“We originally had two drapers and two augers for our two CR960s, but now are doing all of our harvesting with just two MacDon 974 FlexDrapers. The 974s allow us to do everything we need to with them. Before we bought the 974 we demonstrated it side-by-side with one of our flex headers in hailed peas. The 36' 974 was cutting them better and at a higher speed than our 30' flex head. We weren’t getting it all with our flex header, but we were with the FlexDraper because it was cutting closer. That really impressed us. Like everyone else, we are always trying to maximize our acres per hour. In most cases our combine has greater capacity than we can feed it so moving up to 36' was important to us. Overall, we estimate that the 974 cuts our harvesting time by about 25% in peas and lentils. We also like that we now have two less headers to store and maintain, and it’s nice to be able to switch crops without switching headers. Some of our neighbours have been by to look at the 974 and they have been impressed with what they’ve seen. One of my neighbours went out and bought a FlexDraper for himself and I can report that he is thrilled with it.”

Sandy Campbell / Pense, Saskatchewan

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