Kingdom of Callaway - Fulton, Mo 65251 | Ohio_farmer - 7/2/2020 17:02
So what's the purpose of the stripper head? Combine run more efficient/ cleaner sample? Does that offset the extra time of mowing and raking the stubble? Lots of guys around here cut wheat with a regular grain head then mow the stubble. Never much understood the reasoning of not just using the combine to do all the work of 2 other machines. I bale 300-400 acres a year behind a 7230 CIH pushing a 35ft Draper. Height of stubble ranges from shaved to 6 inches. Combine windrows. Works very well.
Hi Keith,
We wanted to try the stripper head to hopefully end up with longer and better straw then we get with a rigid head or draper. It worked great. The rotary combines just chew it up so much if you run it through the combine. By just plucking the head off, the combining was a breeze, and it was like mowing standing wheat with the windrower. We ended up with a lot more straw per acre, and it is nice long stemmed straw for better quality bales. I'm going to get another head ready for next year. These heads are the ticket for easy combining and straw production.
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Wheat harvest with stripper head pictures
