Tipped-Up Row Dividers Reduce Corn Header Width
When Ronald Boehm bought a new Case-IH combine equipped with a 6-row corn header, he built a trailer to transport the header. However, he lives in an area with narrow and winding roads so he feldt the 9-ft. transport width was dangerous. His solution was to tip the snouts up and secure the tips in "pockets" welded onto a 12-ft. length of 5/8-in rebar. The rod rests in the channels on the header that support the dividers when they're in harvest position.
"It reduced the transport width to 6 ft. 8 in., which makes transporting the header a lot easier and safer," says Boehm.
He bent five 9-in. lengths of 1/2-in. dia. rebar into "U"-shaped pockets.
To transport the header, Boehm raises the dividers, places their prop rods under them, and inserts the 12-ft. rod into the channels. Then he unhooks the height adjustment chain on each divider, removes the prop rods, and lowers the divider tips into the pockets. To keep the dividers from bouncing out of the pockets, he attaches one end of a tarp strap to the divider height adjustment chain and the other end to the header frame where it supports the snapping roll.
Since the header's left and right end dividers don't raise up like the center units do, he unbolts them at their hinge point and then removes them and places them beneath the center dividers. A tarp strap is used to hold them securely on the trailer.
"It takes only about 10 minutes to set the header up for transport," says Boehm. "When I raised the dividers and placed the prop rods under them to hold them up, I used touch-up paint to mark the chain link that's used to hold each divider at the desired height during harvest. That way, when I arrive at the field I have no problem setting the right height for each row divider.
"To help hold the divider tips in the pockets, I made slits in lengths of 5/8-in. dia. garden hose and slid them over the 5/8-in. dia. rebar. I use wire tie straps to secure the hose."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ronald Joseph Boehm, 12322 E. County Road 1550 N., St. Meinrad, Ind. 47577 (ph 812 357-7654).
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Tipped-Up Row Dividers Reduce Corn Header Width COMBINES Accessories 25-2-13 When Ronald Boehm bought a new Case-IH combine equipped with a 6-row corn header, he built a trailer to transport the header. However, he lives in an area with narrow and winding roads so he feldt the 9-ft. transport width was dangerous. His solution was to tip the snouts up and secure the tips in "pockets" welded onto a 12-ft. length of 5/8-in rebar. The rod rests in the channels on the header that support the dividers when they're in harvest position.
"It reduced the transport width to 6 ft. 8 in., which makes transporting the header a lot easier and safer," says Boehm.
He bent five 9-in. lengths of 1/2-in. dia. rebar into "U"-shaped pockets.
To transport the header, Boehm raises the dividers, places their prop rods under them, and inserts the 12-ft. rod into the channels. Then he unhooks the height adjustment chain on each divider, removes the prop rods, and lowers the divider tips into the pockets. To keep the dividers from bouncing out of the pockets, he attaches one end of a tarp strap to the divider height adjustment chain and the other end to the header frame where it supports the snapping roll.
Since the header's left and right end dividers don't raise up like the center units do, he unbolts them at their hinge point and then removes them and places them beneath the center dividers. A tarp strap is used to hold them securely on the trailer.
"It takes only about 10 minutes to set the header up for transport," says Boehm. "When I raised the dividers and placed the prop rods under them to hold them up, I used touch-up paint to mark the chain link that's used to hold each divider at the desired height during harvest. That way, when I arrive at the field I have no problem setting the right height for each row divider.
"To help hold the divider tips in the pockets, I made slits in lengths of 5/8-in. dia. garden hose and slid them over the 5/8-in. dia. rebar. I use wire tie straps to secure the hose."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ronald Joseph Boehm, 12322 E. County Road 1550 N., St. Meinrad, Ind. 47577 (ph 812 357-7654).
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