Features

X Series Combine with 15.2-m (50-ft) Hinged Draper

Harvest acres faster than ever before with a 15.2-m (50-ft) John Deere Hinged Draper built off the 700D and 700FD Drapers’ proven foundation.

• Harvest over 12.1 ha (30 acres) an hour of wheat and soybeans with one HDR50 and X9 1100 Combine – When in canola, you can expect to harvest 10.1 ha (25 acres) an hour.
• Harvest an additional  13.4 ha (33 acres) per day with a John Deere 15.2-m (50-ft) Hinged Draper – Go across the field fewer times by covering an additional 13.4 ha (33 acres) per day compared to similar 13.7-m (45-ft) models at the same ground speed.

X Series Combine with 15.2-m (50-ft) Hinged Draper

John Deere HDR and HDF Drapers follow the ground by pivoting, gliding, and flexing over uneven fields to provide the best cut possible.

• Achieve the best of both worlds by adding a flexible cutterbar to a hinged draper, which already provides double the wing range of the MacDon® FD1 Draper – Hinged Drapers are available with a rigid knife on an HDR and a flexible knife on an HDF. The HDF Hinged Draper reduces missed crop when cutting on the ground in soybeans or lentils by 6 percent compared to MacDon and 2 percent compared to the HDR and RDF.*
  • *NOTE: Theoretical internal John Deere study between a 45-m (13.7-ft) MacDon FD75, 640FD, HDR50, and HDF50 based on static machines by measuring the area between the knife and ground based on the average lowest pod.
• Capture more crop by adjusting to the ground – Industry-exclusive hydraulic suspension separates the header from the combine, allowing it to float over the field for a more consistent cut. As the header approaches extreme field terrain, Active Feeder house Position Control automatically adjusts the feeder house height to position , enabling more float range in challenging fields
• Harvest in difficult crop conditions – Capture downed crop with the push of a button on the CommandARM™ console to automatically raise the gauge wheels and extend your reel out and down. Harvest the most challenging lodged crop confidently with a 24 percent increase in reel torque (compared to the 700FD).
• Keep a clean cutterbar no matter the field or crop – A more consistent distance between the reel fingers and cutterbar (compared to the MacDon FD145) ensures the crop is cleanly swept across the cutterbar and evenly fed into the combine throughout the full wing range.
• Improve the consistency of stubble height by 25 percent compared to the MacDon FD1 – Achieve consistent stubble height behind the combine – an advantage for better seeding performance in no-till applications. Compared to the competition, operators no longer must leave the cab to set the cut height with John Deere height control gauge wheels. The draper automatically maintains the desired cut height while floating over the land.

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The multi-crop HDX Draper Platform

A true multi-crop header is your insurance to handling your crops with one header. The HDX is the only header that can handle all crops and conditions without compromise from high-yielding, high-moisture, bushy oilseed rape to short and dry peas that need to be cut low to the ground.

The goals for a successful harvest are simple: harvest on time and put all the grain in the tank from all your crops. The John Deere HDX Draper is designed to take those goals to another level.

The HDX Draper combines the benefits of active feeding from draper belt technology with an extended table for harvesting tall or difficult bushy crops such as tillered oilseed rape. This results in increased combine performance with a header for all different crop conditions and types.

• Extended table design for improved feeding – The 1200-mm (47.2-in.) extended table provides producers who grow cereals crops as well as high-volume oilseed rape with unmatched crop material handling capabilities.
• Reduce header loss by 25 percent – John Deere Grain Saver Draper Belts trap grain before it can roll down the belts, past the cutterbar, and onto the ground (compared to standard draper belts) by using a patented and unique crosshair (+) design on the belts.
• Reduce loss in oilseed rape by up to 26 percent – Decrease header loss in high-volume oilseed rape with large fingered top augers (compared to non-fingered augers) that grab fluffy crops and hold them against the draper belts. Fingered top augers enable you to easily straight-cut oilseed rape.
• Capture more crop with the center section seal kit – This kit is required for oilseed rape to prevent seed from rolling off the sides of the center belt.
• Reduce shatter losses – Mechanically driven side knives reduce vibration that causes shatter loss, and a high reel lift range minimizes reel contact with tall oilseed rape.
• Crop changeover – When changing between crops, the mechanical side knives can be installed or un-installed in less than 5 minutes.
• Close reel-to-cutterbar relationship – Industry-leading close reel-to-cutterbar relationship sweeps short crops easily from the knife to the belt.
• On-ground cutting – Superior ground following capabilities with the hinged frame for on- and off-ground cutting ensure an even stubble height and less missed crop.
• Intuiative settings controlled from the cab – Quickly and easily change cut height, ground following settings, and belt speed adjustments from the cab as field and crop conditions change.

Harvest more grain in more crops with one header

Reel harvesting standing crop

Reel harvesting downed crop

Overview

On top of a tighter reel-to-cutterbar relationship, the reel also can reach out farther and lower with a 24 percent increase in reel torque compared to the 700FD HydraFlex™ Drapers. This draper makes quick work of downed and lodged crops.

Benefits

• Minimize reel threshing and header loss with increased reel height.
• Reduce missed grain in the field with increased reel reach that can go 100-mm (4-in.) deeper to the ground to help harvest lodged or downed crop.

Additional details

Reel positioned down

Reel positioned up

Reel range measurements:

• Hinged Drapers have a 100-mm (4-in.) closer reel clearance and deeper ground reach than the 700FD.
• 30 percent increase in reel height maximum reach compared to the 700FD Series.
• Vertical range (distance off the cutterbar): 1000 mm (40 in.)
• Fore/aft range: 360 mm (14 in.)
• Fore of cutterbar: 265 mm (10.5 in.)