Mower-Conditioners | C500 Mower-Conditioner

C500Mower-Conditioner

16 ft 4 in. (5 m) cutting width
Reduce service time with Quick Change Knives
Easier serviceability with modular-design cutterbar
Improve windrow formation and reduce ash content with overshot cross auger
Urethane, V-10 conditioners or Tri-Lobe conditioners

Features

Maximize productivity with the C500 Center-Pivot Mower-Conditioner

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
Four conditioner options – Impeller, 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.

Protect your crop with conditioner options to fit your needs

C400 Mower-Conditioner

Achieving the right conditioning action can significantly reduce dry down time. That means less time needed to cure, maintaining optimum feed values, and preventing leaf loss in legumes. Hay and forage producers have a wide variety of crops and conditions. That’s why John Deere mower-conditioners offer four different conditioners.

Conditioning reduces the time required for dry down
Multiple conditioner options match a wide variety of crop types
Faster dry down can increase nutrients retained in harvested crops
Suitable for traditional dry hay or haylage operations

Conditioner types include:

Impeller – ideal for light-stemmed grasses and alfalfa that respond well to scuffing of the stems
Urethane – a soft roll that provides excellent performance in legumes and grasses
V10 steel – increased crimping for faster dry down and improved wear life
Tri-Lobe™ conditioner – a premium, patented roll system that uses a chevron design to crimp and crush

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 shear hub (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.

Save time with quick-change knives

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

Quickly prepare the mower-conditioner for transport

Overview

C400 in transport

An advantage John Deere has over most competitors is that the mower-conditioners transport directly behind the tractor at nearly the same width as its cut. Operators can transition from road to field configuration and back again quickly and easily.

Quickly move between fields when road transport is required
Minimize transport dimensions for improved narrow road transport

Side-pull model in transport position

Side-pull models (S250, S300, and S350) have the tongue positioned in the center of the frame and drivelines that enter from the top to improve transport width.

Minimize dry down time with proper windrow formation

C400 windrow formation

Windrow formation is the final step of mower-conditioner functionality. Proper windrow formation is critical to reducing dry down times for dry hay and haylage or providing consistent chopping speeds and cut lengths for forage harvesting applications.

Characteristics of a quality windrow include:

Consistent volume of crop throughout the windrow
No clumping of material that can lead to inconsistent dry down
Square shoulder and even edges

Sized to the width of the harvesting equipment or spread wide to allow for maximum exposure

John Deere mower-conditioners allow you to customize windrows to match your needs.

Crop quality is maintained for higher feed value.
Windrow width can be matched to harvesting equipment.
Spread crop wide to maximize exposure (up to 337.8 cm [133 in.] with a properly equipped C400), further reducing dry down times.

S models - swath board adjustment

C models - swath board adjustment

Adjustable swath boards help direct crop coming through the conditioner assembly, providing a quick adjustment to windrow width.

No tools required for easy in-field adjustments
Used to make large adjustments to windrow width

Forming vanes mounted to swath board

0 Series Mower-Conditioners come standard with forming vanes on the swath board when available. Previously referred to as a wide swath kit, the forming vanes allow the mower-conditioner to increase windrow widths up to 25 percent and can be used to further customize windrow formation to match crop conditions.

Install all vanes directing crop flow outward to provide the widest windrow and fastest curing
Use vanes to direct heavy crop flow for more even distribution and consistent drying
When not in use, forming vanes can be stored on the machine for easy access

C400 wide windrow

The C400 produced the widest windrow when tested against a competitive machine, providing a windrow of conditioned alfalfa that was over 337.8 cm (133 in.). This was over 84 percent of the cut width for the C400 compared to 72 percent for the competition.

C500 narrow forming shield position

C500 wide forming shield position

Forming shields allow fine-tuning of the windrow width. This can allow you to easily match the windrow to your tractor’s tire spacing and prevent driving on cut and conditioned crop.

No tools required for easy in-field adjustments
Allow the operator to fine-tune the windrow width to match equipment and dry-down needs
Operator can easily set windrow width as required because of changes in crop type, conditions, and operating speed

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Specs & Compare

John Deere

C500

Mower-Conditioner

PTO speed

1000 rpm

1000 rpm 1-3/8 in. PTO

120-210 hp
89-157 kW

1000 rpm 1-3/4 in. PTO

Powerline type

Standard hitch

Rockshaft swivel

Optional hitch

Drawbar swivel

Hydraulic pressure required

17,237 kPa
2,500 psi

Cutterbar - cutting width

4.9 m
16 ft

Number of disks/knifes

10
20

Transport width

5.03 m
16.5 ft

1000 rpm 1-3/8 in. PTO

1000 rpm 1-3/4 in. PTO

Powerline type

540 rpm PTO

PTO speed

Tractor connection

21 spline

Standard hitch

Rockshaft swivel

Optional hitch

Drawbar swivel

Hydraulic pressure required

17,237 kPa
2,500 psi

Hydraulic connections

Type

John Deere

Cutting width

4.9 m
16 ft

Cutting height

1.6-11.7 cm
0.63-6.7 in.

Number of disks

Number of knives

Bolted knives

Disk speed

2,650 rpm

Knife tip speed

307 km/h
191 mph

Disk drive

Gear

Lubrication

Hy-Gard oil

Oil reservoir capacity

11.4 L
12 U.S. qt

Cutterbar oil check

Combination sight glass, drain plug

Cutterbar angle

Angle adjustment

Manual or hydraulic

Angle range

2-8 degree (angle)

Cutterbar protection

ShearHub

Adjustable gauge shoes

Yes

Suspension system

Width

Diameter

Tines type

Number of tines

Number of speeds

Drive

Conditioner hood

Wide spread

Width

269 cm
105.5 in.

Diameter

25.3 cm
9.96 in.

Type of material

Urethane or Steel

Design

Urethane: Recessed cleat, Steel Intermeshing flutes (V-10 and Tri-Lobe)

Speed

1000 rpm

Drive

Telescoping shaft

Windrow width

Transport width

5.03 m
16.5 ft

Overall length

Transport length

9.9 m
32.5 ft

Weight, roll conditioner

With Urethane roll conditioner: 4,010 kg
8,840 lb
With V-10 steel roll conditioner: 4,091 kg
9,020 lb
With Tri-Lobe roll conditioner: 4,148 kg
9,145 lb

Standard tires

31x13.5 15 8PR

Weight, impeller conditioner

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