Combines Which sickle Crary or SCH IJ

I have used sch knives in my deere and my gleaner and found they are the best knife made for cutting a tough crop like flax.They don't plug or bind when you get into tough conditions and the guards and sections very seldom break.

`I replaced the tiger jaw system with the SCH system and I think it is a much better setup. The advantages are a faster ground speed (up to 6 mph) and very little sickle or guard breakage. The only drawback I can see is once in a while in no till beans the guards will spear a corn or milo stalk and you have to back up to dislodge the stalk.The sickle needs to run at 530 strokes per minute to do a clean job of cutting at 6 MPH.

Thanks for mentioning the spearing problem. All of my beans go into chisel-plowed corn, which means there are lots of root balls on the surface. If I had to stop once each round to remove root balls I would still be working on beans. Regarding backing up to clear root balls or stalks, experience tells me thats an excellent way to fill the space above skid plates with dirt. How can you avoid thatIJ The first hold down clip on my head next to the wobble box is a Crary. That nylon pad wears through sickle sections much faster than anticipated. I wouldnt like having to replace a sickle because half of them were worn through before the cutting edges wore out. I am still looking for a good replacement for the sickle on my 525 head but havent been able to decide which one to get. Tiger Jaws looks good. Maybe the Gleaner sickle is the one to get. I am still open to anything. Tom in MN

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Tom think you would realy like the sch, especialy if you have stoney ground like we have. No gaurd or sickle breakage. Randy

We ditched our old sickle and went SCH this year. Should have done it years ago. We cut 1000 acres of beans and the thing was still hacking them off at 5mph+. We broke 1 guard, 3 sections and that is it. In the past we would switch sickles at about 700 acres and would have replaced at least 5 guards and 10-15 sections. I don't know if I'll try to run the SCH another year or not. I might replace the sections to avoid any down time next year. We cut about 1_2 no till and 1_2 conventional till and I think we speared 1 corn stalk all fall. I'll never go back to Tiger Jaws or the factory sickle again. Note: the SCH sickle is now an option on new heads.

I've installed several sch setups, and they cut good when new, and properly adjusted. So does the gleaner quick cut. The key here is properly set up. The poorest system kept maintained will outcut the best system that isn't. The main complaint I hear with sch is spearing root butts.

Tom I totaly agree with Randy.

TOM NEVER HAD PROBlEMS WITH ROOT BAllS JUST WOUlD STAB THE END OF A STAlK BUT NOT VERY OFTEN AND THEN AlOT OF TIMES IT WOUlD SPlIT OPEN AND FAll OFF. HAD ON ON MY M2 WORKED GREAT TRADED FOR A 52 AND HEAD HAD THE TIGER JAWS ON IT BUT IT WON'T NEXT YEAR WIll BE BACK TO A SCH. DO A lOT OF NO TIll SO THAT'S MY 2 CENTS WORTH GOOD lUCK KURT