2025 John Deere Pull-Type Mower-Conditioners C500

2025 John Deere Pull-Type Mower-Conditioners C500

• 16 ft (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 may include:

• Maximize productivity with the 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

• 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'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