- Location
- Co antrim
Wonder why agco done away with allis tractors seein as it was thier founding company
Ideal combine
- Thread starter beardface
- Start date
Not little at the time. Big output....
- Location
- West Wales
Acres maybe but tonnes of grain/straw combined through the machine I very much doubt it. Some of the big farms in Russia/eastern block will hold those titles I’d expect where yields are similar to ours but fields are like North America..
glasshouse
Member
- Location
- lothians
Russia yields are low
Some are and some aren’t, just like the USA (and the UK this year.)
- Location
- West Wales
I meant more down towards the Black Sea/Ukraine where 4t/ha is the average and yields up to 6-7t/ha are very achievable.
im sure profi did a dvd on a lexion 600 doing collossal acreage and tonnage starting in the Black Sea going up to north Russia harvesting all types of crops
glasshouse
Member
- Location
- lothians
German panzers used to roam the Russian plains, now it is german combines
- Location
- West Wales
To be fair claas have a combine factory in Russia too....
ollie989898
Member
I would imagine that the very highest combine outputs and tonnages will be in the regions where they are big on corn/maize as average corn yields in the USA are around 150 bushels/ acre (3.8 tonnes per acre) and there are people who can grow 300-400 bushels in a good year. Of course, the combine is only ingesting the cobs so they can really go for it and cover the ground very quickly into the bargain.
There can't be any harder combining about than a hefty wheat or barley crop that's damp in the straw like in Euroland. Maybe cutting corn with frost or snow in it, I know you can get frozen residue on the sieves in no time doing that.
There can't be any harder combining about than a hefty wheat or barley crop that's damp in the straw like in Euroland. Maybe cutting corn with frost or snow in it, I know you can get frozen residue on the sieves in no time doing that.
I’m told the biggest issue with the 2388 is finding one, simply because the folks who have them tend to want to keep themStill many CASE 2388s out there earning their keep, seen 4 or 5 this season, nice combines
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Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
The day I was at claas factory they were building Tucanos for a big farm in Kazakhstan. Most of them going down line were for same farm!
- Location
- Mid Norfolk
The Allis-Chalmers name was kept by the non agricultural remains of the old corporation which made and I believe still makes industrial equipment like turbines and power station plant.
glasshouse
Member
- Location
- lothians
It must be incredible for the blokes that drive these when you see the shyte they used to drive
Chae1
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
I found it interesting they were buying lots of tucannos rather than just a few monster Lexions with 40ft cuts. Never found out why.
- Location
- Mid Norfolk
They have the staff and need the redundancy if one machine breaks down with poor back up in remote locations.
To paraphrase an earlier post if one of ten small combines is lost it's better than one of three massive ones.
Chae1
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Not a business model followed by many farmers/contractors.
- Location
- Mid Norfolk
Not in this part of Europe. Imagine having to find half a dozen skilled drivers, let alone pay their wages!
Not with combines maybe and a slightly different thing cos they wouldn't all be working at once but lots of folk have a few older tractors that between them wouldn't buy one new one, if one is not working just use another one