2022 Dragotec GT Base

2022 Dragotec GT

Raising the bar on corn head performance and return of ownership with more industry-firsts, including QuadSuspension™ deck plate shocks. The result is a corn head like no other and by which all others are measured.

Features may include:

• An industry-first and revolutionary concept in yield capture technology.

• Integrated impact-absorbing “ear shocks” reduce “butt-shelling” when ears strike deck plates – reducing a significant cause of yield loss at harvest.

• Handles more trash and gently moves corn to the combine’s feederhouse – and keeps it there.

• The first chainless design — including auger drive — that’s standard on all row configurations. Delivers long-lasting, virtually maintenance-free reliability.

• The most durable and efficient row unit gearbox possible – more power delivered, more years of service.

• Counter-cutting blades deliver the best cut and stalk breakdown in the industry.

• Low-maintenance, spring-loaded deck plate pistons constantly apply pressure to incoming stalks, automatically minimizing plate gap where yield loss can be significant.

• Deck plate gaps, both in-row and row-to-row, are determined by the size of stalks running through them, compared to hydraulic systems that set the same plate gap for every row unit.

• Gathering chains angle apart — front to back — to release stalks and avoid excessive trash from entering the combine.

• Each gathering chain has five poly chain guides that extend the life of the chain and are reversible after one side has worn.

• Oversized idler sprockets, which reduce chain wear, are forward-placed, allowing overlapping chain fingers to grab and capture stalks for processing — a highly valued feature when harvesting downed corn.

• The exceptional speed at which knife rollers work to pull down stalks, today, results in a violent ear impact on plates. To mitigate this impact, the Drago GT introduced yet another industry first — QuadSuspension™ — integrated, impact-absorbing “ear shocks” that can significantly reduce butt-shelling and the resulting yield loss.

• The industry’s longest knife rollers combine with a smaller diameter for added plant processing time. The extra time means roller tips can run slower, resulting in less ear bounce – less ear loss – without having to reduce combine speed. No other knife roller measures up to the performance of a Drago knife roller.

• At 22.5 inches, the Drago GT features the longest knife rollers in the industry.

• Having the longest knife roller with a smaller diameter reduces tip speed for less ear bounce, greater ear retention and reduced butt-shelling.

• A knife-to-knife design pinches, pulls and opens up — allowing plants to move farther back into the corn head before the ear is removed.

• Drago not only supports its knife rollers out front, but has two bearings and a grease bank built right into the nose cone itself. A dirt barrier is milled in to protect seals and bearings when tips are closer to the soil, as in down-corn situations.