Krone High Cut Shoes

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  Not a lot of time to rest, and gather my wits.  This one is next.We need to cut the now dead grass on the hay meadow, and it's in poor shape.  Need to run the mower at an elevated height so it can cut the brush, while not ruining the cutter bed.  I'll get around to posting pics of the meadow in it's current state..............but the elevated cutting height will make the difference between coming home with an operating machine, or leaving it up there as scrap.The OEM shoe is something I can't replicate, but I'm pretty sure I can do something that'll work just as well.Starts tomorrow......................just a look see, and figuring out how to do it.  Be at least another day before I cut steel.I want a total clearance, between ground, and cutting blades, at around 6".  I figure the shoes have to lift the cutting bed about 4" above the ground.  I have the material bouncing around in the back of the pickup..............for about a month

  I don't do stuff fast, and it's all been fast track since I started on the damn hay rake.........in my turtle mode.Pity Party Alert


Reply:I have to be able to cut stems up to 1" thick, which means I have to be above the crown of the plant.  I can cut the shoots, but I can't cut the crown.We're in the process of lining up someone who will do the rolling.  I won't get the baler done in time.  I hate to get beat, but the damn baler beat me.
Reply:Cows will pick through a bale, and leave the trash on the bottom of the feeder.I'm looking at a cutting on a field that's been neglected for about 3yrs.  Jack Oak, Sumac, and Black Berries.  It's gonna be mostly trash.  One cutting, and it will be mostly good again next year.We're lookin' at a hard freeze tomorrow night.  Really doesn't matter.  The gurlz will eat just about anything.
Reply:This is just food for thought, but I work on a bunch of New Holland self propelled swathers with rotary cutter heads. Most of those can be tilted back and run on gauge wheels or skid shoes on the rear of the header for higher cuts without modifications to the front skid shoes, the float will need to be adjusted but that's pretty simple. Modifiying the front shoes will probably just create a "plow".
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Originally Posted by 12V71

This is just food for thought, but I work on a bunch of New Holland self propelled swathers with rotary cutter heads. Most of those can be tilted back and run on gauge wheels or skid shoes on the rear of the header for higher cuts without modifications to the front skid shoes, the float will need to be adjusted but that's pretty simple. Modifiying the front shoes will probably just create a "plow".
Reply:I think the factory cutting height is around 1.75 inches, which ain't gonna cut it.  I need a cutting height of around 6 inches, which forces me to make the shoes.I know I'll leave a lot of crop on the field, but me, and Munkui, had this discussion before.
Reply:The Krone cutter bed is huge, larger than anything out there.  So I don't think that the blades will cut crop behind the bed if you tilt the bed.  But I still need the additional height.You've said that you deal with Krone out there in the PNW, so you know how stout their stuff is.  Bigger components.
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Originally Posted by farmersammm

The Krone cutter bed is huge, larger than anything out there.  So I don't think that the blades will cut crop behind the bed if you tilt the bed.  But I still need the additional height.You've said that you deal with Krone out there in the PNW, so you know how stout their stuff is.  Bigger components.
Reply:The hardest part with Krone,, is matching the green paint correctly.This is the mechanical "cylinder" that I use to angle my three point hitch rake.I was adding an extra hole to allow further adjustment.

Good luck matching the paint!!




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Originally Posted by farmersammm

I think the factory cutting height is around 1.75 inches, which ain't gonna cut it.  I need a cutting height of around 6 inches, which forces me to make the shoes.I know I'll leave a lot of crop on the field, but me, and Munkui, had this discussion before.