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pmartens07
Posted 12/18/2022 21:12 (#9991532)
Subject: Swathing with combine and draper head


Penn Yan, NY		We are starting to grow more buckwheat in this area as a double crop, a large buckwheat buyer is right in town so shipping is minimal. We’ve been swathing it with an old 25’ premier pull type swather but I’m getting sick of driving crop down to open fields and guessing at where my outside edge will be when I make my turns. Most of our fields are small, 3-10ac so the folding procedure gets old also.

I’ve read a fair amount of discussion on here about using a combine as a power unit to swath grain. A combine makes sense here because I can buy an old 9500 for about $15,000, put 500hrs on and it’s still worth $15,000. A swather tractor would have to be hauled 1000+ miles and would have no resale value later.

When people swath with a combine, where is the swath dropped? Is the center belt removed and dropped underneath?
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jd4930
Posted 12/18/2022 21:19 (#9991549 - in reply to #9991532)
Subject: RE: Swathing with combine and draper head


Central ND		Takes a certain head that will let you drop it out the side, we did it for years, never totally satisfied though. Never laid as nice of windrow, combine is pretty cumbersome compared to sp swather
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Jon
Posted 12/18/2022 21:25 (#9991561 - in reply to #9991532)
Subject: RE: Swathing with combine and draper head



Callao Missouri		I'm interested also. In my case I think they would be the cats meow for cutting hay. Beat the living pants off a pull type hay cutter at 15' wide a having to look behind you all the time. Plus like you say push it with a 15,000 dollar old red combine that already on the balance sheet.
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saskman
Posted 12/18/2022 22:06 (#9991633 - in reply to #9991532)
Subject: RE: Swathing with combine and draper head


I have an 1994 macdon sp swather 30ft head over 6000hrs works great but not worth much. I think you would be much happier with a unit like that.
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jd8850
Posted 12/18/2022 23:29 (#9991741 - in reply to #9991633)
Subject: RE: Swathing with combine and draper head


Roseglen, North Dakota		Without a doubt. Your rig is worth under $15k? Cd easily spend $15k on draper with swath attachment. Have $30k in combine and head. Have big cumbersome unit
Swagger will cut circles around it.
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roy
Posted 12/19/2022 06:42 (#9991896 - in reply to #9991532)
Subject: RE: Swathing with combine and draper head


I use my 9770 john Deere to swath proso millet here in eastern colorado. Takes 30 minutes to convert to swather mode. I use a 30 foot macdon header to swath with. It throws it off the left side. My son uses his 9670 with a triple delivery macdon header and throws his windrow to the right so we have a 60 windrow to pick up. It works great.
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tmrand
Posted 12/19/2022 07:28 (#9991986 - in reply to #9991896)
Subject: RE: Swathing with combine and draper head



Southeast Colorado		About two 60 foot windrows and his 3-10 acre fields would be done!
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Hiline
Posted 12/19/2022 08:39 (#9992141 - in reply to #9991532)
Subject: RE: Swathing with combine and draper head


WC MN		We purchased a new 30' HoneyBee AF30 this year and installed a Crary air bar on it. The plan was to swath kidney beans and use it to harvest black beans. The head runs very close to the ground leaving about a 1/4" of stubble. However, kidney beans set some of the pods on the ground and we cut some pods leaving more beans on the ground than was acceptable.

The head has about 15 ares on it and is for sale. If interested I can email pictures.
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Mipe
Posted 6/28/2023 07:40 (#10291155 - in reply to #9992141)
Subject: RE: Swathing with combine and draper head


If that 30' Honeybee is still available I would be interested. Mike 970-381-5554
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tmrand
Posted 6/29/2023 23:43 (#10294205 - in reply to #10291155)
Subject: RE: Swathing with combine and draper head



Southeast Colorado		This is a 6 month old thread. Doubt anyone is coming back to look at it. I only see it because I contributed way back then. You had better go search out this fellow on another thread and ask him there.
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