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He Built His Own Stripper Header
I couldn't justify the $1,000-per- foot price that a commercial unit would have cost so I built my own stripper header two years ago out of a 24-ft. quick-tach Deere plat-form head," says Joe Kinnie, Julesburg, Colorado, who runs his header on a 1984 Deere 8820.
Kinnie's stripper header is hydraulically driven by
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He Built His Own Stripper Header COMBINES Headers 20-6-27 I couldn't justify the $1,000-per- foot price that a commercial unit would have cost so I built my own stripper header two years ago out of a 24-ft. quick-tach Deere plat-form head," says Joe Kinnie, Julesburg, Colorado, who runs his header on a 1984 Deere 8820.
Kinnie's stripper header is hydraulically driven by a 40 gpm pump with a 50-gal. oil reservoir mounted on the head. It powers a 45 hp orbit motor that drives a 12-in. dia. stripper rotor he built out of 1/ 4-in. thick pipe. The rotor is fitted with keyhole-shaped stripper fingers he made out of 1/2-in. thick UHMW plastic.
The only parts I used from the original platform head was the tin work, the cross auger and the frame," Kinnie says. "I put new end plates on and a 5 by 7-in. toolbar underneath the platform to support the extra weight of the one-piece 1,250 lb.-rotor.
I also mounted a fan and oil cooler on the right side to solve overheating problems that farmers have had on commercial units. I've never seen the oil temperature go above 175? on my machine even when working in 100? heat.
"The rotor turns clockwise at 500 to 1,000 rpm's, and teeth may comb a stalk of grain as many as 40 times. That helps increase capacity by as much as 1 1/2 times and reduce wear and tear on it.
I visited regularly with Todd Young, Knobel, Ark., who built his own stripper header (Vol. 18, No. 6) before building mine. I don't feel that I am violating the original patent for this machine because my design is substantially different from the commercial models.
I built my header for just under $10,000 and it hasn't given me a moment's trouble in use on over 2,000 acres of wheat and barley. In fact, I'm so pleased I'm considering building a 30-ft. stripper header this winter since my combine has the power to handle it."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Joe Kinnie, 5777 Hwy. 385, Julesburg, Colo. 80737 (ph 970 474-2196),
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