Combines Pros and cons 1020 22 5 vs 925F DeereIJ

The 1020 is the weakest point on the Case-IH combines in my opinion. We got rid of our 1020 for a MacDon draper header this year. I think the 925 is a superior header to the 1020 in some respects. The seem to feed better and cut just as close. I know several people who run JD flex headers on their axial-flows, but know no one who runs a 1020 on a JD. If you aren't satisfied with the 1020, go for the 925. I don't think you'll be sorry.

How is your draper working outIJ We are switching from jd 925 to macdon 972 and 974 this year but have not got to use them yet.

I have never sean a deere with a red head.

If you do end up with the 925 Young's Custom Ag Service sells a narrower 2 piece divider set for them for about $800.

We bought the MacDon to have one header to do rice, soybeans, milo, and wheat. We'll never go back. It won't cut quite as close to the ground in soybeans, but it feeds so much better. We had a learning curve to get it cutting low enough without hitting dirt. The secret I've found is to run the springs as light as you can without the header bouncing. We've run 1020's for years, and never could get them to feed right. This thing will feed tall viney beans, short beans, grass, vines, etc so evenly that you don't have to worry about slugs. We had so much rain this spring and summer that we had areas of large barnyardgrass in some the the low areas where the beans drowned out. We hardly even slowed down through those spots. We have a problem with fire ant mounds chocking up flex headers, especially in no-till fields. The draper header won't get choked up on these, and much of the dirt will fall off the belt when it hits the middle section. Anyway, we like the header.

I run a 1020, and combine with my friend who has a 925. He could never cut as close or clean. He didn't seem to have the feeding problems, but I think part of that was the stainless steel, which I don't have on my 1020. At the same speeds, with new sickles in each, the next day you would see where he had beans stripped, while mine were cut clean. Just my two cents worth from real world experience.

Those are great pictures you have on farmphoto Deadduck. They show the header in action in rice. Do you have any more pictures in other cropsIJ Also is that a ih rear axle, or an aftermarketIJ

I have a 1052 draper and had problems with ant mounds. With any amount of grass mixed with wet mounds the center belt would jam. Any solutionsIJ

Do you run the Float Optimizer and the hydrlic center linkIJ

Thanks for the compliment. I am just now figuring out this internet photo thing. I've had several people interested in seeing some rice harvest photo's, so there are some at the link below. That's a factory rwd axle. I believe the rice combines have a different rear axle w_10 bolt hubs. I think the gear tranny and final drives may be different as well. Those are 35.5x32 R2 Firestones on the front and 18.4x30 R2 on the back. I would like to put 23.1x26's on the back one of these days. As you can see, it wasn't muddy in this year. We had a couple of wet spots, but not bad. We've got the fields in these photos disked down and ready to plant for next year. We will flood them up for ducks this winter.