HD45R RIGID CUTTERBAR DRAPER
Rigid Cutterbar Draper
- Capture more crops in rolling and uneven terrain with a wing range of +/- 20.3”
- Achieve consistent stubble height with Position Control Gauge Wheels
- Adjust float pressure in less than 6 seconds and convert from off-to-on ground cutting in less than 10 seconds from the cab
- Factory installed Grain Saver Draper Belts reduce cutterbar loss by 25%*
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Features
X Series Combine with 15.2-m (50-ft) draper
Harvest acres faster than ever before with a 15.2-m (50-ft) hinged draper built off the proven foundation of the 700D and 700FD Drapers.
- Harvest over 12.14 ha (30 acres) an hour or -129.5 ha (320 acres) a day of wheat and soybeans with one HD50R and X9 1100 Combine – When in canola, you can expect to harvest 10.1 ha (25 acres) an hour.
- Harvest up to 13.35 ha (33 acres) more per day with a John Deere 15.2-m (50-ft) hinged draper – Go across the field fewer times and cover up to an additional 13.35 ha (33 acres) every day compared to similar 13.7-m (45-ft) models at the same ground speed.
- Handle green stems or late-night conditions without sacrificing cut quality – When crops are tough late in the night, harvest with confidence knowing the 10.2-cm (4-in.) double-cut knife system will maintain cut quality.
Shorten your harvest by taking full advantage of the X Series Combines’ excellent feeding capacity with this hinged draper. This can be the difference between getting the crop out of the field at the ideal time or not. Do so confidently knowing the cutterbar is far less likely to stall compared to the cutterbar system used by competitors, allowing you to enter crop head on without any hesitation.
X Series Combine with 15.2-m (50-ft) draper
The John Deere HDR Draper will follow your ground by pivoting, gliding, and flexing over uneven fields to provide the most accurate cut possible.
- Capture more crop by adjusting to the ground – This hinged frame draper provides double the wing range of the MacDon® FD1 Draper. Industry-exclusive hydraulic suspension isolates the header from the combine, allowing it to float over the field for a more consistent stubble height. As the header approaches the extremes of the suspension system’s range of motion, active feederhouse position control automatically adjusts the feederhouse height to position itself in the middle of the attachment frame, enabling more float range in changing field conditions.
- Harvest in difficult crop conditions – Capture downed crop with the push of a button on the CommandARM™ console to automatically raise up the gauge wheels and extend your reel out and down. Harvest the toughest lodged crop with confidence with a 24 percent increase in reel torque (compared to the 700FD).
- Keep a clean cutterbar no matter the field or crop – A more consistent distance between the reel fingers and cutterbar (compared to the MacDon FD145) ensures crop is cleanly swept across the cutterbar and evenly fed into the combine throughout the full wing range.
- Improve the consistency of stubble height by 25 percent compared to the MacDon FD1 in challenging terrain conditions – Achieve consistent stubble height behind the combine – an advantage for better seeding performance in no-till applications. Compared to the competition, operators no longer must leave the cab to set the cut height with John Deere height control gauge wheels. The draper automatically maintains the desired cut height while floating over the land.
This draper hinges independently from the feederhouse to meet the lay of the land. The result is an accurate cut that picks up more crop than others, moving it into the feederhouse in an even, uniform feeding, while leaving consistent stubble height in the field.
MacDon is a trademark of MacDon Industries Ltd.
X Series Combine with 15.2-m (50-ft) draper
The goals for a successful harvest are simple – harvest on time and put more grain in the tank. The John Deere HDR Draper is designed to not only harvest more bushels per hour and acres per day but capture more crop.
- Reduce cutterbar loss by 25 percent – John Deere grain-saver draper belts help trap free grain before it can roll past the cutterbar onto the ground (compared to standard draper belts) with a special crosshair design, saving up to 10.9 L/ha (0.125 bu/acre) of canola which adds up to $1240 USD ($1750 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres).
- Cut header loss by up to 26 percent – Decrease header loss in high-volume canola with large fingered top augers (compared to non-fingered augers) that grab fluffy crops and pull them against the draper belts. Fingered top augers let you easily straight-cut canola while saving up to 6.1 L/ha (0.07 bu/acre) and which adds up to $700 USD ($985 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres).
- Capture more crop with the center section seal kit – Reduce center section losses up to 45 percent, adding an extra 2.6 L/ha (0.03 bu/acre). This saves $330 (USD) / $465 (CAD) of canola a year across 1,500 acres.
- Quickly match changing crops and conditions – Factory base equipment helps you adjust the feed rate speed, drum height, and finger timing in less than 20 minutes. In addition, convert from off-ground cutting to on-ground cutting in less than 10 seconds. This is up to a minute faster than MacDon® FD1.
- In-cab settings help you spend more time harvesting – In-cab float pressure adjustment saves time during the day compared to out-of-cab, by-hand adjustments on competitive models. Ensure your draper is operating at peak performance with five ground condition settings to follow fields better without leaving the cab.
This list of features helps you capture more crop. While other draper manufacturers would leave grain behind, the only thing you’ll see in the rearview mirror is a field with even stubble and a uniform coating of straw, allowing you to know that during the winter, your field will be ready for next year’s seed.
MacDon is a trademark of MacDon Industries Ltd.
Connected Support technology
When you buy John Deere equipment, you expect reliability. You also know that problems can happen, and a product is only as good as the support behind it. That’s why John Deere equipment is prepared with technology that senses potential issues and can alert you and your dealer promptly—in the cab or anywhere you are.
John Deere Connected Support is a revolutionary change to support that leverages technology and the connectivity of JDLink™ telematics to prevent downtime and resolve problems faster. These tools decrease downtime by an average of 20 percent, enabling faster responses to unexpected problems and reducing technician trips to your machine. For some issues, unplanned downtime can even be prevented altogether through prediction of the issue.
With your permission, John Deere Connected Support:
- Keeps you running by monitoring machine health and promptly alerting you and your dealer of issues
- Saves time by remotely viewing in-cab displays, reducing trips to the machine
- Reduces or even eliminates technician trips to a machine through remote diagnostic and remote software reprogramming capabilities
- Connects experts with the information needed to respond to downtime faster and prevent it altogether
With more than a decade of experience leveraging connectivity to solve problems, no one else has the experience, tools, and knowledge to keep you running as John Deere and your John Deere dealer can. Connected Support is an in-base feature on all John Deere products with factory- or field-installed JDLink.
Specifications
| Key Specs | hd45r-rigid-cutterbar-draper Current Model |
|---|---|
| Cutterbar length | 13.72 m 45 ft |
| Knife drive | Double-cut, dual-drive, shaft-driven cutterbar: 10.2 cm 4 in. |
| Knife speed | X Series Combine: 520 cycles/min S-Series Combine: 490 cycles/min |
| Pickup reel operating speeds | 8-70 rpm |
| Draper belts speed control | Hydraulic from cab (side belts only) |
| Platform | |
| Type | Hinged frame rigid cutterbar |
| Cutterbar | |
| Type | Straight-line knife drive system |
| Length | 13.72 m 45 ft |
| Knife drive | Double-cut, dual-drive, shaft-driven cutterbar: 10.2 cm 4 in. |
| Knife speed | X Series Combine: 520 cycles/min S-Series Combine: 490 cycles/min |
| Cutterbar tilt | |
| Pickup reel | |
| Number of slats | Six bat poly |
| Fingers | Nylon |
| Diameter | 106.7 cm 42 in. |
| Height control | Hydraulic |
| Speed control | Hydraulic |
| Reel lift | Off the cutterbar: 100.6 cm 39.6 in. |
| Reel fore and aft | Fore of the cutterbar: 26.4 cm 10.4 in. |
| Reel resume | Base |
| Reel reverse | Base |
| Operating speeds | 8-70 rpm |
| Operating speeds (54-in. reel) | |
| Slat reel | |
| Number of slats | |
| Diameter | |
| Height control | |
| Speed control | |
| Operating speeds | |
| Draper belts | |
| Width | Side belts: 5.89 m 19.3 ft Center belts: 201 cm 79.1 in. |
| Belt depth | 101.1 cm 39.8 in. |
| Cleat height | 19.05 mm 0.75 in. |
| Operating speed | Side belts (variable): 1-3.5 m/s 3.3-11.5 fps Center belts: 211 m/min 692 fpm Low-speed center belt (fixed): 4.2 m/s 13.8 ft High-speed center belt (fixed): 5.1 m/s 16.7 fps |
| Speed control | Hydraulic from cab (side belts only) |
| Center belt reverse | Base |
| Feed drum | |
| Diameter | 40.6 cm 16 in. |
| Feed drum fingers | Heavy-duty and round with breakaway notch and retainer Diameter: 16 mm 0.625 in. |
| Number of fingers | 18 |
| Auger finger platform | Triple chevron, retracting |
| Finger reach | 152 mm 6 in. |
| Drum/auger reverse | Base |
| Operating speed | Low speed: 200 rpm High speed: 240 rpm |
| Center clean out door | Base |
| Header height sensing | |
| Type | Electrohydraulic |
| Header height sensing on the ground | Base |
| Header height sensing off the ground | Base |
| Auxiliary top auger | |
| Type | Optional: hydraulic drive 250-350 rpm |
| Fingered augers | Optional |
| Size | Diameter: 43.2 cm 17 in. |
| Dimensions | |
| Platform length | 14.57 m 47.8 ft |
| Overall operating depth | With dividers: 3.23 m 10.6 ft |
| Transport width, field position | 14.57 m 47.8 ft |
| Transport width on wheel, less dividers | |
| Transport length, hitch extended | |
| Weight | |
| Approximate weight | 4897 kg 10,774 lb With top augers, gauge wheels, side knives, and spare knife: 5236 kg 11,519 lb |
Accessories and Attachments
Compatibility Kits
S Series Adapter Kit - 762AHBXE11229
Bolt-in crop diverters
Crop entrance into the combine
Benefits
- Optimize crop flow to the feederhouse with crop diverter plates which sit behind and below the center feed drum.
- In less than 30 minutes, quickly switch drapers between X9 Combines and S700 Combines though interchangeable, factory-installed feederhouse compatibility plates and crop diversion plates.
- Improve draper resale value with crop diverters which can be easily swapped to fit an S700 or X9 Combine.
Bolt-in crop diverters
Crop entrance into the combine
Benefits
- Optimize crop flow to the feederhouse with crop diverter plates which sit behind and below the center feed drum.
- In less than 30 minutes, quickly switch drapers between X9 Combines and S700 Combines though interchangeable, factory-installed feederhouse compatibility plates and crop diversion plates.
- Improve draper resale value with crop diverters which can be easily swapped to fit an S700 or X9 Combine.
Crop Dividers
Crop Divider (Long Foldable) - 762AHBXE11371
Crop Divider (Short Poly w/ Sideknife) - 762AHBXE11370
Crop Divider Attachment Bundle - 762AHBXE11369
Short poly divider, non-side knife ready
Short poly divider, side knife ready
End divider rods are standard for the Hinged Draper Series. Poly end dividers are base equipment on Hinged Draper Series
If producers want to install side knives, side knife ready crop dividers must be ordered to get the gearcase within the crop divider factory installed.
Knife gearbox for side knife ready end dividers
Knife gearbox for non-side knife ready end dividers
End divider rods are standard for the Hinged Draper Series. Poly end dividers are base equipment on Hinged Draper Series
If producers want to install side knives, side knife ready crop dividers must be ordered to get the gearcase within the crop divider factory installed.
Divider rod
Standard divider
Side knife
Overview
Harvesting in the field
The toolless, quick-attach side knives enable operators to convert from cereal dividers to side knives in less than 5 minutes. This is important for operators during times of the year where they are switching between crops throughout the harvest day.
Benefits
- Prevent stalling when engaging in tough crop with a vertical knife driven mechanically off the cutterbar knife drive system.
- In some varieties of spring-seeded canola, side knives provide crop separation at end dividers and prevent crop from riding up the divider and creating shatter loss while reducing buildup of material on the back top of the divider.
Side knife
Dual side knives installed on draper
Additional details
- They are designed and manufactured by John Deere compared to the Zurn side knife options for the 700FD Series. The side knives can be removed and swapped to another Hinged Draper Series model if the draper was ordered with short poly divider side knife ready option.
- There are no special combine requirements to use these side knives. They are 1467-mm (57.75-in.) tall.
- The side knife is mechanically driven off the gearbox located inside the end divider when ordered with the side knife ready end divider option.
Side knife storage bracket
Crop Lifters
Overview
Easily lift down and lodged crops with crop lifters to ensure crop can be picked up by the reel.
Benefits
- Length and angle of crop lifter is fully adjustable to allow for optimal working conditions.
- High-quality material ensures extended durability of the lifter finger.
- Easily mount the lifter for a guaranteed tight fit.
Additional details
- Adjustable in two direction: fore/aft and vertically
- Crop lifters are made of high-quality plastic
- Optional crop lifter storage bracket provides convenient storage of the crop lifters when they are not in use. The storage bracket mounts on a shield which covers the draper side belt drive motor. The mount can be swung out to access the belt tension system.
- The number of lifters will be dependent on header size:
- 10.7 m (35 ft) - 40 crop lifters (34 plus 6 spare)
- 12.2 m (40 ft) - 45 crop lifters (39 plus 6 spare)
- 13.7 m (45 ft) - 51 crop lifters (44 plus 7 spare)
- 15.2 m (50 ft) - 56 crop lifters (49 plus 7 spare)
Overview
Easily lift down and lodged crops with crop lifters to ensure crop can be picked up by the reel.
Benefits
- Length and angle of crop lifter is fully adjustable to allow for optimal working conditions.
- High-quality material ensures extended durability of the lifter finger.
- Easily mount the lifter for a guaranteed tight fit.
Additional details
- Adjustable in two direction: fore/aft and vertically
- Crop lifters are made of high-quality plastic
- Optional crop lifter storage bracket provides convenient storage of the crop lifters when they are not in use. The storage bracket mounts on a shield which covers the draper side belt drive motor. The mount can be swung out to access the belt tension system.
- The number of lifters will be dependent on header size:
- 10.7 m (35 ft) - 40 crop lifters (34 plus 6 spare)
- 12.2 m (40 ft) - 45 crop lifters (39 plus 6 spare)
- 13.7 m (45 ft) - 51 crop lifters (44 plus 7 spare)
- 15.2 m (50 ft) - 56 crop lifters (49 plus 7 spare)
Cutterbar
Feeding
Overview
Center section seal kit
Minimize grain loss when straight cutting canola, oil seed, lentils, and peas with a center section seal kit.
Benefits
Save $330 USD ($465 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres) by reducing canola center section losses up to 45 percent with a center section seal kit. Maximize performance in straight-cut canola by pairing the center section seal kit with top augers.
Additional details
In crops other than canola, oil seed, lentils, and peas (mainly wheat), there is an increased risk of side belt underfeeding pending conditions.
Get smooth, consistent crop feeding without bubbling up, even in high-volume and fluffy crops like canola and field peas. Large-fingered top augers grab and push crop against the draper belts, preventing it from going over the backsheet as it moves to the combine.
Benefits
- Save up to $700 USD ($985 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres) by reducing canola header loss up to 26 percent with a fingered top auger compared to a non-fingered top auger.
- Having the ability to move the auger to the lowered position can save up to $670 USD ($945 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres) by reducing canola losses up to 0.1 percent.
Top augers push crop against the draper belt
Fingered top auger provides additional leverage in crop
Additional details
- There are two top auger options: a 43.2-cm (17-in.) top auger and a 43.2-cm (17-in.) fingered top auger.
- Both augers can be manually moved vertically 100 mm (+/- 2 in.) in 25-mm (1-in.) increments.
- Top augers enable smooth and consistent feeding to the combine to ensure constant load with the crop tucked under the auger when handing off to the center feed drum.
- Achieve smooth headfirst feeding when auger speeds are running slightly faster than the belt speed.
- In crops and conditions where crop mat is dense and tangled (canola/oil seed rape), a fingered auger provides additional leverage beyond the auger flighting to pull the crop under the auger and compress it against the draper belts for conveyance.
- The fingered top auger offers cam-timed fingers compress crop onto the draper without tossing it over the draper backsheet.
- Top augers overlap with center feed drum fingers to provide crop handoff and prevent boiling in the center feed section.
Speed control (A) and on/off switch (B)
Speed control adjustment is located to the left- or the right-side inner gauge wheel sets top auger speed relative to side belts.
Get smooth, consistent crop feeding without bubbling up, even in high-volume and fluffy crops like canola and field peas. Large-fingered top augers grab and push crop against the draper belts, preventing it from going over the backsheet as it moves to the combine.
Benefits
- Save up to $700 USD ($985 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres) by reducing canola header loss up to 26 percent with a fingered top auger compared to a non-fingered top auger.
- Having the ability to move the auger to the lowered position can save up to $670 USD ($945 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres) by reducing canola losses up to 0.1 percent.
Top augers push crop against the draper belt
Fingered top auger provides additional leverage in crop
Additional details
- There are two top auger options: a 43.2-cm (17-in.) top auger and a 43.2-cm (17-in.) fingered top auger.
- Both augers can be manually moved vertically 100 mm (+/- 2 in.) in 25-mm (1-in.) increments.
- Top augers enable smooth and consistent feeding to the combine to ensure constant load with the crop tucked under the auger when handing off to the center feed drum.
- Achieve smooth headfirst feeding when auger speeds are running slightly faster than the belt speed.
- In crops and conditions where crop mat is dense and tangled (canola/oil seed rape), a fingered auger provides additional leverage beyond the auger flighting to pull the crop under the auger and compress it against the draper belts for conveyance.
- The fingered top auger offers cam-timed fingers compress crop onto the draper without tossing it over the draper backsheet.
- Top augers overlap with center feed drum fingers to provide crop handoff and prevent boiling in the center feed section.
Speed control (A) and on/off switch (B)
Speed control adjustment is located to the left- or the right-side inner gauge wheel sets top auger speed relative to side belts.
Get smooth, consistent crop feeding without bubbling up, even in high-volume and fluffy crops like canola and field peas. Large-fingered top augers grab and push crop against the draper belts, preventing it from going over the backsheet as it moves to the combine.
Benefits
- Save up to $700 USD ($985 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres) by reducing canola header loss up to 26 percent with a fingered top auger compared to a non-fingered top auger.
- Having the ability to move the auger to the lowered position can save up to $670 USD ($945 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres) by reducing canola losses up to 0.1 percent.
Top augers push crop against the draper belt
Fingered top auger provides additional leverage in crop
Additional details
- There are two top auger options: a 43.2-cm (17-in.) top auger and a 43.2-cm (17-in.) fingered top auger.
- Both augers can be manually moved vertically 100 mm (+/- 2 in.) in 25-mm (1-in.) increments.
- Top augers enable smooth and consistent feeding to the combine to ensure constant load with the crop tucked under the auger when handing off to the center feed drum.
- Achieve smooth headfirst feeding when auger speeds are running slightly faster than the belt speed.
- In crops and conditions where crop mat is dense and tangled (canola/oil seed rape), a fingered auger provides additional leverage beyond the auger flighting to pull the crop under the auger and compress it against the draper belts for conveyance.
- The fingered top auger offers cam-timed fingers compress crop onto the draper without tossing it over the draper backsheet.
- Top augers overlap with center feed drum fingers to provide crop handoff and prevent boiling in the center feed section.
Speed control (A) and on/off switch (B)
Speed control adjustment is located to the left- or the right-side inner gauge wheel sets top auger speed relative to side belts.
Gauge Wheels
Overview
Harvest productivity can be maximized as operators no longer have to leave the cab (compared to MacDon) to set cut height with John Deere height control gauge wheels. The operator sets the desired cutting height, and the gauge wheels automatically adjust to maintain the desired cut height, resulting in improved consistency of stubble height by up to 25 percent compared to the MacDon® FD1 Draper.
Stop leaving crop in the field and achieve consistent stubble height behind the combine – an advantage for better seeding performance in no-till applications.
Benefits
- Achieve more consistent stubble height and straw spread with up to 25 percent better cut height consistent compared to MacDon FD145.
- NOTE: Assumption is that a cut height within +/- 3.8 cm (1.5 in.) of target is acceptable.
- On-the-fly cut height adjustment done completely from the cab puts the operator in control of achieving the most optimal cut height for the crop and conditions.
- Convert from off-ground cutting to on-ground cutting in less than 10 seconds with the Hinged Draper Series. This is up to a minute faster than MacDon FD145.
- Maintain consistent cut height across the full width of the header with wide spacing of dual gauge wheels.
- Reduce the stress of harvest and allow operators to easily and quickly change cut height without missing down or lodged crop with down crop mode.
Height-control gauge wheel with platform in on-ground position
Height-control gauge wheel with platform in off-ground position
Additional details
Gauge wheel set on Hinged Draper Series
- Hydraulic cylinders are used to extend or retract two sets of gauge wheels. Compared to suspension systems, the gauge wheels automatically maintain cut height once the desired height is selected. The system is automated, but height is provided by the attachment frame and draper wing float systems.
- Cut height can be set between 0 and 790 mm (0 and 31.1 in.).
Adjust the gauge wheels in three different ways
The position of the gauge wheels can be adjusted three different ways:
- Active header height control (AHHC) knob
- From the reconfigurable multifunction lever button
- 4600 CommandCenter™ display header application
Gauge wheel
Gauge wheel
When producers are cutting off-ground with HDR gauge wheels, the header weight is distributed through the gauge wheels due to more points of contact with the ground. As a result, the weight that would traditionally be carried by the front axle and feederhouse will decrease significantly and be split between the header gauge wheel and the rear axle.
Gauge wheel scraper
MacDon is a trademark of MacDon Industries Ltd.
Miscellaneous
Backsheet Extensions (45 ft.) - 762AHBXE11198
French Translation Decals - 762AHBXE11204
Spanish Translation Decals - 762AHBXE11205
Tall Crop Divider Rod - 762AHKXE10764
Reel
Overview
Gently engage in crops with a low-profile yet strong and durable poly-tine pickup reel.
Benefits
- Reduce maintenance costs with high-strength poly reel fingers.
- Appropriately set the reel in multiple crop conditions throughout the day with reel resume, which stores three different reel positions (header up, normal position, and down crop) in the multifunction lever.
- Harvest in tough or damp conditions with reel reverse, which works in conjunction with the center feed drum and center draper belt.
Additional details
- RD30F and RD35F Drapers feature a one-piece reel.
- RD40F and RD45F and all Hinged Draper Series offer a two-piece reel.
Standard reel versus flip-over reel
| Small grains, canola, and pulse crops | Soybeans and on-ground crops | |||
| Reel | Standard | Flip-over | Standard | Flip-over |
| Wrapping | Better | Best | Good | Best |
| Down crop | Better | Better | ||
| Side belt feeding | Better | Good | Better | |
| Plant tossing | Better | Good | Better | |
| Shatter loss | Better | Better | ||