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| Would like to go to a chopping corn head someday and was wondering who makes a good one and what the pros and cons are. Cant seem to justify the expense of one right but would be nice someday. What kind of power requirements and how much extra maintenance is involved? What style is better the geringhoff rota disc or the deere and others with the mower blade under each unit? Thanks |
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Walnut Grove, MN. | we have a 12 row 20 inch gerringhoff on a 9660 sts works great. this head does have 3 zerks per row for the rollers that need to be greased everyday. |
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SOUTHERN MN | We have had our 8 row 30 inch gerringhoff for four years now and no complaints about it. farmnmn how long have you been on 20 inch rows and what did you switch from. We are thinking of going to 20 inch rows |
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Walnut Grove, MN. | we were on 30 inch. our first geringhoff was an 8 row 30. i think getting a chopping corn head saves us time it will take alittle extra feul. if you didnt have a chopping corn head you would need to find a chopper and a tractor to put on it, then a driveer. so in the end i think it was the right way to go for us. |
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Dallas Center IA 515-720-2463 | Calmer Corn Heads have a new 'Chopper' that I feel will chop as good as about anything.
And they don't pull hard.
They fit the Deere 40, 90, or 600 heads.
Or they will built you a head, any row width 15" to 30". I suppose they could go wider.
www.calmercornheads.com
Edited by Bobby Greif 2/20/2011 15:38
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Upstate New York | Stalkmaster! Maybe Smoothlander will chime in, I think he went from a geringhoff to a Deere, |
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| Here I am. We went from a 8 row 30" Geringhoff to a 612C Stalkmaster and couldn't be happier, not because the Hoff was bad but because the SM seems to be much simpler and I believe that it takes less power to run. To keep the Hoff running efficiently a person should check and reset the stationary knife every day, with the SM all you need to do is check the knives and rotate or replace as needed. As mentioned there are 3 grease zerks on each row of the Hoff. The SM does a much better job in wet and or downed corn and IMHO there is less head loss with the SM because everything is running slower. |
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south central mn | Have used a Deere 608c for two years and it has worked flawlessly. Have it on an early model 9760 with low torque feeder house drive. We did need to replace the fh drive belt after about 1000 acres. Newer combines have beefed up fh drive that will work better. As for the head itself.....gets an A plus!!! |
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Kossuth county, Iowa | I agree the 608C is outstanding! We've had other brands and JD has the best chopping corn head. |
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Fulton Il | I agree on the Calmer "Chopper" rolls. Definitely worth a look. They are the same price as their "BT Crusher" rolls for those familiar with them. We just put new crusher rolls on our 893, was going to put the Choppers on but we were afraid that they chopped the stalks up too fine and the fields we bale for bedding would be a challenge to get the bales to hold together. They say that they don't take any extra power. |
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Dallas Center IA 515-720-2463 | Were you and your father about four miles north of Alpha, Illinois on December 15 of last year? |
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SEMN | Had both Geringhoff and Deere. Agree with Smoothlander on both heads. Only complaint with Stalkmaster is they leave one mean stalk. After we finished ripping and cleaned up the tractor, I couldn't believe how much stubble damage there was in a year. Going to have to figure stalk stompers out either on the 4 wheeler or the corn head. |
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Dallas Center IA 515-720-2463 | Several years ago I sold some cornstalks. The fellow needed some and I had stalks that had not been rained on.
Plus he liked mine since I do not use the straw chopper in corn or a spreader. Six rows of cob and husk in the middle of each pass.
Deere baler with the built in corn stalk picker upper.
Could you run center two rows of the cornhead with the Calmer BT Crusher, and the outer rows equiped with the Calmer Chopper.
And on stalks you want to bale, not use the straw chopper?
Then just bale the Crusher rolls.
From what I have seen the Chopper does to cornstalks, I am wondering if one should run a mix of Choppers and BT Crushers. Every other row. |
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Upstate New York | I seen stubble damage on combine with goodyear tires, ripped almost same acres with 4WD with Michelins and no damage. Anyways, was thinking maybe just take blades off two rows that are in front of tires. |
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NW central IL | we went stompers on all rows, liked it alot. it also lays the stalk over so the ripper cuts it up better |
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| My company brought the Capello chopping corn head into the US market, this is the head that has been on Lexion combines since 1997. Our website is www.capellousa.com go check it out for more information. Our head uses knife rollers and a mower-style chopping system. What sets us apart is the positioning of our choppers toward the front of the row unit which creates an evenly mulched stalk at 2-4 inch pieces because the knife rollers force each stalk directly through the chopper. A rearward chopper essentially chops the stalks after they have been layed-over by the row unit creating an uneven chop and leaving some stalks long. Also, we utilize a single gearbox for each row unit that also drives the chopping system, saving weight over systems that use multiple gearboxes, not to mention fewer moving pieces means less maintenance and repair cost in the future. Our gearboxes are aluminum cast and EVERY row unit is quality tested at the factory to 130% of normal operating speed for an extended period of time to ensure the highest quality.
We have a lot of very desirable features in this head, including low-maintenance, low weight and lower cost of ownership than what you will find out on the market. I would be happy to talk about the Capello chopping corn head with you anytime. My name is Jerod Johnson, I am the Director of the Implement Division at Worthington Ag Parts. I can be reached toll free anytime on my personal mobile phone at 1-855-CAPELLO or by email at [email protected] I look forward to speaking with you soon. |
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| The Capello has 1 50-hour zerk on the front of each knife roller, otherwise maintenance free. |
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| A nice feature of the Capello is that the chopper can be disengaged by turning a small lever on the side of each row unit at any time. They can be engaged or disengaged by individual row as you wish. Great for baling 3 rows out of 6 or leaving a snow-catch. Couldn't be simpler. |
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| The positioning of the chopper on the Capello means that the first cut of the chopper happens while the stalk is in the grasp of the knife roller. That cut leaves a "mushroomed-out" stalk in the ground. Although we offer stalk stompers, a lot of our owners feel that they wouldn't need them to save tire damage. Since this type of cutting happens on all rows, it's not just the combine tires your saving, it's the grain cart and tractor, the semi, your pickup, etc. |
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| Chopping adds about 3 hp per row on the Capello and adds ZERO maintenance. The knives get about 1500 to 2000 acres and can be flipped over to cut on the other side after that. |
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Devils Lake ND | We have had a Geringhoff Rota Disc for 4 seasons now. The three grease zerks can be kind of a pain to grease every day, but would not run any other head. Many neighbors run JDs and the field looks nice behind the John Deere then the Geringhoff, HOWEVER once the field is worked the Geringhoff field looks much more uniform then the JD and the neighbors will agree with that but they just want to run the JD cause they trade often. Both are good heads but we like our Geringhoff. If you do go with the Gerinfhoff I would highly recommend finding somebody who services them and let them go through it every year. (Its kinda expensive but worth not having a breakdown during late harvests). The reason I recommend this is because the knife roller(very bottom one) cost $3300 to replace if the blades get loose and wreck the shaft ( don't believe me call Geringhoff parts) we wrecked three of them the first year running this head. |
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Chopping Corn Heads
