Combine harvesters

Got a 22 yr old MF 34 for sale here, been around the block a few times, 16ft power flow header, absolute gem of a machine just doesn’t cope with 600 acres anymore. Can’t say it’s in good condition but it works well and doesn’t need expensive software to diagnose and fix a problem, just a bit of common sense and a basic tool kit!!
 

New Puritan

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Location
East Sussex
Got a 22 yr old MF 34 for sale here, been around the block a few times, 16ft power flow header, absolute gem of a machine just doesn’t cope with 600 acres anymore. Can’t say it’s in good condition but it works well and doesn’t need expensive software to diagnose and fix a problem, just a bit of common sense and a basic tool kit!!

Wherabouts are you, can you pm me details please?
 

traineefarmer

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Mid Norfolk
Plenty of new small machines available from the major manufacturers. But beware, many are now being built in developing countries to older designs.

IIRC, JD's smaller machines are coming from South America (Brazil?) and are some distant relation of the 10/11 series from the '80s. The quality of build is NOT the same as the German build machines.

We run a 35 year old 1075 and some parts now arrive in boxes marked Brazil or Mexico and the state of the finish on some is shocking. We returned some beater bars to the dealer last year as the flutes were shallower than the 15 year old ones we had taken out. Some dusty German ones were eventually found and were far better.
 

fredf

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Location
SW Co Durham
That there is .
I’ve also heard that there is high reserves on things which is fair enough but how will the auction company go on if everything starts getting passed out ?

That is my thought's but there are a lot of small lots. He stopped growing potato's 3 or 4 years ago but still de-stone, plant and harvest a big acreage for other farmers.

Tom
 

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