Combines Johnson rock guard

try this link stosh

Thanks for the link, azcutter. Has anyone used this attachmentIJ It looks too high a step-up for the beans to go over. I have trouble with cut beans falling forward off the cutter bar, especially at the end of a row before turning. It sure seems like this attachment might keep more beans riding on the bar at the end of the row because it is the steady flow of material that keeps the cutter bar swept clean, and what is cut at the end just rides there. I do lower the reel, and that helps.

Thanks for the link, azcutter. Has anyone used this attachmentIJ It looks too high a step-up for the beans to go over. I have trouble with cut beans falling forward off the cutter bar, especially at the end of a row before turning. It sure seems like this attachment might keep more beans riding on the bar at the end of the row because it is the steady flow of material that keeps the cutter bar swept clean, and what is cut at the end just rides there. I do lower the reel, and that helps.

yes they keep rocks from coming into the head and beans from going back out, but save your money. here is what we have done and so have our nieghbors now. buy thick wall pvc pipe either inch and a half or two inch, cut the pipe into 4ft. sections(lets the head still flex) and lay it onto the platform, right on the little hump behind the sickle. make two brackets or straps per section of pipe. you are looking at only spending $40 and maybe an hour. with the johnson rock guard you to take them on and off to work on sickle guards and they cost a lot more for the same job. If the pvc pipe brackets break they get ground up and go right through the combine with no damage to the machine.

I have used the Johnson for many years now on Gleaners, and works great. Even in beans as short as 8 to 10 inches, they just march right over the guard. The guard acts as a pivot point for the beans to tip over, getting the bottom pods quickly off of the sickle saving losses. I have not used the pvc setup, so not sure if it works as well, but cost is hard to beat by comparison.