Adapter to fit John Deere® (8000 & 9000 series)

The K8000 adapter is used for harvesting just the ears of corn using the row crop header to make earlage. Earlage is harvested later than silage, giving the producer a longer working window and provides a product that reduces the amount of roughage that needs to be fed as compared to a corn-based ration.

This adapter goes on the front of a John Deere 8000 and 9000 series self-propelled forage harvester to facilitate the connection between the harvester and a row-crop header. Installation is the same as hooking up any other implement, you are able to leave the adapter on the harvester or corn head when not in use. When leaving on the corn head, it's simply picking up the adapter/corn head and hooking up PTOs.

The K8000 adapter is modeled off our proven single paddle design to provide smooth input of material and is ideally suited for 8-row corn heads. This design and feeding angle enable faster product feeding when harvesting. This model will fit both narrow and wide row heads. The PTO connect can be removed in 10 minutes for a better corn head angle as well. Equipped with a standard dual drive, the K8000 adapter powers a variety of corn heads including John Deere®, New Holland®, Case IH®, Drago™, and more!

These adapters are very robust, many customers have 10 plus years of use from theirs. Replacement typically occurs when a customer trades brands or upgrades their harvester.

Kooima Ag is the leader in header adapter manufacturing, continuous testing, and implementing customer requests which help us offer one of the best products available.

• Patent # 8,376,126

*Replace your gearbox oil every season. 4 quarts of 75W-90PS needed. With the gearbox sitting level, take the plug out of the back of the gearbox and pour oil through the top hole to fill it until the oil is up to the level of the back hole.

If you want to use the header height control in your harvester you will need our K31-EXT Header Height Control Extension Cord.

Customer Testimonial
"We love our Kooima earlage adapter we purchased this year to fit our 8600's chopper's 8 row shredding head. The outcome was far better than the adapter we demoed last year, and more importantly the customers were more satisfied!"
- United Ag Enterprises, LLC - Wisconsin