Low Profile Cutterbed

The cutterbed is a spur gear design on the Hesston Series Models 1372 and 1375.  The spur gear design allows the cutterbed to be thinner, allowing closer cutting with less scalping. The cutterbed consists of one solid piece that resists flexing, twisting, and sagging which keeps gears aligned and running true for decreased wear. Each gear assembly and adjacent idler gears can be removed from the top of the cutterbar without completely disassembling the entire cutterbed. Both drive gears and idler gears use sealed bearings, allowing a lower amount of cutterbed oil.

The Model 1359 has a segmented shaft drive with bevel gears. The segmented shafts allow each module to be removed from the cutterbar individually quickly and easily. If a major failure occurs, the cutterbed is designed to keep the damage contained in one module