John Deere
CR 18 Corn Head
Headers and Platforms
Optimize your corn harvesting with the John Deere CR 18 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: 780BH
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
- With 50.8-cm (20-in.) row spacing: 9.5 m (31.17 ft); With 55.9-cm (22-in.) row spacing: 10 m (32.8 ft)
- Row Spacings
- 50.8 or 55.9 cm (20 or 22 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
- With 50.8-cm (20-in.) row spacing: 9.5 m (31.17 ft); With 55.9-cm (22-in.) row spacing: 10 m (32.8 ft)
- Points In Operating Position (Lowered)
- 2.97 m (9.75 ft)
- Points Folded Up (Service Position)
- 2.3 m (7.58 ft)
- Approximate Shipping Weight (Includes Shipping Skid) non Stalk Master
- With 50.8-cm (20-in.) row spacing: 4838 kg (10,666 lb); With 55.9-cm (22-in.) row spacing: 4854 kg (10,701 lb)
- Approximate Shipping Weight (Includes Shipping Skid) Stalk Master
- With 50.8-cm (20-in.) row spacing: 4838 kg (10,666 lb); With 55.9-cm (22-in.) row spacing: 4854 kg (10,701 lb)
- Row Spacings
- 50.8 or 55.9 cm (20 or 22 in.)
- Standard Weight non Stalk Master
- With 50.8-cm (20-in.) row spacing: 4838 kg (10,666 lb); With 55.9-cm (22-in.) row spacing: 4854 kg (10,701 lb)
- Standard Weight Stalk Master
- With 50.8-cm (20-in.) row spacing: 5149 kg (11,352 lb); With 55.9-cm (22-in.) row spacing: 5404 kg (11,914 lb)
Additional Information1 specifications
- Date Collected
- 2020-06-15