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5300 Series Draper Headers

With the 5300 Series draper headers you’ll have unrivalled performance, with industry leading innovation.

Tines and pitch adjustment

In order to enhance reel performance, we fit our reels with large virtually break-proof tines. These tines will positively capture and feed crop regardless of how tangled conditions get. We also provide a standard tine pitch adjustment so reel performance is always optimized.

Heavy-duty reel

Our 5300 draper headers utilize a single-piece Hesston designed and built reel assembly, allowing for unmatched quality control throughout the entire process. So you get a reel that will easily power through and feed any crop, even in tough, tangled conditions

Hydraulic sickle drive

Our hydraulic sickle drive provides 1,470 strokes per minute to the sickle at all times, not just peak starting and stopping loads. Meaning you can easily cut through tough, heavy crops with reduced horsepower pull from the windrower, lengthening the service life of the drive.

Open wide

Consistent windrow formation starts with the deck opening. That's why the 5300 offers the widest deck opening in the industry at 78.5 inches. This provides increased capacity with the header so even heavy, bushy crops can easily move through to the swath.

Capability
 

5300 Series Draper Headers

Our 5300 Series offer the capability to handle any farmer’s needs.

Pull, not push

We’ve moved the draper belt drive motor to the inside of the header and placed a rubber coating on the drive rolls so the belts are “pulled, not pushed”. This means the draper belts resist slipping so crop continues feeding no matter the conditions.

Single point hookup

Single point hydraulic hook up is standard with the 5300 header, making it much faster, and easier to hook and unhook the hydraulic lines for transport, storage or when swapping to a hay header

Center delivery or double swath

Challenger offers center delivery or double swath models. Double swath models are equipped with shiftable decks that allow the swath to be dumped out either side. All shifting is done from the cab and you get the ability to retain the 78.5” opening even when decks are shifted for end delivery.

Auto reel speed

The hydraulic variable speed reel drive automatically adjusts reel speed based on ground speed so that crop feeding is maintained regardless of ground speed changes, while also keeping shatter manageable.