I haven't done this in several years

Haley · Dec 2, 2015

I have been cutting soybeans the past few days with a grain table instead of the row crop head.
This farmer planted his beans twin row 38" and normally I really dont like to cut with the grain head but he is a good customer.When I bought the Dominator 76 a couple of years ago all I really wanted was the head.Neither my father nor I have ever cut beans using a true flex head and this head did not disappoint me.This head is made basically just like a J.D. flex head and still has all the auto header height stuff on it.I decided to put it on my fathers combine that I put the auto header height on a few years back and it worked absolutley wonderful.This guys field is fairly flat and the head really shaved the ground like it should.My father didn't know how to act just riding along letting the header height do its thing.These beans were planted in early june behind wheat and made around 55 bpa.Still not like cutting with the row crop head but it sure does a nice job for its age.

gbs · Dec 2, 2015

first flex head I got to run the header height control had gone south ,but I thought I had moved up in the world compared to a rigid header,on that one all you had to do was lower the head to about center of the travel point of the cutter bar and ride it took very little adjusting on level ground,I see you're running duals you must be getting some of this rain we're getting in N.C. we had to put ours back on it's a little damp here

Haley · Dec 2, 2015

Yes, We have been fighting rain all season. We have been real lucky though because we have not been bogging yet. Most of the rains are half an inch rains then cloudy and drizzly for several days. These beans had between 2 and 6 percent moisture damage when we cut them. We like 20 acres being through with beans all together and just got another inch and a half. What part of NC are you in? We went to Myrtle beach SC a week ago for a softball tournament and I saw literally thousands of acres of beans standing in water and laid over with winter grass growing through them.I feel real bad for those guys and I have a gut feeling most of those beans will never be cut.

gbs · Dec 2, 2015

I'm 40 miles north of there just across the line,peanuts took a beating here also most all of them were damaged due to rain, we went from drought to drown in less than a month some places got as much as 15" the first go around then time the ground begin to dry we got another 6 to 7" our bean damage is from 4 to 6 percent heard tell of worse,some varieties of the beans are worse than others, I actually saw some sprouts coming out of the hull in a neighbors field after the last rain, I may be wrong but it has seemed unusually warm and humid for this time of year that may be causing the damage as I seen it wet enough that we had wait for the ground to freeze sometimes as late as January to finish cutting beans and they had little damage if any

BANDITFARMER · Dec 3, 2015

That head looks like it's doing a fine job. I think I'm going to have to find a new head for mine before next year, It's got too many problems to make it worth fixing. Good to see your doing good and your getting something done. If you get a chance check out my YouTube channel "Bandit farmer" I have a few videos up from this year. Good to hear from you and the Old Ford looks like its running good. Bandit

notjustair · Dec 3, 2015

I run a 922 JD flex head with contour master. It's a pretty simple design and does an awesome job. The little sensors on either end are a pain. I've gotten to where I just keep extras and extra linkage for them. It is just a wear item I suppose. I do hate tying the header back up rigid to do wheat. It's not hard - just long with only one person.

Roy in UK · Dec 4, 2015

I used to drive a Claas Dominator combine fitted with "Auto contour" height control and it was truly awesome.

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