Chopping oats

[tomstractorsandtoys]

Spent a few days making 2 silage bags of oatlage. All the fields were planted at the same time but ripened very uneven due to dry weather. Using my 1968 4020 with 35 chopper and a 6 ft direct cut head. These heads are very rare here in the midwest but in the mid atlantic area they were fairly popular for making small grain silage. Should be some nice beef cow feed. Have a few acres left to try out my new 42 pulltype combine if I ever get it home. Tom

 

[Hoofer B]

Nice . You dont see direct cut too often. Bill

 

[tomstractorsandtoys]

another pic

 

[coonie minnie]

Looks good, Tom.

 

[paul]

I was going to say Im not familiar with direct cut head, but you addressed that as I kept reading.

Nice.

Paul

 

[GermantownGreen]

Is that head 6' cut or 8'?

Same tractor you do silage with?

Come on down, we'll let you do our beans, but they're only 10 inches tall!
Thanks for sharing, GG Wes

 

[Weldon K]

The correct name for those type heads on forage harvesters is Sicklebar. It mows the crop and feeds it directly into the harvester as opposed to using a separate mowing operation with a mower-conditioner and then using a windrow pick-up head feeding windrow into the harvester for chopping. Sicklebar works good for small grains that are at stage of maturity that moisture is just right for ensiling. In crops that would be too wet for ensiling, mowing with mower conditioner and placing crop on the ground to dry some of the excess moisture out is why Sicklebar head would not be used for a high moisture content crop.

 

[tomstractorsandtoys]

The head is a 6 ft. I wish I could find an eight. I had a nice eight years ago that we used for barley. I sold it when we moved to WI. I am having a few problems with this head as it a very early one and the sickle speed is to slow and is doing a raged job of cutting. The guards are good and I installed a new knife. Going to have to look into changing some pulley sizes. Tom

 

[jd6620]

Deere called it a mower bar unit

 

[Buckhammer]

I have never seen one of those heads here in Michigan.

 

[730 virgil]

is that chopper what was called cut and throw?

 

[NY 986]

The 35 was cut and blow meaning the cylinder only cut the material and then was moved via auger to a blower. The model 34 was cut and throw with the cutterhead also responsible for throwing the material up through the spout and beyond. IH, NH, and AC also made cut and throw models such as my IH 50.

 

[spacechem]

Deleted my response, as NY986 answered your question as I was typing.

This post was edited by spacechem on 07/12/2023 at 03:41 pm.

 

[Part Time Pete]

Nice. The only direct cut heads you see around here in central NY are the flail type

 

[Harold Hubbard]

You can also use a direct cut head if you are green feeding.