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Down corn can be a heartbreak. In a matter of minutes, the work of an entire season can be upended by Mother Nature.
But harvesting down corn doesn’t have to be as difficult — or the yield loss as severe — as producers associate with it. Fact is, the best corn head for stalks that are lodged, is the one that harvests more when they aren’t.
And that’s a Drago corn head.
The challenge with down corn, of course, is getting the most intact ears into the head as possible. And no other corn head meets that challenge better than Drago. Both the Drago GT and the Drago Series II corn heads are specifically designed to slip under corn, manage stalks, and minimize ear loss.
Drago corn heads feature a working angle of just 17–23 degrees — the flattest in the industry. The lower working angle allows Drago corn heads to slip under stalks and catch dropping ears with less bounce loss out the front. An aggressive snout tip is available for getting under severe down corn.
Gathering chains run on large idler sprockets that are forward-placed, in front of knife rollers, where overlapping chain fingers can grab, pull up and pull in stalks — a vital feature for picking up corn in less-than perfect conditions.
To help ensure your snouts stay under down corn, Drago has designed this feature that allows you to apply and adjust down-pressure to your snouts – keeping them where they belong.
Available for rigid or folding heads, downed-corn augers help center stalks over knife rollers and limit loss of ears hanging over header sides. They’re available in either long or short options.
Look carefully at the placement of choppers on a Drago compared to other brands. Drago chopping blades are set back so they don’t strike stalks until knife rollers have a grip. This design prevents blades from striking stalks prematurely and either losing stalks that may fall away from the header or jarring off ears before they land in the row unit.
Running low to the ground means your header may pick up more than corn. And that’s when you’ll love that the GT has separate clutches for gathering chains, knife rollers and chopper gearboxes – each with their own precise setting to keep you running.
*Available only on the Drago GT.
Drago engineers know you’re going to get that header as low to the ground as possible. Sometimes too low. That’s when you’ll appreciate knife-rollers that are supported up front with nose cones featuring double-bearings, grease bank and milled-in dirt barrier to protect seals.
Drago’s corn head design and engineering allow for a faster, more complete and less stressful harvest in down corn. And with exclusive features like automatic self-adjusting deck plates and longer knife rollers, you’ll capture more grain, too.
When it comes to harvesting down corn, Drago corn heads are unsurpassed. See for yourself. Check out the many yield-saving features exclusive to Drago corn heads.
