Posted 10/19/2013 06:18 (#3392462 - in reply to #3391654) Subject: RE: Me too
Mount Upton NY
We are running about 2.5 mph with this head. Pretty slow but we want as little stalk trash as possible and that is what works. No frost here yet this year besides a couple patches. Definetly not a killing frost. Even on this field at 1800' elevation. The rain was less than half inch and this field has lots of large soil particles(rocks) so that helps us get around.
Posted 10/19/2013 10:09 (#3392879 - in reply to #3392708) Subject: Re: Doing snaplage. Pic
Mount Upton NY
Gerard - 10/19/2013 08:25
Just curious, do you use a recutter screen? What kind of rolls? How hard to switch between corn silage and snaplage?
No screen we just use the KP which is a Shredlage unit from Shredlage LLC. To switch from Corn Silage to this we took out the half knives and put in the regular knives. Tightened the KP to minimum clearance and shortened the TLC all the way down. Drop Kemper head off pick this head up and away we go. Pretty simple really.
Posted 10/21/2013 12:22 (#3396799 - in reply to #3391498) Subject: Re: Doing snaplage. Pic
Central MN
Ben in the basin what adapter do you use to put the deere head on? We had a lindquist that was belt driven and now finally traded it for one thats hooks right up to the gear box on the 940 and we can run the stalkmaster head on it now too where the lindquist belt drive could not
Posted 10/21/2013 22:25 (#3397709 - in reply to #3396799) Subject: Re: Doing snaplage. Pic
Columbia Basin, Ephrata, WA
I'm still running the belt drive lindquist that I had on my 850. The 608 is a non-chopping head, so it runs fine most of the time. I'm due for a new belt now so can barely pull 5mph, but there's only about 20 acres of earlage left for for the year.
Posted 10/26/2013 21:51 (#3406500 - in reply to #3391498) Subject: Re: Doing snaplage. Pic
Central MN
Its built by kooima company. Its gray. We had lindquist until this year we traded it. The belt drive lindquist couldnt handle the stress to turn a chopping head but the kooima has a gearbox and is powered by the same drive as a claas orbis head. No pto shafts on it. Works great on our 940 and we turn all the choppers on our 608c stalkmaster. I feel this adapter shells less corn than the lindquist. Lindquist has a plain flat plate for feed rolls and the kooima feedroll has the plates angled toward the middle similar to the lug pattern on a tractor tire except not staggered. Since it hooks directly to the drive you can also reverse the head.
Doing snaplage. Pic
