4 Advice to Choose a rotary maize header

A combine header with well maintained parts on it makes all the difference in productivity.   If you’re unsure where to start, don’t worry—RangeLine is here to guide you!

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Below, we’ll walk through the different combine header types and key replacement parts and how to keep them in top shape throughout the season! READ MORE.

Draper heads are designed to cut and gather wheat, barley, and other grain crops which fall back into the header. The draper style uses a rubber draper belt to move the grain from the sickle bar into the combine. The draper head has a more consistent feed rate than the auger style, which can increase your capacity.

Also works with: Wheat, barley, Soybeans, pinto beans, and canola

Auger headers are equipped with a large horizontal auger that guides the crop to the center of the header, helping feed it smoothly into the combine. The auger style headers use an auger to move the grain from the sickle bar and into the combine.  However it can tend to bunch in tough conditions.

Also works with: Wheat, canola, and soybeans

Pick-up headers gather crops that have already been windrowed. They use pick up teeth to lift the rows of crop and move it onto belts, feeding it into the auger. Many areas of the US have phased out of using this type of header because the rows are much thicker than they used to be, and if it rains after the grain has been swathed, it will ruin the crop.  

Also works with: Wheat,  barley, and canola

Designed specifically for corn heads, the Yetter Stalk Devastator flattens crop residue to protect tires and tracks from damage, reducing the risk of costly repairs. 

By removing sharp stalks that can puncture tires, it extends equipment life and boosts field efficiency. Crushing corn residue also accelerates decomposition, improving field prep for the next season. 

The Devastator also enhances your harvesting speed without compromising residue breakdown control, allowing you to cover more acres quickly. This cost-effective tool saves money on field prep and equipment maintenance, making it a smart investment for every harvest.

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At the end of the day, your combine headers are only as good as their parts. By keeping up with regular maintenance and replacing worn components before they fail, you can ensure a smooth, efficient harvest. 

Whether you need gathering chains, knife sections, draper belts, or skid shoes, RangeLine Group has everything you need to keep your headers performing their best.

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The 18 foot SR and 20 foot SR were by far the most popular models built. The machine was designed for use in both wheat and rice. The cross sectional diagram below shows that the rotor feeds the crop back onto draper belts which then feed the material back to an uncovered auger.
The SR was a very successful model and most of the original machines are still in the field today. A strong demand for a wider machine as well as customer concerns over the durability of the draper belts (mostly due to rodent damage incurred over the winter) meant that the SR range was discontinued in .

The RX was introduced as a dedicated rice header. A steel shaker pan replaced the conveyor belts as a means of transferring the wet heavy rice material from the stripping rotor to the auger. This design proved very successful and durable. Rice Special models featured many stainless and hardened steel components to extend their life expectancy and reduce the long term operating costs of the header. Stainless steel stripping fingers were fitted in , these doubled the finger life expectancy as well as providing advantages in stripping performance.
The RX was produced until by which time it had gained a reputation as the header of choice if you were serious about harvesting rice.

The CX range was released in and was Shelbourne Reynolds first machine aimed at the US prairie wheat farmer. The CX84 (28 foot wide) machine was by far the most popular. The design was shortened from the SR and the rotor placed closer to the auger trough. Crop was moved directly from the rotor to the auger. This design worked very well in dry standing crop conditions although it had limitations when things became lodged damp or tough. These machines had the same gearbox drive as the SR range. Stainless steel "Seed Saver" stripping fingers were introduced in and were a major breakthrough in stripping tougher threshing wheat and durum varieties. When fitted with the cups orientated upwards the seed saver fingers enabled previously un-strippable varieties to be stripped with decreased loss.
The seed saver fingers can be fitted to any of the CX and RX models
The CX range was updated and improved annually until pressure for a variable speed rotor drive, still wider widths and better performance in tough conditions brought its production run to an end in

In after many years of testing and product development it was decided that both rice and cereals could be harvested with the same frame design with just relatively small design differences between ranges. The auger and rotor are placed closer together and grain is moved directly from the rotor to the auger. The deeper flighted larger diameter auger is able to handle more straw than before, this coupled with a larger shear bolt gives both these machines a significant advantage when harvesting lodged crops. A new variable speed drive system was developed which enables the operator to make rotor speed adjustments from the cab.

Extensive field testing proved that a deeper flighted auger sitting in a trough will feed better than a smaller one sitting on a flat pan. It is with this theory in mind the RX shaker pan machine was discontinued in favor of the direct feeding RVS header, this allowed the use of a common main frame with the CVS.
The Variable speed drive system was also introduced from the CVS model which allowed the operator to make rotor speed adjustments from the cab.
The RVS range features more stainless steel than on previous rice special models. The crop deflector, top hood and floor are stainless and the auger flighting and retractable auger fingers are made from hardened steel.

Larger capacity combines and larger scale farming prompted the development of the XCV range. The initial model was the XCV 42, this was then followed in with the XCV32 and XCV36.
The new machine incorporates 3 stripping rotors with two equally spaced division plates. A two piece auger is used with a central joint.
New features include a spring loaded pivoting adaptor plate and gauge wheels. All XCV machines are centre mounted on the combine feeder house.

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