John Deere Garden Tractor

LENEXA, Kansas (August 19, 2010) — Frontier Equipment offers two wide-row corn heads, the CH2208, eight row, and the CH2112, twelve row, with new design features to increase harvest capacity in the field.

“The CH2208 and CH2112 offer wide-row capabilities in 36-inch and 38-inch spacing,” says Tom Elliott, manager, product marketing, Frontier Equipment. “Both corn heads were designed to handle higher-yielding corn whether harvesting in standing, down or leaning crops.”

The corn heads feature an 18-inch diameter cross auger that provides unmatched crop handling capacity. Reverse auger flighting lessens ear tossing and improves dry-trash feeding.

“Dual auger strippers also reduce grass, vine, or wet down corn from wrapping around the auger,” clarifies Elliott. “We’ve strategically located a fixed top auger stripper behind the auger and a second lower stripper that is fully adjustable. These strippers prevent ears from riding on top of the auger by keeping ears on the auger bed floor and ensure that more ears get into the combine for better threshing.”

Gravity guides corn into the lower entrance of the auger bed floor. This stops free grain loss, prevents back feeding and decreases ear hurt. Cleanout doors on each end of the corn head minimize time that operators need to spend cleaning under augers.

Rugged gathering chains also feature larger, taller lugs, which significantly improves movement of the corn through the row units. Gathering chains only need to be adjusted once per season, reducing overall maintenance.

Adjustable Perma-Glide™ points and deck covers are simple to fold up for better row unit access. This improves serviceability and makes trailer transport safer and simpler.

“In addition to its normal harvesting capabilities, the CH2208 corn head offers a stalk chopper option that provides ultimate residue management,” says Elliott. “Customers will save time, passes through the field, and overall operating costs with the CH2208′s cornstalk residue processing.”

The CH2208 takes in less material and separates residue from corn. Aggressive, longer lasting knife rolls work with heat-treated, wear-resistant chopping blades to cut stalks to ideal size and evenly distribute residue on the field. The knife roll and chopping blade combination equips corn heads with a system strong enough to cut through higher-yielding, drought-resistant cornstalks.

For more information on the new Frontier Equipment CH2208 chopping and CH2112 non-chopping corn heads, see your local John Deere dealer or visit www.JohnDeere.com.

John Deere (Deere & Company — NYSE: DE) is a world leader in providing advanced products and services for agriculture, forestry, construction, lawn and turf care, landscaping and irrigation. John Deere also provides financial services worldwide and manufactures and markets engines used in heavy equipment. Since it was founded in 1837, the company has extended its heritage of integrity, quality, commitment and innovation around the globe.

LENEXA, Kansas (August 19, 2010) — Frontier Equipment offers new hay tools to add more productivity to hay operations. The new RR23 Series Rotary Rakes and BC1110 Bale Carrier will help producers manage and process hay to improve their overall efficiency.

“The high-capacity RR23 Rotary Rakes have larger diameter, 13-arm rotors,” says Tom Elliott, marketing manager, Frontier Equipment. “This allows for a raking width of up to 24 feet and allows operators to get more done in less time.”

The rotary rakes are driven by a 540 PTO and perform well with both delicate and large volume crops in wet or dry conditions. Operators can easily adjust rotor cams to increase the aggressiveness of tines for wet crops.

“Cam-tine arms on the RR23 Series Rotary Rakes gently deposit crop into a higher and fluffier windrow, reducing drying time,” says Elliott. “These rotary rakes not only save operational time, but space too. The heavy-constructed rotary rake frames come equipped with removable tine arms for narrow transport and compact storage.”

The RR2324 high-capacity rotary rake can make one large windrow or two smaller windrows with its two 13-arm rotors, adjusting to variable crop conditions. This rake also has a hydraulically adjustable rear swath curtain for proper windrow formation and operator ease.

Also introduced is the BC1110 Bale Carrier which brings larger, quicker and smoother bale loading and transport features to customers. Its larger transporting capacity has room for up-to 72-inch diameter bales. Operators can transport ten 4-foot-wide bales or eight 5-foot-wide bales.

“Loading, moving and positioning bales will be improved with the BC1110 Bale Carrier,” says Elliott. “The new bale carrier features a redesigned hydraulically controlled loading arm with a push bar that moves bales rearward, making room for the next bale.”

In addition to loading efficiency, the bale carrier’s walking beam axle, which features larger floatation tires, provide a smoother transport over rough terrain.

For more information on the new Frontier Equipment hay tools, see your local John Deere dealer or visit www.JohnDeere.com.

John Deere (Deere & Company — NYSE: DE) is a world leader in providing advanced products and services for agriculture, forestry, construction, lawn and turf care, landscaping and irrigation. John Deere also provides financial services worldwide and manufactures and markets engines used in heavy equipment. Since it was founded in 1837, the company has extended its heritage of integrity, quality, commitment and innovation around the globe.