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- Bury St Edmunds
Has anyone got one of these? What is your experience? Are they as good as they are made out to be? The quote would suggest they are exceptional.
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John Deere X9 1100
- Thread starter Banana Bar
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solo
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This thread may help;
thefarmingforum.co.uk
How is your JD x9 combine performing?
The ‘100 tons per hour’ figure being proclaimed is likely spot rate and not average so you can knock 10% off at least for headlands and turning etc. Also this year there is a large amount of straw of which I’m finding is still not 100 ripe and really the limiting factor on output, struggling to...
thefarmingforum.co.uk
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- Essex/Herts Border
We do, X9 1000, and we have another chap local to us running an X9 1100.@Shutesy runs one. I think!
Is there much difference between the two other than hp?
Looking carefully at the brochure , there is very little difference apart from extra hp, bigger grain tank and slightly faster grain unloading auger speed , with know doubt a price increase to match.
Perhaps @Shutesy can confirm.
Slightly off topic , it would be interesting to hear from anyone who has, had a demo of the JD X9 ,Claas 8900 and the largest New Holland, as such a huge investment to make and not easily put right if one finds out the hard way that the combines performance, back up service ,does not live up to ones expectations.
I am only a machinery enthusiast ,retired farmer so know what its like to try and finance machinery ,and that was 15 + years ago ,goodness only knows how you do ,nowadays!!!!!!!
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Looking carefully at the brochure , there is very little difference apart from extra hp, bigger grain tank and slightly faster grain unloading auger speed , with know doubt a price increase to match.
Perhaps @Shutesy can confirm.
Slightly off topic , it would be interesting to hear from anyone who has, had a demo of the JD X9 ,Claas 8900 and the largest New Holland, as such a huge investment to make and not easily put right if one finds out the hard way that the combines performance, back up service ,does not live up to ones expectations.
I am only a machinery enthusiast ,retired farmer so know what its like to try and finance machinery ,and that was 15 + years ago ,goodness only knows how you do ,nowadays!!!!!!!
I believe the 3 above machines were gathered in a field last summer for a comparison, and the deere literally made the others appear to be stood still. Cant comment about what was coming over the back, fuel use or finer details tho etc
Am sure someone else has more details
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@MX7 has got it pretty much covered, they are the only main differences, 1100s generally come with a 45ft header due to the extra hp available whereas our 1000 has a 40ft header. There could be quite a difference in optional spec between any 2 machines depending on which tech, cab and light packages you go for.
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- Bury St Edmunds
Has anyone heard that the 1100 is underpowered? 700hp is a lot less than an 8900. There are no self levelling sieves in the X9 which is a huge drawback compared to the rivals.
alomy75
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Seriously? Even my 20yr old tx66 has self levelling sieves!
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- Essex/Herts Border
Our 1000 has only 630hp, whilst I would like more as it's normally engine power I'm limited by, in a comparison with a neighbours 8900 with a 13.5m header last harvest in similar wheat crops, both dropping the straw we were doing the same forward speeds us only having a 12m header. So he was using the extra 160hp to run just 1.5m more header. Deere claim the reduced hp is offset by more efficient drivelines etc than competitors. I can believe that though at times more hp would be nice!
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Not necessarily as the Lexion has Dynamic Power so while it may have 160 more hp available, it may not be using all those horses as the engine power output will change depending on load and in a nice, dry easy to thresh crop would probably be running at a lower power level.
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- Bury St Edmunds
Where? That’s my area.
Maybe son/daughter or wife is going to surprise you!!
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- Essex/Herts Border
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- Essex/Herts Border
Also when we had our post harvest feedback meeting with JD the driver of the 1100 that's in our area never really mentioned a noticeable lack of power and they were running a 13.5m header and chopping straw at times.