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Tony Elo 
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Posted: 06 May 2011 at 7:02pm |
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Will a wide row corn head work on 30 inch rows or will it just make a mess?Thansk for any input,Tony
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Rfdeere
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Posted: 06 May 2011 at 7:35pm |
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How many rows ? Might get by with a two or three row, any bigger probably would knock over the stalks.
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Orange Blood
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Posted: 06 May 2011 at 7:49pm |
First of all, is a wide row head, 33, 36 or 38? As much as it pains me I am with the Deere guy on this?!?! :)
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John (C-IL)
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Posted: 06 May 2011 at 7:54pm |
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You need to find a 30 inch head. After driving the thing for about a half hour you would be going nuts. Maintaining the head on the proper course to harvest corn is difficult enough without cutting down the room for error to zero. It would be a lot of work, but it would be possible to narrow a wide row but your best course of action would be to find a narrow row head.
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victoryallis
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Posted: 06 May 2011 at 9:25pm |
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We custoom combined some 30'' corn with a 36'' head for someone a few years back it worked but not ideal.
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Posted: 06 May 2011 at 9:46pm |
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It'd be a mess. Besides not lining up, corn stalks will not feed right and I'd think you'd have more shelling at the head and ears flying of the stalk and out of the head onto the ground. At today's prices, doesn't take much lost corn to purchase the proper head. If an older machine, you won't have much invested. We use to plant with an 8 row and pick with a 6 row and that at times was a pain.
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Posted: 07 May 2011 at 12:01am |
 Orange Blood wrote:
First of all, is a wide row head, 33, 36 or 38? As much as it pains me I am with the Deere guy on this?!?! :)
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Tony Elo
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Posted: 07 May 2011 at 5:43am |
its a two row corn head,its at an auction sale today,it doesn;t say how wide it is but by the looks of it I think I am going to pass on it,I think it will just make a mess
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Posted: 07 May 2011 at 6:22am |
Rfdeere wrote:
Orange Blood wrote:
First of all, is a wide row head, 33, 36 or 38? As much as it pains me I am with the Deere guy on this?!?! :)
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Was this for me ? I'd change my screen name if I could. It was what I used on another Forum before I catched The Orange Fever 6 years ago, Going Orange is Going Great !!
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Of course it was. :) Just poking a ittle fun at the off brand. No ill will, but I am glad you have returned from the dark side. ;-)
Edited by Orange Blood - 07 May 2011 at 6:22am
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