So I picked up a JD 7720 at an auction at a pretty low price; it's been used in this area for picking up small high-value seed (chard, spinach, grass, etc). It was used with a swather and a draper head mostly, but sometimes with a direct-cut wheat head for some barley or wheat combining.
If I put a corn head on it, and adjust the belts and settings per the manual, is it possible that I could combine grain corn with it or are there too many other parts that need changed?
I've looked through the operators manual, and other than belts and settings, there's only one part that they mention as being different between grain and corn models. Corn models come with a finger bar (jd part #h37677) and grain models come with a beater grate (jd part #h37678)
I put in 20 acres of 90 day grain corn because the long-term forecast was for a warmer/drier year than usual. If I can't combine it I'll probably turn the hogs and cattle loose on it to harvest it.
If I put a corn head on it, and adjust the belts and settings per the manual, is it possible that I could combine grain corn with it or are there too many other parts that need changed?
I've looked through the operators manual, and other than belts and settings, there's only one part that they mention as being different between grain and corn models. Corn models come with a finger bar (jd part #h37677) and grain models come with a beater grate (jd part #h37678)
I put in 20 acres of 90 day grain corn because the long-term forecast was for a warmer/drier year than usual. If I can't combine it I'll probably turn the hogs and cattle loose on it to harvest it.