Posted 1/10/2018 11:38 (#6493988 - in reply to #6493898) Subject: RE: Class 7 Combine with 12 row head?
Yup, yields were probably 1/2 of what they are today. JD 1243 heads are also a bit lighter than current chopping heads. I would think the target market for the first 1243 heads was the western fringe of the corn belt where yields were usually under 100 BPA. There were guys in MT that ran 30' rigid heads on 7720's where wheat yields were 0-30 bu/A.