HD50R RIGID CUTTERBAR DRAPER

Rigid Cutterbar Draper

Capture more crops in rolling and uneven terrain with a wing range of +/- 22.9”
Achieve consistent stubble height with Position Control Gauge Wheels
Adjust float pressure in less than 6 seconds and convert from off-to-on ground cutting in less than 10 seconds from the cab
Factory installed Grain Saver Draper Belts reduce cutterbar loss by 25%*

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Features

Harvest more acres per day with the 15.2-m (50-ft) draper

X Series Combine with 15.2-m (50-ft) draper

Harvest acres faster than ever before with a 15.2-m (50-ft) hinged draper built off the proven foundation of the 700D and 700FD Drapers.

Harvest over 12.14 ha (30 acres) an hour or -129.5 ha (320 acres) a day of wheat and soybeans with one HD50R and X9 1100 Combine – When in canola, you can expect to harvest 10.1 ha (25 acres) an hour.
Harvest up to 13.35 ha (33 acres) more per day with a John Deere 15.2-m (50-ft) hinged draper – Go across the field fewer times and cover up to an additional 13.35 ha (33 acres) every day compared to similar 13.7-m (45-ft) models at the same ground speed.
Handle green stems or late-night conditions without sacrificing cut quality – When crops are tough late in the night, harvest with confidence knowing the 10.2-cm (4-in.) double-cut knife system will maintain cut quality.

Shorten your harvest by taking full advantage of the X Series Combines’ excellent feeding capacity with this hinged draper. This can be the difference between getting the crop out of the field at the ideal time or not. Do so confidently knowing the cutterbar is far less likely to stall compared to the cutterbar system used by competitors, allowing you to enter crop head on without any hesitation.

Follow the ground to capture more crop

X Series Combine with 15.2-m (50-ft) draper

The John Deere HDR Draper will follow your ground by pivoting, gliding, and flexing over uneven fields to provide the most accurate cut possible.

Capture more crop by adjusting to the ground – This hinged frame draper provides double the wing range of the MacDon® FD1 Draper. Industry-exclusive hydraulic suspension isolates the header from the combine, allowing it to float over the field for a more consistent stubble height. As the header approaches the extremes of the suspension system’s range of motion, active feederhouse position control automatically adjusts the feederhouse height to position itself in the middle of the attachment frame, enabling more float range in changing field conditions.
Harvest in difficult crop conditions – Capture downed crop with the push of a button on the CommandARM™ console to automatically raise up the gauge wheels and extend your reel out and down. Harvest the toughest lodged crop with confidence with a 24 percent increase in reel torque (compared to the 700FD).
Keep a clean cutterbar no matter the field or crop – A more consistent distance between the reel fingers and cutterbar (compared to the MacDon FD145) ensures crop is cleanly swept across the cutterbar and evenly fed into the combine throughout the full wing range.
Improve the consistency of stubble height by 25 percent compared to the MacDon FD1 in challenging terrain conditions – Achieve consistent stubble height behind the combine – an advantage for better seeding performance in no-till applications. Compared to the competition, operators no longer must leave the cab to set the cut height with John Deere height control gauge wheels. The draper automatically maintains the desired cut height while floating over the land.

This draper hinges independently from the feederhouse to meet the lay of the land. The result is an accurate cut that picks up more crop than others, moving it into the feederhouse in an even, uniform feeding, while leaving consistent stubble height in the field.

MacDon is a trademark of MacDon Industries Ltd.

All-day performance in all crops and conditions

X Series Combine with 15.2-m (50-ft) draper

The goals for a successful harvest are simple – harvest on time and put more grain in the tank. The John Deere HDR Draper is designed to not only harvest more bushels per hour and acres per day but capture more crop.

Reduce cutterbar loss by 25 percent – John Deere grain-saver draper belts help trap free grain before it can roll past the cutterbar onto the ground (compared to standard draper belts) with a special crosshair design, saving up to 10.9 L/ha (0.125 bu/acre) of canola which adds up to $1240 USD ($1750 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres).
Cut header loss by up to 26 percent – Decrease header loss in high-volume canola with large fingered top augers (compared to non-fingered augers) that grab fluffy crops and pull them against the draper belts. Fingered top augers let you easily straight-cut canola while saving up to 6.1 L/ha (0.07 bu/acre) and which adds up to $700 USD ($985 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres).
Capture more crop with the center section seal kit – Reduce center section losses up to 45 percent, adding an extra 2.6 L/ha (0.03 bu/acre). This saves $330 (USD) / $465 (CAD) of canola a year across 1,500 acres.
Quickly match changing crops and conditions – Factory base equipment helps you adjust the feed rate speed, drum height, and finger timing in less than 20 minutes. In addition, convert from off-ground cutting to on-ground cutting in less than 10 seconds. This is up to a minute faster than MacDon® FD1.
In-cab settings help you spend more time harvesting – In-cab float pressure adjustment saves time during the day compared to out-of-cab, by-hand adjustments on competitive models. Ensure your draper is operating at peak performance with five ground condition settings to follow fields better without leaving the cab.

This list of features helps you capture more crop. While other draper manufacturers would leave grain behind, the only thing you’ll see in the rearview mirror is a field with even stubble and a uniform coating of straw, allowing you to know that during the winter, your field will be ready for next year’s seed.

MacDon is a trademark of MacDon Industries Ltd.

John Deere Connected Support™ prevents downtime and efficiently resolves issues with revolutionary technology-based solutions

Connected Support technology

When you buy John Deere equipment, you expect reliability. You also know that problems can happen, and a product is only as good as the support behind it. That’s why John Deere equipment is prepared with technology that senses potential issues and can alert you and your dealer promptly—in the cab or anywhere you are.

John Deere Connected Support is a revolutionary change to support that leverages technology and the connectivity of JDLink™ telematics to prevent downtime and resolve problems faster. These tools decrease downtime by an average of 20 percent, enabling faster responses to unexpected problems and reducing technician trips to your machine. For some issues, unplanned downtime can even be prevented altogether through prediction of the issue.

With your permission, John Deere Connected Support:

Keeps you running by monitoring machine health and promptly alerting you and your dealer of issues
Saves time by remotely viewing in-cab displays, reducing trips to the machine
Reduces or even eliminates technician trips to a machine through remote diagnostic and remote software reprogramming capabilities
Connects experts with the information needed to respond to downtime faster and prevent it altogether

With more than a decade of experience leveraging connectivity to solve problems, no one else has the experience, tools, and knowledge to keep you running as John Deere and your John Deere dealer can. Connected Support is an in-base feature on all John Deere products with factory- or field-installed JDLink.

Specifications

Key Specs	hd50r-rigid-cutterbar-draper Current Model
Cutterbar length	15.3 m 50.1 ft
Knife drive	Double-cut, dual-drive, shaft-driven cutterbar: 10.2 cm 4 in.
Knife speed	X Series Combine: 520 cycles/min S-Series Combine: 490 cycles/min
Pickup reel operating speeds	8-70 rpm
Draper belts speed control	Hydraulic from cab (side belts only)
Platform



Cutterbar
Type	Straight-line knife drive system
Length	15.3 m 50.1 ft
Knife drive	Double-cut, dual-drive, shaft-driven cutterbar: 10.2 cm 4 in.
Knife speed	X Series Combine: 520 cycles/min S-Series Combine: 490 cycles/min
Cutterbar tilt
Pickup reel
Number of slats	Six bat poly
Fingers	Nylon
Diameter	106.7 cm 42 in.
Height control	Hydraulic
Speed control	Hydraulic
Reel lift	Off the cutterbar: 100.6 cm 39.6 in.
Reel fore and aft	Fore of the cutterbar: 26.4 cm 10.4 in.
Reel resume	Base
Reel reverse	Base
Operating speeds	8-70 rpm
Operating speeds (54-in. reel)
Slat reel
Number of slats
Diameter
Height control
Speed control
Operating speeds
Draper belts
Width	Side belts: 6.66 m 21.9 ft Center belts: 201 cm 79.1 in.
Belt depth	101.1 cm 39.8 in.
Cleat height	19.05 mm 0.75 in.
Operating speed	Side belts (variable): 1-3.5 m/s 3.3-11.5 fps Center belts: 211 m/min 692 fpm Low-speed center belt (fixed): 4.2 m/s 13.8 ft High-speed center belt (fixed): 5.1 m/s 16.7 fps
Speed control	Hydraulic from cab (side belts only)
Center belt reverse	Base
Feed drum
Diameter	40.6 cm 16 in.
Feed drum fingers	Heavy-duty and round with breakaway notch and retainer Diameter: 16 mm 0.625 in.
Number of fingers	18
Auger finger platform	Triple chevron, retracting
Finger reach	152 mm 6 in.
Drum/auger reverse	Base
Operating speed	Low speed: 200 rpm High speed: 240 rpm
Center clean out door	Base
Header height sensing
Type	Electrohydraulic
Header height sensing on the ground	Base
Header height sensing off the ground	Base
Auxiliary top auger
Type	Optional: hydraulic drive 250-350 rpm
Fingered augers	Optional
Size	Diameter: 43.2 cm 17 in.
Dimensions
Platform length	16.11 m 52.85 ft
Overall operating depth	With dividers: 3.23 m 10.6 ft
Transport width, field position	16.11 m 52.85 ft
Transport width on wheel, less dividers
Transport length, hitch extended
Weight

Accessories and Attachments

Compatibility Kits

S Series Adapter Kit - 763AHBXE11229

S/W/T Series to X Series Compatibility Kit - 763AHBXE11192

Bolt-in crop diverters

Crop entrance into the combine

Benefits

Optimize crop flow to the feederhouse with crop diverter plates which sit behind and below the center feed drum.
In less than 30 minutes, quickly switch drapers between X9 Combines and S700 Combines though interchangeable, factory-installed feederhouse compatibility plates and crop diversion plates.
Improve draper resale value with crop diverters which can be easily swapped to fit an S700 or X9 Combine.

Crop Dividers

Crop Divider (Long Foldable) - 763AHBXE11371

Crop Divider (Short Poly w/ Sideknife) - 763AHBXE11370

Crop Divider Attachment Bundle - 763AHBXE11369

Divider Rod Extension - 763AHBXE11225

Short poly divider, non-side knife ready

Short poly divider, side knife ready

End divider rods are standard for the Hinged Draper Series. Poly end dividers are base equipment on Hinged Draper Series

If producers want to install side knives, side knife ready crop dividers must be ordered to get the gearcase within the crop divider factory installed.

Knife gearbox for side knife ready end dividers

Knife gearbox for non-side knife ready end dividers

Divider rod

Standard divider

Side knife

Side Knife Storage Bracket for 40-50 ft. - 763AHBXE11219

Overview

Harvesting in the field

The toolless, quick-attach side knives enable operators to convert from cereal dividers to side knives in less than 5 minutes. This is important for operators during times of the year where they are switching between crops throughout the harvest day.

Benefits

Prevent stalling when engaging in tough crop with a vertical knife driven mechanically off the cutterbar knife drive system.
In some varieties of spring-seeded canola, side knives provide crop separation at end dividers and prevent crop from riding up the divider and creating shatter loss while reducing buildup of material on the back top of the divider.

Side knife

Dual side knives installed on draper

Additional details

They are designed and manufactured by John Deere compared to the Zurn side knife options for the 700FD Series. The side knives can be removed and swapped to another Hinged Draper Series model if the draper was ordered with short poly divider side knife ready option.
There are no special combine requirements to use these side knives. They are 1467-mm (57.75-in.) tall.
The side knife is mechanically driven off the gearbox located inside the end divider when ordered with the side knife ready end divider option.

Side knife storage bracket

Crop Lifters

Crop Lifter Package of 20 - 763AHBXE11350

Overview

Easily lift down and lodged crops with crop lifters to ensure crop can be picked up by the reel.

Benefits

Length and angle of crop lifter is fully adjustable to allow for optimal working conditions.
High-quality material ensures extended durability of the lifter finger.
Easily mount the lifter for a guaranteed tight fit.

Additional details

Adjustable in two direction: fore/aft and vertically
Crop lifters are made of high-quality plastic
Optional crop lifter storage bracket provides convenient storage of the crop lifters when they are not in use. The storage bracket mounts on a shield which covers the draper side belt drive motor. The mount can be swung out to access the belt tension system.
The number of lifters will be dependent on header size:
- 10.7 m (35 ft) - 40 crop lifters (34 plus 6 spare)
- 12.2 m (40 ft) - 45 crop lifters (39 plus 6 spare)
- 13.7 m (45 ft) - 51 crop lifters (44 plus 7 spare)
- 15.2 m (50 ft) - 56 crop lifters (49 plus 7 spare)

Crop Lifter Package of 5 - 763AHBXE11351

Overview

Easily lift down and lodged crops with crop lifters to ensure crop can be picked up by the reel.

Benefits

Length and angle of crop lifter is fully adjustable to allow for optimal working conditions.
High-quality material ensures extended durability of the lifter finger.
Easily mount the lifter for a guaranteed tight fit.

Additional details

Adjustable in two direction: fore/aft and vertically
Crop lifters are made of high-quality plastic
Optional crop lifter storage bracket provides convenient storage of the crop lifters when they are not in use. The storage bracket mounts on a shield which covers the draper side belt drive motor. The mount can be swung out to access the belt tension system.
The number of lifters will be dependent on header size:
- 10.7 m (35 ft) - 40 crop lifters (34 plus 6 spare)
- 12.2 m (40 ft) - 45 crop lifters (39 plus 6 spare)
- 13.7 m (45 ft) - 51 crop lifters (44 plus 7 spare)
- 15.2 m (50 ft) - 56 crop lifters (49 plus 7 spare)

Cutterbar

Side Knives - 763AHBXE11214

Feeding

Center Seal Kit - 763AHBXE11291

Overview

Center section seal kit

Minimize grain loss when straight cutting canola, oil seed, lentils, and peas with a center section seal kit.

Benefits

Save $330 USD ($465 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres) by reducing canola center section losses up to 45 percent with a center section seal kit. Maximize performance in straight-cut canola by pairing the center section seal kit with top augers.

Additional details

In crops other than canola, oil seed, lentils, and peas (mainly wheat), there is an increased risk of side belt underfeeding pending conditions.

Non-Fingered to Fingered Top Auger for 50' - 763AHBXE11185

Get smooth, consistent crop feeding without bubbling up, even in high-volume and fluffy crops like canola and field peas. Large-fingered top augers grab and push crop against the draper belts, preventing it from going over the backsheet as it moves to the combine.

Benefits

Save up to $700 USD ($985 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres) by reducing canola header loss up to 26 percent with a fingered top auger compared to a non-fingered top auger.
Having the ability to move the auger to the lowered position can save up to $670 USD ($945 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres) by reducing canola losses up to 0.1 percent.

Top augers push crop against the draper belt

Fingered top auger provides additional leverage in crop

Additional details

There are two top auger options: a 43.2-cm (17-in.) top auger and a 43.2-cm (17-in.) fingered top auger.
Both augers can be manually moved vertically 100 mm (+/- 2 in.) in 25-mm (1-in.) increments.
Top augers enable smooth and consistent feeding to the combine to ensure constant load with the crop tucked under the auger when handing off to the center feed drum.
Achieve smooth headfirst feeding when auger speeds are running slightly faster than the belt speed.
In crops and conditions where crop mat is dense and tangled (canola/oil seed rape), a fingered auger provides additional leverage beyond the auger flighting to pull the crop under the auger and compress it against the draper belts for conveyance.
The fingered top auger offers cam-timed fingers compress crop onto the draper without tossing it over the draper backsheet.
Top augers overlap with center feed drum fingers to provide crop handoff and prevent boiling in the center feed section.

Speed control (A) and on/off switch (B)

Speed control adjustment is located to the left- or the right-side inner gauge wheel sets top auger speed relative to side belts.

Top Auger Finger Cover - 763AHKXE10692

Benefits

Save up to $700 USD ($985 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres) by reducing canola header loss up to 26 percent with a fingered top auger compared to a non-fingered top auger.
Having the ability to move the auger to the lowered position can save up to $670 USD ($945 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres) by reducing canola losses up to 0.1 percent.

Top augers push crop against the draper belt

Fingered top auger provides additional leverage in crop

Additional details

There are two top auger options: a 43.2-cm (17-in.) top auger and a 43.2-cm (17-in.) fingered top auger.
Both augers can be manually moved vertically 100 mm (+/- 2 in.) in 25-mm (1-in.) increments.
Top augers enable smooth and consistent feeding to the combine to ensure constant load with the crop tucked under the auger when handing off to the center feed drum.
Achieve smooth headfirst feeding when auger speeds are running slightly faster than the belt speed.
In crops and conditions where crop mat is dense and tangled (canola/oil seed rape), a fingered auger provides additional leverage beyond the auger flighting to pull the crop under the auger and compress it against the draper belts for conveyance.
The fingered top auger offers cam-timed fingers compress crop onto the draper without tossing it over the draper backsheet.
Top augers overlap with center feed drum fingers to provide crop handoff and prevent boiling in the center feed section.

Speed control (A) and on/off switch (B)

Speed control adjustment is located to the left- or the right-side inner gauge wheel sets top auger speed relative to side belts.

Top Auger Non-Fingered for 50' - 763AHBXE11181

Benefits

Save up to $700 USD ($985 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres) by reducing canola header loss up to 26 percent with a fingered top auger compared to a non-fingered top auger.
Having the ability to move the auger to the lowered position can save up to $670 USD ($945 CAD) a year across 607 ha (1,500 acres) by reducing canola losses up to 0.1 percent.

Top augers push crop against the draper belt

Fingered top auger provides additional leverage in crop

Additional details

There are two top auger options: a 43.2-cm (17-in.) top auger and a 43.2-cm (17-in.) fingered top auger.
Both augers can be manually moved vertically 100 mm (+/- 2 in.) in 25-mm (1-in.) increments.
Top augers enable smooth and consistent feeding to the combine to ensure constant load with the crop tucked under the auger when handing off to the center feed drum.
Achieve smooth headfirst feeding when auger speeds are running slightly faster than the belt speed.
In crops and conditions where crop mat is dense and tangled (canola/oil seed rape), a fingered auger provides additional leverage beyond the auger flighting to pull the crop under the auger and compress it against the draper belts for conveyance.
The fingered top auger offers cam-timed fingers compress crop onto the draper without tossing it over the draper backsheet.
Top augers overlap with center feed drum fingers to provide crop handoff and prevent boiling in the center feed section.

Speed control (A) and on/off switch (B)

Speed control adjustment is located to the left- or the right-side inner gauge wheel sets top auger speed relative to side belts.

Gauge Wheels

Gauge Wheel Scrapers - 763AHBXE11270

Overview

Harvest productivity can be maximized as operators no longer have to leave the cab (compared to MacDon) to set cut height with John Deere height control gauge wheels. The operator sets the desired cutting height, and the gauge wheels automatically adjust to maintain the desired cut height, resulting in improved consistency of stubble height by up to 25 percent compared to the MacDon® FD1 Draper.

Stop leaving crop in the field and achieve consistent stubble height behind the combine – an advantage for better seeding performance in no-till applications.

Benefits

Achieve more consistent stubble height and straw spread with up to 25 percent better cut height consistent compared to MacDon FD145.
- NOTE: Assumption is that a cut height within +/- 3.8 cm (1.5 in.) of target is acceptable.
On-the-fly cut height adjustment done completely from the cab puts the operator in control of achieving the most optimal cut height for the crop and conditions.
Convert from off-ground cutting to on-ground cutting in less than 10 seconds with the Hinged Draper Series. This is up to a minute faster than MacDon FD145.
Maintain consistent cut height across the full width of the header with wide spacing of dual gauge wheels.
Reduce the stress of harvest and allow operators to easily and quickly change cut height without missing down or lodged crop with down crop mode.

Height-control gauge wheel with platform in on-ground position

Height-control gauge wheel with platform in off-ground position

Additional details

Gauge wheel set on Hinged Draper Series

Hydraulic cylinders are used to extend or retract two sets of gauge wheels. Compared to suspension systems, the gauge wheels automatically maintain cut height once the desired height is selected. The system is automated, but height is provided by the attachment frame and draper wing float systems.
Cut height can be set between 0 and 790 mm (0 and 31.1 in.).

Adjust the gauge wheels in three different ways

The position of the gauge wheels can be adjusted three different ways:

Active header height control (AHHC) knob
From the reconfigurable multifunction lever button
4600 CommandCenter™ display header application

Gauge wheel

When producers are cutting off-ground with HDR gauge wheels, the header weight is distributed through the gauge wheels due to more points of contact with the ground. As a result, the weight that would traditionally be carried by the front axle and feederhouse will decrease significantly and be split between the header gauge wheel and the rear axle.

Gauge wheel scraper

MacDon is a trademark of MacDon Industries Ltd.

Miscellaneous

Backsheet Extensions (50 ft.) - 763AHBXE11199

French Translation Decals - 763AHBXE11204

Spanish Translation Decals - 763AHBXE11205

Tall Crop Divider Rod - 763AHKXE10764

Reel

Reel Flip Over Bundle - 763AHBXE11201

Overview

Gently engage in crops with a low-profile yet strong and durable poly-tine pickup reel.

Benefits

Reduce maintenance costs with high-strength poly reel fingers.
Appropriately set the reel in multiple crop conditions throughout the day with reel resume, which stores three different reel positions (header up, normal position, and down crop) in the multifunction lever.
Harvest in tough or damp conditions with reel reverse, which works in conjunction with the center feed drum and center draper belt.

Additional details

RD30F and RD35F Drapers feature a one-piece reel.
RD40F and RD45F and all Hinged Draper Series offer a two-piece reel.

Standard reel versus flip-over reel

	Small grains, canola, and pulse crops		Soybeans and on-ground crops
Reel	Standard	Flip-over	Standard	Flip-over
Wrapping	Better	Best	Good	Best
Down crop	Better		Better
Side belt feeding	Better	Good	Better
Plant tossing	Better	Good	Better
Shatter loss	Better		Better