C500 Center-Pivot Mower-Conditioner
The C500 Center-Pivot Mower-Conditioner from John Deere offers you the widest cut in the lineup. The 5-m (16.4-ft) wide platform is the center-pivot equivalent of the commercial-grade 500R Windrower Platform. The C500 is built to withstand the needs of custom operators and producers covering high acres in a season.
The C500 allows you to cut 10 percent more acres per day versus the C450
Three conditioner options - V10 steel roll, urethane roll, or Tri-Lobe™ steel roll
Replace knives in a fraction of the time with quick-change knives
The C500 has an overshot cross auger that improves crop flow, providing optimal windrow formation:
Lifts blown down crop for a clean cut
Converges the crop and keeps it from stalling on the cutterbar to minimize recut
Converges the crop mat into the conditioning rolls for more consistent crimping
Large forming shields to customize windrow width
Cut more acres per season or cut the same acres in less time. The C500 improves productivity, helping you harvest more crop while the conditions are right.
Quick-change knives
Having sharp knives on your machine is critical to harvesting all your crop and leaving a clean-cut field. Changing dull or bent knives is no longer a time-consuming job with the John Deere quick-change knife (QCK) system. There are no worries about having an impact or air compressor to change out the bolts. Simply insert the QCK tool into the disk and press down. The knives can be swapped out in seconds.
Reduce time to change knives by more than 50 percent over the bolted system
Base equipment for every John Deere mower conditioner
Kits are available to retrofit most 600, 800, and 900 Series Mower-Conditioners
Reduced maintenance and proven cutterbar reliability with 5-year coverage
John Deere cutterbar with individual modules
John Deere's patented design cutterbar is made from individual, diagonal-cut modules, making serviceability easy. Each module can be removed for service individually, leaving the remaining cutterbar modules attached to the frame.
Nodular iron modules are highly resistant to impact damage
Large, heavy-duty idler gears reduce driveline speed and wear
Shear hub protection minimizes cost and decreases repair time in the field
Gauge shoes provide accurate control of cut height and protect cutterbar
Low-profile cutterbar allows the operator to cut at a flatter angle for improved cut quality and reduced wear on components
Common oil bath keeps internal components lubricated and reduce oil-level checkpoints
Because John Deere is confident in the reliability, every mower conditioner includes a 5-year warranty on cutterbar components. This gives you peace of mind knowing that if you do experience a warrantable failure, your machine is backed through your experienced, local John Deere dealer.
Shear hub
Each cutting disk is attached to a shearhub (driver) on the splined pinion gear. Power to the disk is interrupted when the driver shears to protect the internal components of the cutterbar. Damage is limited to exposed components and does not require disassembly of the cutting modules.
Reduces damage to the cutterbar and driveline components
Improved uptime with limited disassembly required
Gauge shoe
The gauge shoe setting determines the height of the crop stubble, but also prevents the majority of the cutterbar from being in constant contact with abrasive soils and rocks. The S250, S300, S350, C300, C350, and C400 have three height adjustments on the gauge shoe. The C450 and C500 come from the factory with six adjustments. Through service attachments, gauge shoe extensions are available to increase the number of adjustments if there is a need for higher stubble height.