Whole Crop

[robl12]

Now I was wondering if someone could help me. Whilst out and about today I saw a Trailed forager direct cutting whole crop. They have several fields of grass cut and down ready to be picked up but never seen a trailed harvester doing whole crop has anyone else seen this or do it?

[archbarch]

ive only seen pictures years ago but most manufacturers make or offer a direct-cut header for trailed foragers, i seem to remember Taarup offering such a header in the 80s.

[IH885XLMAN]

was this whole crop header similar to a combine header  as ive seen a tarrup by me working one behind a mx 135 direct chopping silage with quite a wide

pickup header

[SMurF]

Were they cutting the whole field or was it possible that it could have been a zero grazing set up

Seen these in the past this time of year \

[massey man]

i would say theyre using a direct cut for the wholecrop to save kncoking the heads on the wheat/barley off,mowing with an ordinary mower causes this a fair bit,drum mower woudl make a good job of it,most contractors around here work with 18foot disc heads on the self propelled

[robl12]

Thanks for the replies went and spoke to the farmer later on that night as they were still at it. They have a direct cut header for the trailed jf harvester being just a small farm and cutting all there own silage and not many others locally doing pit silage only have call for a trailed and was more cost effective to buy the direct cut header for a trailed than a self propelled. Lcal contractors don't do whole crop for the pit. Locally up to now have only seen whole crop done as bales.

i would say theyre using a direct cut for the wholecrop to save kncoking the heads on the wheat/barley off,mowing with an ordinary mower causes this a fair bit,drum mower woudl make a good job of it,most contractors around here work with 18foot disc heads on the self propelled