driven auger which moves bushy & bulky canola along the mat & into the feeder - work extremely well.
The draper you are talking about is what we call a "pick-up" that is used in windrowed crops.
I was over in the UK last year & never saw a draper head - wondering why?

[wormdigger]

Originally Posted by rod

Took me a couple of reads to work out we're not talking the same "draper head". We call draper heads the MacDon-HoneyBee-JD 600 etc. etc. that have lateral belts moving material towards the feeder house, then centre belt/feed roller to feed into the feeder house. They have approximately a metre between knife & back wall of header. People direct heading canola fit a small diameter (150mm tube) hydraulically driven auger which moves bushy & bulky canola along the mat & into the feeder - work extremely well.
The draper you are talking about is what we call a "pick-up" that is used in windrowed crops.
I was over in the UK last year & never saw a draper head - wondering why?

LOL your right and I apologise for the mix up due to transatlantic translation , shelborn reynolds brought a draper table over to the uk but it still couldn't match a standard header on output in uk conditions, flat or bent over cereal crops due to either weather damage or just very heavy presented the draper header with real problems. In normal conditions it was good but never took off over here.

[luxford8]

Leather Cab sounds a little 'Ron Burgundy'... it would make for an interesting harvesting experience!
good on NH for offering that option!
ha ha

[crking]

Originally Posted by luxford8

Leather Cab sounds a little 'Ron Burgundy'... it would make for an interesting harvesting experience!
good on NH for offering that option!
ha ha

I think it would be more of a DIA then a factory option..