Overview

Increase grain in the tank with a two-speed center feed section. A slow-speed setting softens the impact of crop fingers and drum flighting when engaging with crop. This ensures that easy-shelling crops like lentils and soybeans do not get thrown over the feeder house. Use the high-speed setting in canola or high-yielding cereals to prevent slug feeding while ensuring that the drum does not plug.

Benefits

• Experience less downtime during harvest related to unplugging the header, which allows for more harvesting time at the highest productivity levels.
• Higher feed drum torque is matched to the capacity of the combine to ensure optimal feed rates into the combine. Higher torque on the front feed drum allows operators to confidently harvest tough feeding crops like canola.
• Additionally, prevent underfeeding in light crops with the center crop flow divider. When not harvesting crop with the full width of the draper, the center crop flow divider prevents crop from skipping over the center feed section and going on the opposite draper belt.

Toolless shifting on the gearcase

Center crop flow divider

Additional details

• The two-speed center feed section maintains a consistent ratio between the feed drum and center feed belt speed.
• Change center feed section speed with a toolless, two-speed, easy-shift handle on the gearcase to the left of the draper feeder house opening.

Two-speed center feed section (A is pulled out and B is pushed in)

Parts of the two-speed center feed section

1. Feed  drum gearbox
2. Center feed drive shaft
3. Knife drive shaft
4. Center feed speed control
5. Oil check
6. Main gearbox
7. Center belt gearbox
8. Oil check

Overview

Achieve superior ground following when harvesting in a wide range of terrains, crops, and conditions with RDF HydraFlex Draper Platforms. HydraFlex is an industry-exclusive hydraulic float system.

HydraFlex draper system floats with the terrain

Benefits

• Float closely to the ground over changing conditions by controlling the cutterbar ground pressure from the cab – simply adjust the armrest knob to vary hydraulic pressure in the float arm hydraulic cylinders.

Hydraulic float arm

Adjust ground pressure by changing hydraulic pressure in the float arm cylinders

Additional details

• The hydraulic float system features a 19-cm (7.5-in.) float range.
• To lock out the HydraFlex draper into rigid mode, the operator should increase the float pressure to maximum

Overview

Help bushy crops, especially heavy canola, feed evenly into the feeder house with an optional 45.7-cm (18-in.) top auger extending the full width of the draper.

RDF top auger

Benefits

• With the crop tucked under the auger, the handoff to the center feed drum enables smooth and consistent feeding to the combine to ensure constant load.
• Achieve smooth headfirst feeding when auger speeds are running slightly faster than the belt speed.

Additional details

• This optional 45.7-cm (18-in.) hydraulically driven top auger has an easy speed adjustment at the right side of the platform.
• It is recommended for operation in bushy or high-volume harvesting conditions such as canola.
• Augers can be turned off for crops like lentils or wheat where they are not recommended.

Cutterbar length

13.72 m
45 ft

Knife drive

Double-cut, dual-drive, shaft-driven cutterbar: 10.2 cm
4 in.

Knife speed

X Series Combine: 520 cycles/min
S-Series Combine: 490 cycles/min

Pickup reel operating speeds

6-70 rpm

Draper belts speed control

Hydraulic from cab (side belts only)

Type

Straight-line knife drive system
Cutterbar vertical flex: 190 mm
7.5 in.

Length

13.72 m
45 ft

Knife drive

Double-cut, dual-drive, shaft-driven cutterbar: 10.2 cm
4 in.

Knife speed

X Series Combine: 520 cycles/min
S-Series Combine: 490 cycles/min

Cutterbar tilt

Base skid shoe height

3.8 cm
1.5 in.

General

Two-piece, poly tine pickup reel with 8-in. (20-cm) tube

Number of slats

Six bat poly

Fingers

Nylon

Diameter

106.7 cm
42 in.

Height control

Hydraulic

Speed control

Hydraulic

Reel lift

72 cm
28.3 in.

Reel fore and aft

35.9 cm
14.1 in.

Fore of the cutterbar

40.6 cm
16 in.

Reel resume

Base

Reel reverse

Base

Operating speeds

6-70 rpm

Operating speeds (54-in. reel)

Number of slats

Diameter

Height control

Speed control

Operating speeds

Width

Side belts: 101.6 cm
40 in.
Center belts: 177.6 cm
70 in.

Belt depth

101.2 cm
39.8 in.

Cleat height

19.05 mm
0.75 in.

Operating speed

Side belts (variable): 1-3.5 m/s
3.3-11.5 fps
Center belts: 211 m/min
692 fpm
Low-speed center belt (fixed): 4.2 m/s
13.8 fps
High-speed center belt (fixed): 5.1 m/s
16.7 fps

Speed control

Hydraulic from cab (side belts only)

Center belt reverse

Base

Diameter

414 mm
16.3 in.

Feed drum fingers

Heavy-duty and round with breakaway notch and retainer
Diameter: 16 mm
0.625 in.

Number of fingers

21

Auger finger platform

Triple chevron, retracting

Finger reach

152 mm
6 in.

Drum/auger reverse

Base

Operating speed

Low speed: 200 rpm
High speed: 240 rpm

Center cleanout door

Base

Type

Electrohydraulic

Header height sensing on the ground

Base

Header height sensing off the ground

Optional: four sensors

Type

Optional: hydraulic drive

Fingered augers

Size

45.7 cm
18 in.

Platform length

14.6 m
47.9 ft

Overall operating depth

With dividers: 2.74 m
9 ft

Transport width, field position

14.6 m
47.9 ft

Transport width on wheel, less dividers

Transport length, hitch extended