Best crop lifter??

[Klause]

I may still swath ours. Depends on weather. Yellows don't bleach.... The 722 swather was designed by Richard Kirkby. ... Macdon's chief engineer now... they shave the ground I didn't roll em last yr either had no troubles.seemed like the header cut better without the lifters than with....

[seabass]

I got 2 sets of flexxi fingers we put on our Deere headers that are for sale

[Hopperbin]

Dont know of any new deere headers around here but know of one older one. Worked extremely well to pick up downed peas. Was amazed at the job done. Owner quit using it cause cannot get anything done in a day direct cutting 80 acres for a combine that can do 240 picking up swath. Klause you know the humidity today. Its not going away untill desication and swathing starts. Straight cut peas in 3 or 4 weeks is a noon to 7 pm job.

[Hopperbin]

Worst thing I experience again I hate straight cutti g. Your peas are suddenly 12 percent moisture cause only doing 80 acres a day but you cannot straight cut them or harvest on account of straw damp. The splits will cost deeply. Meanwhile theguy swathing is delivering 0 splits at 20 percent moisture to blend with your 12. Been there done that to deliver that at vitterra or richards Straight cutting is not profitable any time here.

[farmaholic]

Agreed Hopper. If your going to swath them at least you also stand a better chance of not having to peel them off the ground. It can be awful slow going on a downed pea crop. So far the shitty crop of peas are still standing and even the one better one that lacks the height of other year's crops is still standing. The Raezers we seeded are disturbingly close to having to be desiccated. The Patricks are greener. Both varieties are on the same 1/2 section. Raezers look better, dont have as many sick spots in them either, but are on the higher quarter of the half. A good quarter of Patricks are only about 3 1/2 miles away and had basically the same weather (???????)! Moral os the story..... if they stay standing harvest should be easy and I won't have to worry about them blowing away in the swath-happened before. Pros and cons, pick your poison.

[furrowtickler]

We have not used fingers in 6 years - flex heads -never ever miss worrying about fingers going through combine anymore

[Hopperbin]

I guess spending 100 grand on a new flex head per flex head every 5 years suits ya. Ok I exagererated but 2 years from now not.

[JDGreen]

Better 80 acres a day straight than swathed peas with 3 days of rain on them. Equals total disaster.. The only two times I have ever even seen swathed peas the neighbor lost them both times to rain on the swath.. Rotted moldy crap that refused to dry .. And that's in the SW where that palliser fella said it was too arid to grow a crop..