Drumheads for John Deere
Drumheads provide an essential function for any cotton harvester since it’s the drum that is enabling the harvesting of cotton. The component that holds the bars and all the spindles is the drum, and the drumhead serves to enclose that whole unit. The high drum cotton pickers have bars that each hold 20 spindles, making the bar 20 spindles high. These are generally used to harvest taller cotton plants, slightly shorter plants use bars with 18 spindles. The earliest Cotton Harvesters used 14 spindle bars, and were known as ‘low drum’. The low drum harvesters are obsolete and are possibly only found in museums.
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As you might guess, the drums and drum heads are critical components for any cotton harvester, and if you have a problem with any of them, you probably won’t be harvesting too much cotton any time soon. Some components to check within your drum heads are the rubber seals, bolts, and grease bushings. Each bar uses a U-cup seal and an O-ring seal. These should be checked periodically for wear as the picker bar sleeves oscillate within them when the arm, which is pressed onto the sleeve on top of the bar and locked into place by a key, is directed by the cam track. Drumhead bolts should be checked for tightness as they hold the Drumhead caps, and Pro bar journals in place. Grease bushings are used to direct grease into the bar journals on the Pro Machines. Picker bar sleeves and keys, cam rollers and cam tracks should also be checked for wear when servicing the Drumheads. The cam roller spins on top of the arm as it rides through the cam track making it necessary to check it for wear on the inside and outside of the roller.
Fortunately, Certi-Pik, USA stocks these drumheads, seals, sleeves, keys, bolts, grease bushings, bar journals, cam rollers, and cam tracks, so that you can quickly get a replacement sent to you, just by making a phone call or faxing us your order.
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When you need to buy drumheads or any parts for your harvester, the first place to turn to is Certi-Pik, USA. Our reliable replacement parts are the finest in the business, and you can count on them to hold up through hour after hour of harvesting in the fields. They also are compatible replacements for both equipment brands John Deere and Case/IH. When you’re bringing in your cotton harvest, you don’t want to be held up by broken parts that need replacing, and the best way to prevent that from happening is to use the best-made parts in the aftermarket business.
All our parts are made to the exact specifications of the most trusted machinery names in the cotton harvesting industry and our customers have relied on these parts for decades, because they perform reliably, day after day. You might be able to find cheaper drumheads somewhere on the foreign market, but then you’d be exposing your operation to greater risk for breakdowns and parts failures. When you’re in this industry it’s worth buying the best replacement parts in the country when it means that your harvesting operation can proceed from start to finish without interruption.
Why Choose Certi-Pik, USA?
At Certi-Pik USA, quality and customer convenience are our priorities:- Easy ordering: To make ordering simple for you, you can get in touch with our team and send your order via email or fax. Feel free to place your CIH parts order at any time, around the clock, using our convenient and secure process. If you need guidance or have parts questions, call us for answers and we can also take your order on the call if you like.
- Quality guarantee: We stand behind our products with a 90-day warranty against defects in manufacturing or materials. If on an extremely rare occasion you have a need to return a component, we inspect it and ship your replacement components free of charge, same day if humanly possible.
- Fast shipment: When you order before noon, we ship products the same day if possible, and afternoon orders are shipped the next business day. We use UPS, choosing the service level needed to get the components to you on time (Ground, Next Day Air, 2nd Day Air, etc.)
- Pay any way: Our flexible payment options help you manage your company budget with ease. Choose from bank wire transfer, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express or COD (cash on delivery). Money orders are fine, too.