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Deere draper - single vs dual knife drive?
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silverluv75
Posted 10/31/2024 10:24 (#10945889 - in reply to #10945723)
Subject: RE: Deere draper - single vs dual knife drive?


SE North Dakota
Expensive Hobby - 10/31/2024 08:58

I just finished my first season with a 35' FD70. Single knife. One issue I ran into was my new-to-me combine didn't turn real tight and 2 end rows wasn't really enough to turn around on. I plant with a 20' 8/15 Kinze, so on that 3rd endrow, I'd be cutting around 10' of endrows but the rest was regular rows. When I was running perpendicular to how the beans were planted, I had to slow down, or take less than a full swath, or my sickle would stop. The hyd drive couldn't handle cutting all the stems at once. That might be something that wouldn't happen with dual knives.


Be thankful the hydraulic drive knife stops like that. Would be snapping belts then. That’s the best thing about the hydraulic drive on the macdon. Been running macdons for 16 years and still have the spare belt behind the seat I bought 16 years ago. Never broke a knife either.
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