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Planting with 4 row planter and harvesting with a 3 row head

Used to. did it for years. Jd 45/313 cornhead. worked good,no issues. Just drive straight,make good guess rows.
I would still do that. But I bought a 95 with a 443 cornhead.
 
Like Delta, I used to. No problem. The issue here is mud. When a narrow combine starts wallowing around in the mud, it's easy to run over corn. I went from two row wide, to three row narrow, to four row narrow. Each step was better, but could still run over corn. Now with six row and rear wheel assist that doesn't happen.
 
Like you I also did it for years with a 45 and 313 corn head. You just have to have ground in good condition to see and follow marker track to get rows planted equal and straight.
 
Done for many years here with no problems. A good clear line with the planter marker is all you need to stay true.
 
The guy I help with corn harvest uses his older Gleaner with a four row head and plants 6 rows. His newer Gleaner with a 6 row he's saving it as much as possible as he doesn't want to ever have to buy a new one again. His dryer can't keep up with the four row head anyway as he doesn't want to upgrade his dryer either. Things we do as we get old.
 
I did it this past year for the first time. I'm doing it again this year but I sure hope I can upgrade to a 6 row planter for 2020. I'm doing it with a 45 and a 343 head.
 
It helps if you have rectangular fields with little side slope or a constant slope. It could be a challenge in contoured fields with curved rows and varying side slopes.
 
We did it for years. A 3 row corn header does NOT require precision row spacing. They do have some lee-way. Used JD 494 planter and Case 3 row header on Case 600 combine . never an issue.
 
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