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Velva, ND | Bought a 12/30 and ran it one year on 700 acres, made the dealer buy it back for a per acre adjustment. There are many things to like about this head…the poly front chain sprocket is a great idea, the curved deck plates, the strong chains, the ease of on/off of the chopping, less daily maintenance, folding option, and the chopping did a great job probably better than most heads out there. The ease of changing knife rolls is also a plus. Cons: Hated the aftermarket header height, the rod to adjust the deck plates underneath is held to gather by a connector with allen screws and it just isn't strong enough and the rod would pop out all the time. I know a lot of people had problems feeding down, wet corn this year but this was a major problem with my unit. Often I had to stop 3-4 times per round as the wet stalk corn would get jammed underneathe the front of the gathering chain and plug the entry area and it would just push. I can see this reasonably happening couple times a day but more than once a round is unacceptable.
In the end my dealer was not getting much support from Sioux Falls and many of the above problems made me very uncomfortable. I'm glad I tried it however with a JD dealer only 7 miles away I'm going back to green even though I know there are engineering pros and cons to both units. When it comes to resale and trading options it made more sense to me. They are quite a bit cheaper and if you want to try it try to find a used one.
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capello corn head
