Cutterbar "Fingers" Get More Crop

Cutterbar Fingers Get More Crop COMBINES Accessories Heavy crops are no challenge to the Downer Creek Crop Guard Fingers They reach out into the crop separating and guiding stalks into the cutterbar Crop flow is enhanced by the staggered positioning of 13 and 17-in fingers The Crop Guard was designed for milo but it s rapidly gaining users in other crops says Keith Deines Downer Creek People have used it with corn millett sunflowers and soybeans he says We use it on milo and hailed wheat Deines says that while it worked well on the hailed wheat the Crop Guard wasn t intended for downed crop rescue The Crop Guard was designed to help handle heavy yielding crops he says By separating and guiding the stalks into the cutterbar you reduce shatter loss and save the grain Deines adds that the fingers with their gentle 12-degree downward bend protect the cutterbar from bulldozing the crop The curve keeps the bar off the ground even in the heaviest of crops Made from 3/8-in thick UV-resistant plastic the fingers taper at both ends At the cutterbar the narrowing design offers maximum sickle cutting width The guards bolt in place for added security Installing the guards over the top of the cutterbar blocks cut heads from rolling off the platform and to the ground especially when turning on headlands explains Deines Any heads kicked onto the guards tend to stay there until the entering crop can push them back onto the platform The Crop Guard fingers are guaranteed for two years against tip breakage Call Downer Creek for pricing Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Downer Creek 21028 V Road Ransom Kan 67572 ph 785 731-5634; kcdeines@gbta net; www downermiloguard com

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