The center feed drum is designed for efficient and consistent feeding of the crop into the combine feeder house. Beginning with model year 2020 700D Draper Platforms, customers will have the ability to choose between a 356-mm (14-in.) or 406-mm (16-in.) center feed drum to be factory installed.

Feature benefit:

• 356-mm (14-in.) or 406-mm (16-in.) diameter factory-installed feed drum significantly improves feeding of the crop
• Strategic location improves crop handling and capacity, increasing productivity in high-volume crops such as irrigated wheat, barley, or canola
• Combine performance is improved due to retractable fingers that enable smoother feeding
• Capacity increase in tough conditions by 20 percent due to an upgraded center feed section slip clutch

Center feed drum

Feed drum retractable auger finger

Functionality:

The feed drum protrudes forward from the draper back sheets, improving the crop handoff from the draper side belts. An increase in slip clutch torque of the center feed drum from 1200 Nm to 1650 Nm allows for increased capacity in tough crop conditions

In some crop conditions, crop can hesitate at the corners of the feed drum but the retractable drum fingers keep the crop moving into the combine.

The 730D, 735D, and 740D Draper models can be equipped with an integrated, slow-speed transport system.

John Deere value:

• Need for a header trailer is eliminated due to dual-front dolly wheel tires with an extendable tongue and two-gauge wheel tires that can carry the complete weight of the draper when in transport

• Road transport is quicker and easier because one person can convert the draper from field to transport mode in a few minutes without the use of tools

Theory of operation

In field mode, the dual wheels become the left- and right-hand gauge wheels. For transport, the left-hand dual-dolly wheels support one side of the draper frame and the right-hand dual wheels are repositioned to support the right-hand end of the frame.

The transport package includes warning lights, which can be plugged into a seven-way power source for road transport with a 32.2-km/h (20-mph) speed limit for farm equipment transport.

Dual-wheel arm and single-wheel arm assembly

Slow-speed transport - rear wheels

NOTE: The 730D, 735D, and 740D Drapers are equipped with two ST215/75R14 gauge wheel tires as base equipment and four ST215/75D14 gauge wheels with the low-speed transport option.

Cutterbar epicyclical gearcase

Knife drive shaft

The unique dual-knife drive system is timed, creating the smoothest-possible reciprocating knife-drive system currently in the industry. The positive, reliable shaft-driven dual epicyclical in-line knife drives with built-in driveline protection, provide operators with the strongest knife-drive system.

All John Deere 700D Drapers include a double-cut knife which features a hydraulic tilt that is controlled from inside the cab. All 10.6-m (35-ft) and 12.1-m (40-ft) draper cutterbars have knifeback reinforcement straps to strengthen the knifeback.

Feature benefit:

• Maximized productivity through longer stroke of knife section provides a faster, cleaner, and smoother cut, which allows operators to harvest at faster ground speeds
• Productivity is maximized in tough conditions through a reinforced knifeback that strengthens the cutterbar
• Reduced cost of operation and increased wear life with hardened sickle sections and unique boron treatment
• Hydraulic tilt optimizes the cutterbar angle for varying conditions, extending the harvest day and providing the lowest-possible cut height

Double-cut cutterbar system

Double-cut rock guard

Functionality

The 100-mm (4-in.) cutting action produces a cleaner cut versus the tearing effect of shorter-stroke cutting systems. Knife hold-downs are easily adjusted to help maintain harvesting performance.

Tilt cylinder

The cutterbar hydraulic tilt adjusts a full 8 degrees while maintaining excellent visibility to the cutterbar throughout the tilt range. For improved ease of use, the hydro handle can be configured to control the platform tilt.

Reel resume and reverse are features on the 700D Drapers. The combine operator can store two different reel positions with one setting for normal conditions and another for down, tangled, short, or leaning crops. 

Feature benefit:

• Added time savings and convenience with saved reel positions, lowering operator fatigue
• Increased harvest efficiency through a reel-reverse feature which reverses the reel in conjunction with the center feed drum and belt to back outplugs

Draper drum

Draper reel

Cutterbar length

9.3 m
30.5 ft

Knife drive

Base: dual knife
Optional: single

Knife speed

490 cycles/min

Pickup reel operating speeds

6-45 rpm
137.2-cm (54-in.) reel: 5-44 rpm

Draper belts speed control

Hydraulic from cab

Type

Straight-line knife drive system

Length

9.14 m
30 ft

Knife drive

Base: dual knife
Optional: single

Knife speed

490 cycles/min

Cutterbar tilt

Base: hydraulic, maximum tilt 9 degree (angle)

Base skid shoe height

General

Number of slats

Base: six bat poly
Optional: eight bat steel (for forage conditions)

Fingers

Base: nylon
Optional: steel

Diameter

1.067 m
3.5 ft

Height control

Hydraulic

Speed control

Hydraulic

Reel lift

Cylinder stroke: 330 mm
13 in.
Total range: 391.5 mm
15.4 in.

Reel fore and aft

Cylinder stroke: 359 mm
14.1 in.
Total range: 620 mm
24.4 in.

Fore of the cutterbar

Reel resume

Base

Reel reverse

Base

Operating speeds

6-54 rpm

Operating speeds (54-in. reel)

5-44 rpm

Number of slats

Diameter

Height control

Speed control

Operating speeds

Width

Rubber coated polyester with V-Guide tracking: 0.7 L
24 oz
Side belts: 1.02 m
3.33 ft
Center belts: 1.4 m
4.583 ft
Center belt not included with SPW configuration

Belt depth

Cleat height

25.4 mm
1 in.

Operating speed

Side belts: variable up to 223 m/min
735 fpm
Center belts: 212 m/min
695 fpm
Center belt not included with SPW configuration

Speed control

Hydraulic from cab

Center belt reverse

Base: center belt not included with SPW configuration

Diameter

Two factory-installed options: 356 or 406 mm
14 or 16 in.
Feed drum not included with SPW configuration

Feed drum fingers

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

Number of fingers

18

Auger finger platform

Dual chevron, retracting

Finger reach

152 mm
6 in.

Drum/auger reverse

Base

Operating speed

195 rpm

Center cleanout door

Base

Type

Base: electrohydraulic

Header height sensing on the ground

Base

Header height sensing off the ground

Base

Type

Optional: hydraulic drive

Fingered augers

Size

Platform length

10 m
32.9 ft

Overall operating depth

2.5 m
8.2 ft

Transport width, field position

9.9 m
32.5 ft

Transport width on wheel, less dividers

2.7 m
8.9 ft

Transport length, hitch extended

12.3 m
40.4 ft

Type

Rigid draper

Approximate weight

Date collected