NorthStar Elite
The NorthStar Elite will change the way you harvest. It has a distinctly unique design, both impressive and sleek, yet rugged and tough. These machines will reliably put your harvest into high speed while maximizing yields in every condition.
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Built Upon an Exceptional Foundation
Success must be built upon a solid foundation. The Geringhoff Elite Series was created upon the form and function of an advanced aircraft. Durability and flow were forged alongside the concepts of lighter weight and superior longevity. The Elite Series offers an exceptionally smooth and quiet running system, despite it's fierce appetite during harvest.
Kick your harvest in to High Speed
New to the Elite Series is Geringhoff's Integrated Crop Flow System. Six standard features work together along with two optional features to create the ideal environment for optimal crop flow and maximum yield retention. With the ICF System in place, changing field conditions won't stop you from bring in your crop on your terms.
How it Works 
The knives run parallel to each other, pulling the stalks through quickly and evenly for consistent feeding. This arrangement slices through 98% of the stalk, leaving a quickly deteriorated plant behind.
Value
Geringhoff works closely with growers across North America to develop the most affordable, efficient, and dependable system to harvest their crop. Our engineers utilized the finest components from around the world in designing the NorthStar model. Tremendously high resale value and industry exclusive fesatures make NorthStar the #1 choice among growers.
Performance
The NorthStar Elite sets the standard for corn headers in North America. Developed with high yielding corn in mind, the NorthStar Elite offers a cost efficient and reliable product for many harvest seasons.
Top View
1 - Poly Return Sprocket
- High density lightweight design
- Reduces wear on gathering chain
- Increased diameter for greater exposure to crop
- Efficient gear ratio to bottom drive sprocket
- Exceptional picking characteristics
2 - Automatic Chain Tensioner
- Eliminates excessive chain wear
- Chain tension regulated automatically
- Automatic compression resists chain damage from foreign objects
- No screws to adjust
3 - Beveled Drive Sprocket
- One of three components of the gathering chain slip clutch
- Extends chain life by allowing free movement when obstructed
- Works in conjunction with the automatic chain tensioner and internal gearbox slip clutch
- Proven by over 20 years of use
4 - Gathering Chains
- Heaviest gathering chain on the market
- Unique posi-loc lug design effectively gathers stalk
- Exceptional functionality and durability
Bottom View
6 - Hardened Spiral Rolls
- Aggressive design pulls stalks in from any angle
7,8 - Parallel Knife Rolls
- Minimal tolerance creates an aggressive crimping action that cuts through 98% of the stalk
- Adjustable and replaceable working edges to minimize repair cost and time
9 - Single Component Design
- The only row unit without a frame
- All components are secured around the gearbox
- Excellent access for service
10 - Automatic Hydraulic Deck Plates
- Regulated at any time from the operators seat
- Fewer moving parts
- Easy to clean and low maintenance
- No freezing in cold weather
- In cab digital monitor indicates the shaft speed and stripper plate positioning
- Design and additional wear edges minimize kernel loss
- Wide mouth and rounded stripping edges minimize crop damage
- On the go adjustment to maintain optimum performance
- while minimizing cob loss further increasing your yields
11 - Additional Working Edges
- Low roller tolerance strips the ears very close to the stalk. In dry conditions, keeps less trash in the combine and more to the ground
- Minimizes wear for knife roll edges
- Prevents wrapping of tough material
- Minimizes excessive wear and damage to other components
12 - Aluminum Gearbox
- “Bullet proof” reliability
- Design proven by over a decade of use
- Protection and drive on every row unit
- Lightweight
- Internal slip clutch
- Minimal maintenance (500 hour oil change)
High Speed Harvest
Time is money, especially when it comes to running harvest equipment. Geringhoff's new Integrated Crop Flow System is designed to increase your harvesting speed while reducing shatter and cob losses. You'll reduce the hours spent behind the controls of your combine and maximize the profitability of your harvest in all field conditions.
Max Flow Trough
Advanced genetics and yield increases have created new demands on the header's crop flow and capacity characterisitics. Reducing cob bounce and shatter, as well as efficiently moving trash, are the achievements of the Elite Series massive auger trough.
Variable Auger Positioning
Conditions can differ from field to field, or from morning to night. The ICF auger height adjustment permits easy modification of the auger profile to the trough. You have the power to adapt your machine to your conditions.
Roller Chains
Aggresive yet gentle feeding, Geringhoff offers the industry's toughest gathering chains. Nine posi-loc lugs create an efficient and durable transfer of the crop from field to stripper plate. Tremendous reliability and unrivaled preformance acre after acre.
Auger Pitch
Elite headers offer a swift and efficient trandfer of your crop. The varied pitch of the fins gently moves your yield along the outer wings then increases flow as material advances towards the feeder house. The auger's balanced combination of pitch, paddle, size, and speed reduces fluff build up, maximizes your yield and reduces operator fatigue.
Adjustable Deck Plates
The Elite operator has full control over the positioning of the ICF System deck plates. Controlled from within the cab, the deck plate monitor advises current gap settings and allows one touch adjustment on the go. Proven reliability in the toughest conditions over tens of thousands of acres, year after year.
Poly Angle Adjustment
Geringhoff's poly angle can be easily adapted to your specific needs. Fine tune the angle of your snouts to match crop conditions. Simply turn the adjustment knob to achieve infinitely variable adjustments without the need for tools.
Optional ICF System features:
ICF Sweeper
Rely on the ICF Sweeper to power you through even the toughest conditions when all others have come to a halt. Substantially increase speeds and yield in any condition and reduce your combine hours up to 50%. An integrated design offers a clean, sleek appearance with convenient fore/ aft and up/down adjustments at the touch of a button. Detaches quickly if you prefer but you’ll learn that an ICF Sweeper is the future of corn harvest.
End Row Augers
Proven to enhance feeding and be more efficient than any end row shield, the optional Elite End Row Augers create confidence in any tough or tall crop conditions. In-cab control reduces crop loss as well as bunching and lodging.
Drive Hub
The Geringhoff system eliminates undue stress on the bearings and drive mechanism of each row unit. A positive transfer of power and torque across the entire machine is created with the flex plate row coupler. This design also allows quick and individual removal of any row unit, should service be required.
Triple Protection System
Eliminate down time. Spend more time harvesting and less time on repairs and adjustments. This is the goal of the Triple Protection Slip Clutch System. Each row unit features automatic gathering chain tension adjustment, unique beveled sprockets and a slip clutch with an additional double bearing in every row unit gear box. Enter the field with confidence knowing you have triple protection on your side.
Aluminum Gearbox
Powering the Elite Series is a maintenance free sealed oil gearbox, which utilizes an internal self adjusting slip clutch to protect all moving parts of the row unit. Designed to be as relentless as the people who use it, these gearboxes are ready for the demanding challenges you send its way. So bring it on.
