Cutterbar - Type | SCH® Easy Cut with roller guides, spring steep guards, and bolted sections / Standard: dual knife |
Cutterbar - Type | SCH® Easy Cut with roller guides, spring steep guards, and bolted sections / Standard: dual knife |
The 500D Series includes an improved reel that increases durability in heavy crop conditions.
A double swath package (hydraulic deck shift) is available as an option for the 525D, 530D, and 536D Draper Platforms.
Double swath is controlled from the cab using hydraulics and two shifting decks. Operators can choose right, left, or center delivery of the windrow.
The double swath package is a valuable asset for producers who want to combine the two windrows into one to match up with the material handling capacity of larger combines and self-propelled forage harvesters (SPFHs).
Additionally, the package gives the ability to discharge crop to the outside on the headland to prevent running over the windrow while cutting the rest of the field.
The first and second passes are done with the discharge to the right of the windrower.
The third pass is done with the discharge to the left of the windrower.
When the operator wants to switch back to center delivery, it can be completed with the touch of a button using the controls inside the cab.
The draper hydraulic pump control maintains knife, belt, and reel speeds regardless of engine rpm changes.
Due to the motors pulling the belt (instead of pushing in an end drive system), there is less slack in the belt. This delivers an increase in belt torque.
As a result, producers will experience minimal belt slippage and increased performance in heavy crop conditions due to the center-driven belt system.
Sales, parts, and service support from a local John Deere dealer offer overnight parts delivery and a well-trained support staff.
500D Draper has an interchangeable rotary platform:
John Deere 525D, 530D, and 536D Drapers can windrow out of the center, right, or left ends of the draper with the press of a button using the hydraulic shift option (double swath package).
Key Specs | |
Cutterbar - Type | SCH® Easy Cut with roller guides, spring steep guards, and bolted sections Standard: dual knife |
Cutterbar | |
Cut width (length) | 11 m 36 ft |
Type | SCH® Easy Cut with roller guides, spring steep guards, and bolted sections Standard: dual knife |
Knife drive | Two hydraulic motors and two knife drives |
Knife speed | 1,100 to 1,440 spm |
Stroke length | 84 mm 3.3 in. |
Cutterbar tilt | Hydraulic, adjustable from cab |
Dimensions | |
Transport length, hitch extended | 12.5 m 40.8 ft |
Operating width (field) | 11 m 36 ft |
Transport width (reel fully retracted) | 2.6 m 8.5 ft |
Transport height | 2.44 m 8 ft |
Draper and decks | |
Belt width | V-guided draper belt: 106.7 cm 42 in. |
Speed control | Adjustable in windrower cab |
Delivery opening width | Delivery, double swath opening: 137.2 cm 54 in. Delivery, single swath opening: 203.2 cm 80 in. |
Delivery opening height | 205.7 cm 81 in. |
Draper drive | Two hydraulic motors |
Operating speed | 0 to 232 m/min 0 to 760 fpm |
Remote canvas speed control | Standard |
Deck tilt | Standard |
Deck extensions | Optional, dealer-installed deck extensions: 35.6 cm 14 in. |
Gauge wheels and transportation | |
Gauge wheels | Adjustable castoring gauge wheel optional |
Integrated slow speed transport system | Self-contained transport, including hitch, jack and axle, is conveniently stored on the swather table |
Reel | |
Reel type | Hydraulic |
Fingers | Plastic |
Number of bats | Six |
Diameter | 1118 mm 44 in. |
Height control | Hydraulic, adjustable from cab |
Reel lift | Hydraulic, adjustable from cab |
Reel fore and aft | Hydraulic, adjustable from cab |
Weight | |
Approximate weight (base platform without reel) | 1458 kg 4852 lb |
Approximate weight (base platform with reel) | 3207 kg 7070 lb |