Re: John Deere 45 combine tails

Posted by Leroy on October 31, 2017 at 07:53:59 from (69.88.201.13):

In Reply to: John Deere 45 combine tails posted by farmallboy66 on October 30, 2017 at 12:14:40:

Lets just start out with some information. Bacicly 5 different models of the 45. the first a round back Hi model with a flat head engine, second version same machine exceppt an overhead engine. The No. 10 corn head was made for these machines. Then the Hi-Lo round back came and corn head was 210, then Squareback with flat belt drive and 165 CU engine and earlier heads were still the 210, then the later corn heads were the 234 and they would not fit on any of these machines without putting in axle extensions, some say turn wheels around but that makes the tread width too wide hitting the next rows. Then the last version with the V-belt drive and 180 CU engine and they had a wider wheel tread than earlier models so you did not have to use those axle extensions. Very unpopular head and one to stay away from. Then they brought out the 235 head that fit any of the machines from the earliest to latest without modifications. Then the 3 row head was a 313 for 30" rows and worked good on the machine with the 180CU engine but the smaller engine versions did not have enough power to operate. And in corn they say you can just remove the knives and leave the choper on but then you will tear out the bottom of the chopper (did that) after that took chopper off when corn head went on. The 234 corn head would take in corn the 210 would not. I had a 210 head first on a 62 model Hi-Lo, then on a 63 Model Hi-Lo, then on a 65 Model Square back with the 165 engine (round backs used a 145CU engine, same engine as in the 2010 tractor). When could not get the corn thru the 210 head got a 234 head to put on the 65 square back and found out it would not fit between the drive wheels. Had at that time gotten a 1969 model Square back with V-belt drive and 180CU engine so put it on there as it had the wider axle. Wish it had been the better 235 head. When went to 30" rows then got a 313 head and put it on that 69 model (last year for a 45 machine) and it handled it with no problem. The 63 model was the only machine with a cab when bought, added from parts yard to the rest. And the first one the 62 model had a 12' head, after 2 years was able to trade it off on a 10' head, combine handled it way better, 12' head should have never been sold in any place except headed grain areas as it was too much head for putting tall wheat through that might have been down. Have run loads of acres with them. When got the second one changed platform to corn head on second machine so could do corn when not fit to do beans and switch back to beans in later afternoon. When got 3rd machine just kept corn head on all the time. And the feeder was part of the head. Then later on they came out with a feeder head that you could keep on all the tome and use a platform or corn head from a 3300 machine on them. Those feeder housings were very scarce. I think a corn head for that was a 244 head but not sure. If there was a 234 corn head on then it had to have been a wide axle version or had the axle extensions on. And none of them had a hour meter on to be able to say how many hours a machine had on. Never saw an hour meeter on any. So did somebody find some kind of afterbarket unit? My 69 machine was one of the very last built and was sold new after the 3300-4400 was on the market. And supposedly they could be had with a diesel engine at the end but I have never seen one, Run 45's for over 20 years.

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