Dave H (MI)
Well-known Member
Oh dear...now I make puns even when I don't intend to.
So round two of the big road trip is tomorrow. I am headed north to check out some 863 corn heads. A couple at dealers and a couple at a farm I found by accident. Then, if time, south to look at an 820 grain head.
A quick question before I get to the point...how expensive is the knife on a grain head? I think the 820 is a flex if I recall. Just wondering cause what are the chances it has a good knife?
But the main question...should I buy a 6 row corn head and need to bring it home on my car hauler...7' wide, 18' long at the beaver tail...I am wondering as to the best way to do this and not mash me fenders or the head AND I would really like to keep the combine out of loading and unloading. In fact, I don't want that thing near my trailer until I am better at driving it in close quarters. So my idea is to make a header cart out of an old running gear and winching the whole works onto my trailer whence it can be easily pulled off by a tractor.
Never having done this before and not entirely clear of the dimensions of the heads...is this sheer madness or am I onto the right track? How does one build a header cart?
So round two of the big road trip is tomorrow. I am headed north to check out some 863 corn heads. A couple at dealers and a couple at a farm I found by accident. Then, if time, south to look at an 820 grain head.
A quick question before I get to the point...how expensive is the knife on a grain head? I think the 820 is a flex if I recall. Just wondering cause what are the chances it has a good knife?
But the main question...should I buy a 6 row corn head and need to bring it home on my car hauler...7' wide, 18' long at the beaver tail...I am wondering as to the best way to do this and not mash me fenders or the head AND I would really like to keep the combine out of loading and unloading. In fact, I don't want that thing near my trailer until I am better at driving it in close quarters. So my idea is to make a header cart out of an old running gear and winching the whole works onto my trailer whence it can be easily pulled off by a tractor.
Never having done this before and not entirely clear of the dimensions of the heads...is this sheer madness or am I onto the right track? How does one build a header cart?