John Deere
CR 16 Corn Head
Headers and Platforms
Optimize your corn harvesting with the John Deere CR16 Corn Head, offering efficient crop gathering, durable build, and smooth operation for enhanced productivity and high-quality yields.
Current product detail page listed in the official John Deere AFME sitemap; this does not assert a 2026 model year or confirmed Eswatini stock.
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Model / part number: 779BH
Technical specification source: Official manufacturer technical data
Catalogue source: John Deere Africa & Middle East (AFME) · Checked 2026-10-04
Specifications
Key Specs5 specifications
- Gathering Chains
- Heavy-duty, 620, endless steel roller chain with chromed pins (no master connecting link)
- Gathering Chain Adjustment
- Spring loaded, self-adjusting
- Deck Plate Adjustment
- Hydraulic adjustment
- Approximate Overall Width
- 12.3 m (40.35 ft)
- Row Spacings
- 76.2 cm (30 in.)
Corn Head12 specifications
- Gathering Points
- Four-position, low-profile floating type hinged above gathering chains
- Center And Outer Gatherings
- Hinged, quickly removable
- Gathering Chains
- Heavy-duty, 620, endless steel roller chain with chromed pins (no master connecting link)
- Minimum Clearance Between Gathering Chains And Ground (Imperial)
- 1.25 in.
- Minimum Clearance Between Gathering Chains And Ground (Metric)
- 32.0 mm
- Row Unit Drive
- Enclosed, submerged-in-lubricant gearbox, driven by single input hexagon shaft
- Gathering Chain Adjustment
- Spring loaded, self-adjusting
- Stalk Rolls
- Opposed, intermeshing, and chopping (two per row-unit)
- Deck Plate Adjustment
- Hydraulic adjustment
- Slip Clutch
- One per row-unit plus auger drive
- Trash Knives
- Full-length, one-piece, heat-treated steel
- Stalk Deflectors
- Factory-installed option
Dimensions8 specifications
- Approximate Overall Width
- 12.3 m (40.35 ft)
- Points In Operating Position (Lowered)
- 3.2 m (10.58 ft)
- Points Folded Up (Service Position)
- 2.6 m (8.58 ft)
- Approximate Shipping Weight (Includes Shipping Skid) non Stalk Master
- 5404 kg (11,914 lb)
- Approximate Shipping Weight (Includes Shipping Skid) Stalk Master
- 5404 kg (11,914 lb)
- Row Spacings
- 76.2 cm (30 in.)
- Standard Weight non Stalk Master
- 4898 kg / 10,798 lb
- Standard Weight Stalk Master
- 5416 kg / 11,940 lb
Additional Information1 specifications
- Date Collected
- 2020-06-15