Key Features
- In 30 minutes or less, you can switch from a rotary head to a 500D Draper head, which means you can harvest small grains and hay with one traction unit.
- Quick-change reel teeth can be removed and replaced with minimal effort and tools. Then it’s back to cutting.
- Fully integrated controls to the draper means no need for a secondary control box.
Features
500D Draper and interchangeable rotary platform
500D Draper has an interchangeable rotary platform:
- Interchangeable on W235 or W260 traction units in 30 minutes or less
- Growers can use one traction unit for harvesting both small grains and hay
Center-driven belts
500D Draper on W235 Windrower
- Deliver increased torque
- Enable greater productivity with minimal belt slippage
- Increase performance in heavy crop conditions
Red circles point out the location of the belt drive motors
- Draper belts on the 500D are driven from the center of the platform
- Delivers increased belt performance compared to drapers with end-driven belts
Belt drive motors
Motor driving the left-hand belt
Motor driving the right-hand belt
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.
500D Draper
The 500D Series includes an improved reel that increases durability in heavy crop conditions.
500D Draper teeth
- Easy reel tooth replacement is done with a 90-degree turn with a wrench. It will allow the reel tooth to be removed and replaced.
- Additional teeth can be added at any location along the extruded tooth bar.
Sales, parts, and service support from a local John Deere dealer offer overnight parts delivery and a well-trained support staff.
500D Draper on windrower
The draper hydraulic pump control maintains knife, belt, and reel speeds regardless of engine rpm changes.
- Results in uniform cut quality and windrow formation regardless of the terrain or engine load
- Reduces crop loss or shatter
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).
- Larger windrows to match combine or self-propelled forage harvester
- Match narrower-width drapers with higher-capacity harvesting
- Place higher-density windrows in front of harvesters when yields are low
- Discharge two windrows side by side for uniform combine or forage harvester feeding
First pass with right discharge
Second pass with right discharge
Third pass with left discharge
Center discharge
Key Specs
| Cutterbar - Type | SCH® Easy Cut with roller guides, spring steep guards, and bolted sections Standard: single knife Optional: dual knife |
| Cut width (length) | 9.1 m 30 ft |
| Reel type | Hydraulic |
| Fingers | Plastic |
| Belt width | V-guided draper belt: 106.7 cm 42 in. |
| Platform length | |
| Overall operating depth | |
| Transport width, field position | |
| Transport width on wheel, less dividers | |
| Transport length, hitch extended | 10.5 m 34.6 ft |
Cutterbar
| Type | SCH® Easy Cut with roller guides, spring steep guards, and bolted sections Standard: single knife Optional: dual knife |
| Cut width (length) | 9.1 m 30 ft |
| 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 |
Reel
| Reel type | Hydraulic |
| Number of bats | Six |
| Fingers | Plastic |
| Diameter | 1118 mm 44 in. |
| Height control | Hydraulic, adjustable from cab |
| Speed control | Hydro handle, in cab |
| Reel lift | Hydraulic, adjustable from cab |
| Reel fore and aft | Hydraulic, adjustable from cab |
| Reel resume | |
| Reel reverse | |
| Operating speeds | |
| Operating speeds (54-inch reel) |
Draper and decks
| Belt width | V-guided draper belt: 106.7 cm 42 in. |
| 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. |
| Cleat height | |
| Draper drive | Two hydraulic motors |
| Operating speed | 0 to 232 m/min 0 to 760 fpm |
| Speed control | Adjustable in windrower cab |
| Remote canvas speed control | Standard |
| Deck tilt | Standard |
| Deck extensions | Optional, dealer-installed deck extensions: 35.6 cm 14 in. |
Header height sensing
| Type | |
| Header height sensing on the ground | |
| Header height sensing off the ground |
Auxiliary top auger
| Type | Optional: factory-installed cross-pea auger |
Dimensions
| Platform length | |
| Overall operating depth | |
| Operating width (field) | 9.1 m 30 ft |
| Transport width (reel fully retracted) | 2.6 m 8.5 ft |
| Transport width, field position | |
| Transport width on wheel, less dividers | |
| Transport height | 2.44 m 8 ft |
| Transport length, hitch extended | 10.5 m 34.6 ft |
Weight
| Approximate weight (base platform without reel) | 1232 kg 3513 lb |
| Approximate weight (base platform with reel) | 2710 kg 5975 lb |
| Approximate weight (with transport) |
Center opening / crop delivery
| Center opening width between belts | |
| Back sheet opening | |
| Deck shift / double windrow capability (manual / hydraulic / not available) |
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 |
Additional information
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