|
|
NC Iowa | New to the forum, what a great site. Currently running an 893 corn head and it needs to get traded in. What are your thoughts on the 608C chopper and non-chopping. I would like to know what people really thought of these, especially the 2009 models. We do not currently chop but the heavy residue is becoming a problem for our finisher in the spring and would like to keep the disc in the shed. |
|
| |
|
West Central IL | I got a new 09 608C non chopping head before I started this fall and didn't have one problem with it all fall. |
|
| |
|
NW Iowa | talked to a John Deere dealer yesterday and he said the new 600 series cornheads had a lot of bearing failures and drive failures, even started some fields on fire I guess. He told me to wait a while till mother Deere gets it figured out |
|
| |
|
NE CO | I talked to my JD salesman a couple of days ago, and he assured me that there were no problems with the new 600C heads, though he admitted lots of problems with the new draper heads. What are you to believe? I, too am looking at a new head to replace the old JD 1243 head I have. My main concern is to reduce field losses. I'm busy looking at the JD612C, CIH 3212 and Drago to put on my 2388. All comments welcome. I'm harvesting what is typically very dry, 40-80 bu/ac corn. |
|
| |
|
Slicker than a Yes album. | ran a 612 chopping on a 9770 this fall. Good match, can keep speeds to a reasonable level. only 1 gearbox out, no clutches, minor cutting on the rubber shields. Very good head, chopper makes small pieces. |
|
| |
|
SE SD | loved the way our 608 chopped the stalks although went through two right side chopper slip clutches. ive heard some bearing failures to but never experienced that. Many others in our area also had trouble with the right side chopper slip clutches. just too much trash beinf thrown tothe right side i guess. we ran it higher after the 2nd slip clutch and had no poblems. thinking about moving to a twelve row next year. our 608 was a 09 new this harvest. im guessing there will be some pips for them next year. |
|
| |
|
Slicker than a Yes album. | That was exactly the problem we had. Cut out the rubber on the right side and allowed some of the trash to shoot out like a lawnmower. The dividers help, but for all the issues, it's nice not to have to run a separate chopper over all that ground. |
|
| |
|
Chebanse, IL..... | Our 608c (8r) is in it's 2nd season. Works fine. We don't have the chopping attach., but do have the knife rollers. They do a good job for us. I believe there was a problem w/roller drive bearings that was supposed to give you an update before fall...if you had time before season. If not, you just check your rollers more often & watch for bearing failure. I believe the update will be done later. I'm not sure which year models it pertains to. I know ours is affected, but is holding up fine so far. Ours has run thru quite a few thousand acres OK. Everything seems to be much longer life now vs the older x93 series. One problem we did have was breaking the RH (right 4 rows) hex drive shaft. It snapped just inboard of the outer drive bearing. Doesn't seem right. Clutches seemed to work fine. Gearboxes turned free by hand after shaft was removed. Bearing was OK. I assume the same size shaft is used in the 12r heads. If so, why don't they break? Other than that, we had one 12v bulb go out on a warning flasher unit.
Edited by Ron..NE ILL..10/48 12/17/2009 06:36
|
|
| |
|
NW central IL | 12row has bigger hex shafts ron |
|
| |
|
| Ran a 608c chopping head on 2000 acres no problems does a great job on chopping and sizing heavy stalks. |
|
| |
|
northwest missouri | Got a new one this fall - non chopping and so did neighbor no problems with either. I liked the head over 893, better knife rolls, I ran the head speed a little slower than what I used to have to on the 893 and did a better job & practically no ears tossed out of head. |
|
| |
|
Chebanse, IL..... | Tony, so the gear box drives are all different for the 12r also? The hex shaft slips thru the gearbox drive....right? That surprises me. |
|
| |
|
NW central IL | last year on our old head the shafts were 1/4 inch bigger, i figured i could use the one off my platform or 8 row cornhead i got but was wrong,when i picked up the new one, the service manager said that "new style" heads were the same way....ill measure mine today if i remember when i tuck the platform in for winter. |
|
| |
|
Cambridge, southwestern Nebraska | Have you looked at an Oxbo? I don't know much about them but the rubber gathering belts seem like an interesting idea over chains. I too harvest very dry corn occasionally and wonder if one of these might be more gentle on the ears. |
|
| |
|
Chebanse, IL..... | Tony Our broken shaft measured 1.25" from flat to flat (dia.). This drives 4 rows. I had JD parts man measure a 12 r shaft (driving 6 r). It also measures 1.25". Not sure what you have. |
|
| |
|
NE CO | Yes, I've looked at the Oxbo site, and while the concept looks intriguing, I doubt that there are any dealers close to me. Same problem with the Drago. It looks great, but with the nearest dealer 200 mi away in Scotsbluff or Kearney, the JD 612C or CIH 3212 are my main interest now. |
|
| |
608C
