2009 - Volume #33, Issue #6, Page #02
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World's Biggest 20-In. Row Corn Header
The big header requires the biggest combines on the market û class nine models like Cat's Lexion 590R. The header is equipped with the Clarke's model 5000 row units, knife rolls, hydraulic decks, and bi-fold poly row dividers. It also features a 4-sensor head sight header height control and an 18-in. dia., 2-piece auger system.
"It may not be the widest header on the market, but as far as we know it's the first one with 24 rows on 20-in. spacings," says Clarke. "Caterpillar sells an 18-row, 30-in. header that's wider than ours, and for years we've sold a 24-row, 15-in. header as well as a 16-row, 30-in. header. So far we've just built one prototype of the new model which we plan to test this fall."
To reduce stress on the header's end drives, Clarke has developed a double-drive system in which the 4 inside rows on each side are driven separately off a gearbox. The other 8 rows on each side are shaft-driven off both ends of the header.
"We use heavy components so we don't think we'll have shaft trouble," says Clarke.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Clarke Machine, Inc., P.O. Box 694, Howard, S. Dak. 57349 (ph 800 658-4568 or 605 772-4164; www.clarkemachine.com).
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