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Is the Geringhoff Rota disc corn header worth the extra cost?
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We had one for several years. Picked flat corn no problem. We adjusted the angle to as steep as possible and set the thing in the ground. ...
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What type of head are you running
Used to have one then switched to deere after several fires on the deere switched to Drago Series 2. This will be our 7th year running appro...
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3 grease zerks per row is kinda a pain. It does a great job of chopping and like it was stated earlier it struggles in down corn
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Have one on a newer combine you can slow the header down. Works great easy to maintain if you stay on top of it will buy another one. One d...
MoreWe had one for about a decade. Really liked how it chopped the stocks. As it got older it seem like it took 5000 a year to keep it running,...
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Not sure what type of chopping head you're looking for? We run a 12 row Capello folding corn head very good low maintenance head, awesome in...
MoreThey are a good header the cost a bit more to maintain but fairly simple you don't have a shaft to pull out to work on any gearbox, and in d...
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Are you pleased with the Geringhoff corn head itself though?
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We had a drago then bought a geringhoff like the drago alot better
Have had two in the last ten years. Correct not as good in down corn but uses less power and shreds the stalk so easier on tires.
Did not like the roto disc because it was not good in down corn, handled ears too violently throwing them out of the head and too much daily...
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Had two of them while Deere was perfecting theirs. Then switched back to Deere.