AirFLEX NXT Lightweight, fast and built to last

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Still the closest shave

The AirFLEX^® has evolved into a tougher and more resilient machine, all while maintaining its simple design and providing the closest cut imaginable. With improvements that enhance performance and reliability, the NXT focuses on the future of farming.

Fully flexible cutterbar controlled by air

The independently-suspended cutterbar is light, fast-reacting, and infinitely adjustable.

Reversible mechanical drive

The center drive reduces weight and provides more powerful cutting and feeding action.

Switch from flex to rigid mode

The switch from flex to rigid mode is made from the cab of your combine, at the push of a button.

The draper header you’ve been waiting for

In flex mode, the AirFLEX NXT will shave the ground, picking up more of your peas, lentils or soybeans. In rigid mode, the no-compromise cutterbar will race through taller crops like canola and cereals.

Only cutting in soybeans? There’s an AirFLEX NXT that’s optimized for you.

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WHAT’S NEW & IMPROVED

Cab-Adjustable Skid Shoes

In flex mode, the skid shoes achieve a consistent stubble height of 0” to 8” across the width of the cutterbar and can be adjusted instantaneously from the cab of your combine.

Narrow Profile End Shield

A new 5” design replaces the 8”. The thinner end shield and crop divider design reduces flattening of crop and enhances manoeuverability along field borders and through row crops.

New Reel Drive

A new reel drive allows switching from standard to high torque with half the speed and double the torque.

Cross Auger

A larger 12” diameter hydraulic cross auger improves material flow from the drapers to the feed auger, adjusting for bulky and tangled crops like peas and mustard.

Low Profile Vertical Shear Design

The redesigned vertical shear features a thinner profile and a simpler design.

Improved Airbag Orientation

A new design applies a consistent force from the airbag to the cutterbar, allowing for better floatation throughout the full flex range and reducing wear along the cutterbar and skid shoes.

Transport Cart

Upgrades to the transport system allow the transport cart lock pin to be engaged/disengaged from one easily accessible latch arm.

Onboard Toolbox

Spare parts and tools will always be there when you need them.

Improved Drive Shafts

An improved drive shaft quick coupler reduces play in the knife drive short shaft.

FEATURES

Centrally Driven Reversible Mechanical Drive

For maximum convenience and efficiency, you can remove plugged crops directly from the cab of your combine. The drapers, knife drive and feed auger run reverse with the combine.

Optimized Header Height Control System

The pneumatic gauge wheel system allows for better functionality in rough and soft terrain and works in conjunction with the suspended subframe for an accurate header height response.

Cam Reel

The fully adjustable reel offers a more aggressive grab and a softer release for more even feeding with unlimited finger spacing options to leave no crop behind.

Low Cut Knife System

The Low Cut Knife System ensures a smooth transition between knife and draper, provides powerful cutting action and increased durability, and is considered by many to be the lowest cutting knife in the industry.

High Performance Drapers

The draper tensioning system provides smooth, consistent operation no matter what crop you’re harvesting.

Crop Flow Enhancement Shield

Crop flow over the feederhouse rock trap is enhanced while enabling stones to fall through.

Terrace Kit

UHMW material underneath the cutterbar and the end shields protect the header when bordering and going over terraces.

Easy to Operate

The AUTOMATIX system is an advanced control panel delivering simple and complete control of the AirFLEX NXT.

Crop Saver Seal

A seal in the center deck prevents seed loss.

Spare Parts Kit

Consumable and high-use parts are best kept right on the farm.

CROP TYPES

See which crops work with the AirFLEX NXT

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Soybeans

Cereals (Wheat, Barley, Oats)

Edible Beans

Lentils

Canola

Field Peas

Triticale

Sorghum

Hemp

Flax

Mustard

Rice

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Canola/Rapeseed

45′ / Saskatchewan / Cab View

Hemp

40′ / Saskatchewan

Lentils

45′ / Saskatchewan / Overhead View 45′ / Saskatchewan / Side View

Peas

40′ / Saskatchewan / All Views 45′ / Saskatchewan / Crop Feeding

Wheat

40′ / Saskatchewan / All Views

Soybeans

36′ / Missouri / 60 Bushels / Furrowed Row 36′ / Missouri / 60 Bushels / Furrowed Row 40′ / Manitoba / Through Water Run 40′ / Manitoba / Front View 40′ / Manitoba / Front to Side View 40′ / Manitoba / Reel Action with Transition Plates 40′ / Manitoba / 7.5 MPH 40′ / Manitoba / Floating Action 40′ / Manitoba / Cab View 40′ / North Dakota 50′ / Saskatchewan / Spring Mud and Hail damaged Crop

Testimonials

The other Honey Bee headers we’ve had have worked in lots of crops, but this one works the best. In all crops, too. We did mustard, canola, peas, lentils, and some wheat that had lodged quite badly. We cut it in flex mode and never broke a single guard, which is amazing. The Low Cut Knife is such a superior system. The header height system also follows the ground so well. I mean, I’m not sure if it can get any better actually. The thinner end shields make a huge difference in feeding heavier and tangled crops.

The hydraulic skid shoes are also very nice. I like how you can deploy them and retract them quickly based on changes in the field, like in a lodged area. They’re simple, and there are very few moving parts to give you trouble.

I like how Honey Bee has continually refined and improved the product over the years. It’s a well-built header.

The product support has been really good, too. Other companies could learn from the way Honey Bee handles their product support.

Corey Loessin - Radisson, SK

SPECS

Specifications	AFN225	AFN230	AFN236	AFN240	AFN245	AFN250	AFN260
Width (Controlled Traffic Compliant)	25' (7.6 m)	30′ (9.1 m)	36′ (11 m)	40′ (12.2 m)	45′ (13.7 m)	50′ (15.2 m)	60' (18.3 m)
Operating weight (including reel)	6,691 lbs (3,035 kg)	7,174 lbs (3,254 kg)	7,580 lbs (3,438 kg)	8,364 lbs (3,794 kg)	8,798 lbs (3,991 kg)	9,085 lbs (4,121 kg)	10,230 lbs (4,640 kg)
Submodels	All Crop Edition – for flexible and rigid cutting. Includes gauge wheels, subframe suspension and rigid header height control
Submodels	Soybean Edition – for flexible cutting only. Removes gauge wheels, subframe suspension, and rigid header height control
Cutting System	Standard – Honey Bee cutting system with SCH sections
Knife Drive	Standard - fully synchronized mechanical knife drive
Cutterbar Poly Skid	Standard - with sectional panels
Draper	Standard - high performance tensioning system and mechanical drive
Center Deck	Standard - high performance tensioning system and mechanical drive
Hydraulic System	Standard - hydraulics are limited to the combine reel circuits only
Flex	Standard - a total of 9″ flex in cutterbar
Header Height	Standard – combine needs header height function
Automatix Lite	Standard – in cab control module
Reversible Mechanical Drive	Standard
Air System	Standard - on-board air compressor with cab controls (Automatix Lite)
Adjustable Skid Shoes	Optional - hydraulically adjustable skid shoes from cab of combine. Capable of adjusting cut height in flex mode from 0 to 8".
Cross Auger	Optional - crop flow assistance device with 12" flighting
HB Reel	Standard – high strength, high performance reel with multiple crop settings and finger spacing options
Reel Drive	Standard - centre hydraulic reel drive (optional high torque reel drive available)
Hydraulic Reel Fore/Aft	Standard – using combine functions
Header Tilt	Hydraulic
Slow Speed Transport System	Optional – heavy-duty road transport with electric brakes (your choice of RV or AG plugs)
Tires / Wheels / Hubs / Spindles	Standard
Combine Adapters	Available for most models of self-propelled combines
Automatic Reel Speed Control	Standard – combine must have reel speed circuit
Gauge Wheels & Subframe Suspension*	Optional – pneumatically-controlled gauge wheels work in conjunction with suspended subframe for more accurate header height response
Maintenance Requirements	4 x 10 hour knife grease / 15 x 50 hour drive-line grease
Cutterbar Poly Skid	Standard - independently suspended
HB Vertical Shears	Optional - powered by mechanical knife drive
**Not offered on Soybean Edition. Refer to your pricing pages for details.

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COMPARE BRANDS

	AirFLEX NXT	John Deere HDF	Case TerraFlex	Agco DynaFlex	Macdon FD2	Geringhoff TruFlex Razor
Header
Sizes	25ft, 30ft, 36ft, 40ft, 45ft, 50ft, 60ft	35ft, 40ft, 45ft, 50ft	30ft, 35ft, 40ft, 45ft	25ft, 30ft, 35ft, 40ft	30ft, 35ft, 40ft, 45ft, 50ft	35ft, 40ft
Cross Auger	Optional	Optional	Optional	Not Offered	Optional	Optional
Transport System	Optional - Manual Attach	Option	Option - Hydraulic Deploy	Optional - Manual Deploy	Optional - Manual Deploy	Unknown
Skid Plates	UHMW	Poly	Poly	Poly	Poly	Unknown
Fore/Aft	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Unknown
Header Height Ctrl	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard
Reversing	Fully Reversible	Fully Reversible	Fully Reversible	Fully Reversible	Fully Reversible	Unknown
Weights
Weight - 25 ft (lbs)	6,691 (Includes Reel)	Width Not Offered	Width Not Offered	5,250 (Includes Reel)	7,331 lbs - 7,597 lbs	Width Not Offered
Weight - 30 ft (lbs)	7,174 (Includes Reel)	Width Not Offered	6,230 lbs	5,770 (Includes Reel)	8,160 lbs - 8,253 lbs	Width Not Offered
Weight - 35/36 ft (lbs)	7,580 (Includes Reel)	12,174 lbs	6,730 lbs	6,110 (Includes Reel)	8,600 lbs - 8,898 lbs	8,598 lbs
Weight - 40 ft (lbs)	8,364 (Includes Reel)	12,937 lbs	8,340 lbs	7,350 (Includes Reel)	8,928 lbs - 9,512 lbs	9,391 lbs
Weight - 45 ft (lbs)	8,798 (Includes Reel)	13,631 lbs	9,930 lbs	Width Not Offered	9,916 lbs - 10,043 lbs	Width Not Offered
Weight - 50 ft (lbs)	9,085 (Includes Reel)	13,358 lbs	Width Not Offered	Width Not Offered	10,346 lbs - 10,485 lbs	Width Not Offered
Weight - 60 ft (lbs)	10,230 lbs (Includes Reel)	Width Not Offered	Width Not Offered	Width Not Offered	Width Not Offered	Width Not Offered
Flex
Flex Type	True Flex	True Flex	True Flex	True Flex	Hinged Flex	True Flex
Vertical Flex Range	9"	45” (wing range)	6"	8"	11.5” - 17”	Unknown
Operating Modes	Flex & Rigid (Adjustable from Cab)	Flex & Rigid (Manual Adjust)	Flex & Rigid (Manual Adjust)	Flex & Rigid (Adjustable from Cab)	Flex & Rigid (Manual Adjust)	Flex
Cutter Bar	Independent	Independent	Independent	Independent	Attached to Frame	Unknown
Float	Air System	Hydraulic	Torsion Spring	Hydraulic	Coil Spring	Unknown
Center Deck
Draper Speed (fpm)	603 fpm - 685 fpm	Unknown	630 fpm	572 fpm	350 fpm - 400 fpm	708 fpm
Center Deck Width	80"	Unknown	83"	49"	79"	86"
Cutting System
Knife Drive	Mechanical Center Drive	Mechanical Side Drive	Hydraulic Drive	Mechanical Side Drive	Mechanical Side Drive	Center Drive
Knife Speed (spm)	1,186 spm - 1,226 spm	980 spm - 1,040 spm	1,260 spm	1,200 spm	1,050 spm - 1,400 spm	1,100 spm -1,200 spm
Stroke Length	3"	4"	3"	3.35"	3"	Unknown
Drapers
Drapers	Rubber V-guided	Unknown	Rubber V-guided	Rubber V-guided	Rubber V-guided	Unknown
Draper Speed (fpm)	395 fpm - 473 fpm	Unknown	630 fpm	502 fpm	0 fpm - 687 fpm	Unknown
Reel
Reel & Fingers	Honey Bee Reel (Cam Reel Option)	Unknown	Custom Cam Reel	UII or HCC Reel	Macdon Cam Reel	Unknown
Reel Drive	Center Driven Hydraulic	Center Drive Hydraulic	End Driven Hydraulic	End Driven Hydraulic	Center Driven Hydraulic	Unknown
Reel Diameter	47"	42"	42"	45"	45"	46"

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