Folding Corn Head Now On The Market

Folding Corn Head Now On The Market COMBINES Headers 20-3-23 Folding cool heads have been on the market in Europe for several years. Now one of those units is being imported to North America. The Italian-built Capello head folds up and also chops stalks with chopper blades mounted under each snout. The innovative header attracted a lot of attention at the re-cent SIMA Show in Montreal, Quebec. "It's the first and only folding corn head I'm aware of in North America," says David Acres of Acres Tillage and Planting Systems, Winchester, Ontario. The head comes in four to 12 row (20-in. through 36-in. spacings) models. It features tip-up snouts for easy maintenance and hydraulically adjustable deck plates to compensate on-the-go for various size ears. The 3-blade rotary stalk choppers underneath each row unit can be quickly and easily idled by disconnecting one pin. The gear-driven chopper units require 3 to 4 hp per row to operate. A 6-row folding head sells for $34.000 (U.S.). All sizes available in non-folding models. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Acres Tillage and Planting Systems, Main St. West, Winchester, Ontario, Canada KOC 2KO (ph 613 774-2834. fax 2262).

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