I WAS KEEN TO TRY A DRAPER HEADER RATHER THAN A CONVENTIONAL UNIT.
Written by Martin Rickatson for Shelbourne Reynolds Engineering Ltd.
The first 12.2 m (40 ft.) MacDon draper header to be delivered to a UK combine user has impressed both its owner and its operator in the unit’s first season, despite a harvest hampered by bad weather, and a cropping spread that covered a wide range of types.
“OUR GOAL FROM THE OUTSET WAS TO TAKE TWO BEST-IN-CLASS DRAPER PLATFORMS AND MAKE THEM EVEN BETTER.”
Have you visited your MacDon dealer lately? If you have you likely noticed that new editions of MacDon’s rigid and FlexDraper® headers – D65 and FD75 respectively – are now available. What might have been less easy to notice are the many improvements that have been made under their respective hoods, so to speak.
WE’VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THE DURABILITY OF THE MACHINES – WE JUST HAVEN’T HAD PROBLEMS.
In a region of large dairy farms, T&K Red River Dairy is one of Arizona’s largest. With a herd size of 9,600 cows, the dairy weighs in at over five times the state average of 1,700 and over 65 times the national average of 142 (Source: USDA – Overview of the United States Dairy Industry, 2010).
WE HAD FIELDS THAT HAD 100 MM (3.9") OF STANDING WATER, BUT WE STILL DROVE THROUGH AND HARVESTED THE GRAIN.
THIS NEW CAB MAKES THE DAY A LOT SHORTER – WE CAN JUST KEEP ON GOING BECAUSE IT’S NOT NEARLY AS FATIGUING.
Over the last few decades the changing realities of farm economics have forced many producers to get bigger, or get out of the game altogether. But the Brisson family of Manitoba took another path to keep them on the land they love – diversification.
THE M105 WAS CREATED TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF DRAPER AND AUGER MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD.
When MacDon’s latest top-of-the-line windrower – the M205 – was released last year it immediately won accolades for the many advances it brought to self-propelled windrowing. Everyone loved it for the increased power (particularly for producers running rotary discs), comfort and control it brought to the harvesting operation.