Gleaner K Combine Head ID

FarmerZeb · May 4, 2012

need some help identifying this combine head

grain or bean head?....or something else.

thanks,

-Paul

thurlow · May 4, 2012

Is there a difference between bean headers and grain headers? We DID change the reels........way back when.

Anonymous-0 · May 4, 2012

Zeb, that is a Hume pick-up reel, listed in the combine manuals. Grain and bean head was the same thing. That may not be a K head, I've never seen one without the quick attach brackets.

neverfear · May 5, 2012

Early K's had the four wedge locks before the quick attach.

Bob Bancroft · May 5, 2012

Grain head.
Is there a letter (K)? preceding the serial number on the plate on the other end?

Anonymous-0 · May 5, 2012

Thanks, never knew that. Was the quick attach an option? Our E had the wedges, the EIII and K both were quich attach. All three new or second owner.

JMS/.MN · May 5, 2012

Grain headers have a rigid cutterbar, guards mounted directly on the front of the head. Bean headers usually have a floating cutterbar, but the rigid head can cut beans. Just more loss by not being able to hug the ground. My first combine, a K, had to switch between FCB/reel and the pickup unit.....didn"t have a dummy head for the pickup.

Anonymous-0 · May 5, 2012

First E had a rigid cutterbar and an M&W "Robot Header Control", sure helped.

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