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| I think you can save 2-3 bushels in head loss with Calmer deck plates too. It makes a huge difference.
I think another thing that makes a huge difference is setting the head right.
1. Get an angle finder and then buy or build a wedge kit that gets you to where your deck plates are no more than 22 degrees
https://www.amazon.com/Johnson-Level-Tool-700-Magnetic/dp/B00004T807
2. Make sure the stationary deck plates are set in a manner that allows the corn to come in centered. Ours were set a long ways in and the stationary plate was always rubbing on the corn plants and wearing out faster. I suspect that may have contributed to bringing more trash in. When we backed the stationary plates off the linkage for the adjustable plates no longer allowed the adjustable plates to come in far enough to close the plates as much as we wanted so we had to modify the linkage on some rows to get it to where they all adjusted equally and adjusted in as far as we wanted.
3. Spend a bit of time switching drive sprockets out to get it to run slow enough that you end up speeding your feederhouse up some if you get to a place where you want to drive faster. The slower you run your head the less head loss.
After that just make sure you keep grease in the row units and keep good chains on it (and run Calmer deck plates!) and it’s a pretty good head.
I will confess that I have not actually checked the angle on my head. I just know other brands suggest 17 to 22 degrees and I know mine has a wedge kit on it so I imagine that gets it closer to where it needs to be.
Edited by dpilot83 12/19/2019 08:52
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Looking at corn heads, Drago GT or Capello?
