Aluminum Corn Header

Aluminum Corn Header COMBINES Accessories Four years ago FARM SHOW reported on a new lightweight aluminum corn header made in Argentina by Allochis Vol 34 No 1 It’s now been renamed the Tango4 header and was on display at the recent Ohio Farm Science Show near London Ohio “When the manufacturer first introduced this header 4 years ago they didn’t really know how to gain entry to the U S market They were just putting their toe in the water Now we’re diving in head first ” says Sam Lawson marketing rep for Tango4 in the U S and Canada He has 38 years in the U S and Canada ag equipment industry as an IH Case IH and Deere dealer The low profile header is available in 15 to 30-in row spacings and comes in 4 to 24–row models It can be adapted to fit any U S -built combine “It’s a lightweight no frills low-profile corn header that sells for roughly the same as U S -built models However the aluminum construction reduces the header’s weight by 25 to 40 percent which is a big advantage as combine headers keep getting bigger ” says Lawson “It means you can harvest on average 25 percent more rows for the same weight The lighter unit also reduces soil compaction “Other features include hydraulic-operated stripper plates designed to reduce losses due to corn shelling “Some people have asked whether a header made with aluminum will hold up in the field An engineer with Alcoa which sells the aluminum to us that we use to build the header’s frame says it’s the same aluminum they sell to Boeing to build their jumbo jets so it should hold up The company has been selling corn headers worldwide since 1997 ” Lawson says the Tango aluminum header is comparable in price to most conventional steel headers Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Tango4 LLC 4968 Point Pleasant Rd Pleasureville Ky 40057 ph 502 845-8011; info@tango4 net; www Tango4 net ; or Lawson Marketing Inc 395 Briggs Hill Rd Bowling Green Ky 42101 ph 270 535-0875; SamLawson@LawsonMarketingConsultants com; www lawsonmarketingconsultants com

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