HUSA Nov 11 2026 – Brandon Roland

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gb7tw-1babed5

“You know it’s a bad year Dave, when I’m using a draper header to cut corn.”

Oh my goodness.

“Yep, to just mow it to the ground and what little ears are on there. Going through with a 45-foot draper header is what I’ve been doing the last few days to just try to get anything off that I can.”

So somebody that I’ve talked to said they took the big tires off the combines and put duals on to go between the rows to save the rubber because the corn stalks are so hard on rubber. Now when you when you use a draper header does that does that cut them down enough so that it’s easier on tires or is it still two inches is going to hurt you?

“It’s not bad where what really would eat my tires it’s on super singles and sunflowers. Sunflowers will absolutely eat up a pair of super singles unless you have something stopper to stomp down where your tires are but that’s the only real issue I ever run into with super singles and sunflowers it is rough on them.”

And the corn’s not quite as bad as sunflowers then?

“Yep, corn’s not that bad. Even this year too there’s some of the dry land sunflowers I’ll be using my draper header on those as well just to try to get anything off of it that I can. Like I said it’s a bad year when you’re using a 45-foot draper just to get over the ground where more or less I’m just making tracks. This was a terrible year I’ll tell you right now to put in a contract. When I have a contract out with corn and I don’t have the other fields that are going to make it I’m basically having to cut everything just to get as close to my contract as I can.”