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Flexxifinger® has earned an international reputation for its quality products that help farmers to harvest their crops. Building on the high-quality and innovative design of the original Flexxifinger® Pulse Crop Lifter™, Flexxifinger® has continued to grow its product line to include harvest products suitable for a range of different salvage situations. The newest product additions, the Flexxifinger® Quicker Picker, Flexxifinger® VibraScreen™, and the Flexxifinger® MultiCrop Valve™ extend Flexxifinger’s commitment to quality and innovation beyond harvest.
Founder Dave Dietrich tackled the design of the crop lifter from a very common problem faced by crop producers around the world:
"One day, I was a number of miles from home, straight combining lentils. I had longer lifters on the header and the day turned really hot - almost 40 degrees Celsius. I could see that the lentils were shelling out as they were climbing those longer lifters on the way to the combine knife, so I decided to take them off. The only wrenches I had with me were an open end and a box end wrench, so it took me quite a while - about 2.5 hours - to remove them.Out there in that heat, I kept thinking that there had to be a better way."
"As a farmer growing peas and lentils, I could not find a crop lifter on the market that would work to my satisfaction in pulse crops. I wanted a crop lifter that was:
- gentle on the crop
- gentle on the combine
- easy to adjust
- easy to maintain and quick to take off and put on the header.
Those were the principles from which the lifter was built."
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Who We Are
Flexxifinger QD Industries Inc. is a team of dedicated farmers and farm industry workers diligently striving to manufacture innovative, durable, and dependable harvest attachments.
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Our Mission
To develop a reliable line of harvest products that become The Choice of Mechanized Farmers Worldwide™.
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Our Core Values
Teamwork, positive attitude, integrity, respect, accountability, excellence, innovation, communication, leadership development, passion, loyalty, and stewardship.
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Corporate Background
Founded by long-time Saskatchewan farmer, Dave Dietrich, Flexxifinger® QD Industries Inc. began operations in 2005 with the introduction of its flagship product, the Flexxifinger® QD™ Pulse Crop Lifter. After only twelve short months in business, the company had attracted international attention, taking home the award for Best New Invention at the 2006 Western Canada Farm Progress Show. Flexxifinger® was also recognized later that year as a finalist for Best New Product at the 2006 Saskatchewan ABEX Awards. Since then, the company has grown into a thriving enterprise, with active distribution throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe, and a client base around the globe.
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The Flexxifinger Story
In the late 1990s, a farmer just outside of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada had a lentil crop laying on the ground because of weather damage. The only lifters available at the time were not giving him the results he wanted because very little of his harvest was ending up inside the hopper. Instead of lifting his crop, those lifters were breaking the plants and pushing his lentils into the ground.
He began designing a crop lifter that could be adjusted to be able to get under the canopy to actually lift the crop up even though laying on the ground. This would become the Flexxifinger® Pulse Crop Lifter™. Since then he has continued to develop and expand the line of crop lifters into a variety of high quality attachments that help farmers worldwide.
Since that time, this same farmer, Dave Dietrich, has patented his ideas. Flexxifinger® now offers several types of crop lifters, each created to suit different crop types, soil conditions and levels of damage. In addition, Flexxifinger® is expanding its listing of available products to also offer the Flexxifinger® Quicker Picker rotary rock picker and the Flexxifinger® VibraScreen™.
The idea driving Flexxifinger’s® innovation is pretty simple – “recognize a need and fill it” – by creating high quality, easy to use products that will benefit its clients.
Still based in Assiniboia, Flexxifinger QD Industries Inc. is the premier manufacturer of harvesting aid attachments. From its humble beginnings in a farmer’s shop, being sold out of a truck, and growing to a network of more than 500 dealers and/or distributors across North America, Australia, Europe and Africa, Flexxifinger® has truly become The Choice of Mechanized Farmers Worldwide™.
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Flexxifinger® Leading Edge
At Flexxifinger®, we strive for quality, efficiency, simplicity and value. These goals are the catalyst for everything that we do – from the production floor to the field. We develop and test our products in our own fields and are constantly looking for ways to improve what we already have or to invent something that someone would need. A lot has changed since the invention of the first pulse crop lifter in the early 2000s, but our goals have always remained the same.
So, what is it exactly that sets Flexxifinger® apart from the rest?
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QD™ Technology
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QD™ literally means quick detach and this concept is what sets Flexxifinger® apart from its competitors. The QD™Nut Assembly and the QD™ spring on the rail of the lifter is what makes the installation and removal of the Flexxifinger® crop lifters quick and easy. The lifters are designed to snap right into place on the QD™ Nut. To remove, lift the QD™ spring tab and pull the lifter off, leaving the QD™ nut and bolt assembly in place for next time. It’s as simple as 1-2-3.
All of Flexxifinger’s® Crop Lifters use the QD™ method to attach to the header. That means that farmers may have a few different types of lifters that they can use interchangeably, to suit the type of crop they happen to be harvesting, the soil conditions or even level of damage.
The QD™ Nut Assembly reduces the amount of time it takes to install traditional lifters – the less time spent in the shop means more time spent harvesting.
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Flexible Fit
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Traditionally, lifters were mounted on the header and kept in place using the mounting bolt, leaving very little room to compensate for uneven ground conditions. That meant that if you hit a rock or tire track, lifter would be pushed and would often break. The lifter, which was entirely metal, would then travel into the header and potentially cause some pretty serious damage.
Flexxifinger’s® lifters are engineered to have a flexible fit – when they are attached to the header properly, we like for them to have some free-play once they are installed. This free-play allows for the angle of the lifter’s forward lifting point to move up or down, following the variations in the ground. Several types of our lifters also have spring mechanisms and a central pivot point which further allows for more flexibility in uneven ground conditions.
All of our lifters are infinitely adjustable to ensure the best fit for your header, crop type and ground conditions. Instructions for adjusting your crop lifters are included in the box at the time of purchase – please refer to these instructions for more details.
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Model N, Model J & Universal Fit
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Flexxifinger’s® crop lifters have been engineered to fit on almost all header guards. The FlexxiFloat™ and Triple S™ lifters have a universal fit and will work with virtually any guard on the market. The universal fit lifters have a silver-colored rail. We also offer a FlexxiFloat™ rail to fit the MacDon FD2 Series FlexDraper®.
The Pulse Crop lifters are offered in three (3) different models of lifter types: Model N, Model J, and MD-2. The Model N lifters are painted black and will fit guards that are more than 146mm/5.75” in length, when measured from the centre of the bolt hole to the tip of the guard. The Model J lifters are painted blue and will fit guards that are less than 146mm/5.75” in length when measured in the same way. The MD-2 rail is painted grey and fits the long guard on the MacDon FD2 Series FlexDraper®.
The Heavy Duty lifters have those same models, plus an additional one, the Model NJ. This will fit Honey Bee® Low Cut guards.
Flexxifinger® has developed a fitting chart which outlines which fit is required for specific header manufacturers and models. Because this list is not comprehensive and only takes into account factory configurations, it’s best to measure before ordering to make sure you get the right fit.
Access the most up-to-date version of our fitting chart.
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The Flexxifinger Promise of Quality
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Since the inception of the first Flexxifinger® Pulse Crop Lifter™, Flexxifinger QD Industries Inc. has greatly developed and expanded its line of products to offer not only crop lifting solutions for various cereal, pulse, oilseed, forage and other specialty crops, but also maintenance and general use products that can be used in diverse industries. The intention for all Flexxifinger® products is to be of high quality, reliable, superior value and easy to use. Flexxifinger QD Industries Inc. will continue to develop, manufacture and market its existing products to assist producers.
Flexxifinger’s® plan is to continue its product development and expansion, all the while maintaining its standards of high quality, reliability, superior value and ease of use our clients have come to expect.
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