Gav836 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Over the last few weeks I’ve started to get involved with machinery sales and product support, one of the franchises is a company called Honey Bee from Canada. On Thursday and Friday last week we were setting up and demonstrating their 36’ AirFLEX draper header in Cambridgeshire so I got a few pictures and videos of it before and during work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 In work, the combine also has a Redekop MAV straw chopper fitted which is much more efficient than the standard ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 Walk around of the header and some footage of it at work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Forgive my naivety.......can you buy a combine with no header, and then buy another brand to go on it......I guess you have to specify what combine it will fit on as not all combine controls are the same?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/32 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, Barry said: Forgive my naivety.......can you buy a combine with no header, and then buy another brand to go on it......I guess you have to specify what combine it will fit on as not all combine controls are the same?? Different adapter plates, drive lines and hyd/electric hook ups are required. Not a problem from the 3rd party mfg’s like Macdon or Honey bee but can be an issue of you want to use a Deere head on a Case or something silly like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 12 minutes ago, Barry said: Forgive my naivety.......can you buy a combine with no header, and then buy another brand to go on it......I guess you have to specify what combine it will fit on as not all combine controls are the same?? Going by the cost of the new X9 that may work out a cheaper option, the combine is 725k, the header 124k though I am guessing the Macdons etc not yet compatible with it being such a new machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 They also made a 500HP tractor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM5ILDe7KRo Regards Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 14 minutes ago, catkom3 said: They also made a 500HP tractor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM5ILDe7KRo Regards Joe. Built it themselves for their own use as it was cheaper for them to do that than buy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 1 hour ago, CX820Joe said: Going by the cost of the new X9 that may work out a cheaper option, the combine is 725k, the header 124k though I am guessing the Macdons etc not yet compatible with it being such a new machine? It wouldn’t take long for Honey Bee to make the header compatible with the X9, most manufacturers use harmonised couplings across their whole range of combines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Barry said: Forgive my naivety.......can you buy a combine with no header, and then buy another brand to go on it......I guess you have to specify what combine it will fit on as not all combine controls are the same?? Very common outside of Europe to buy the combine and header from separate manufacturers. It only took us a couple of hours to get the header fitted to the combine for the demonstration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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