Used Claas Lexion 480 or Case IH2388?

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Claus

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Arable Farmer

• Jan 25, 2023

• #1

Tell me, please, which used harvester is better to buy: Claas Lexion 480 or Case IH2388?
Which harvester will be more reliable in operation, as well as more productive? Combine Lexion 480 has more moving parts, but what's really going on with the cost of off-season maintenance on these combines?
Perhaps this data will help to give more reliable advice (wheat / sunflower / soy / corn, 800 hectares of own field + harvesting services)

 

davidroberts30

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Location

pembrokeshire

• Jan 25, 2023

• #2

which has the best/closest dealer backup to you?

 

ollie989898

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Location

Hanging from a twig, in a deep sleep.

• Jan 25, 2023

• #3

I would also check out the cost of parts and servicing before you make a purchase. I don't know if a 2388 could realistically cut that area in a season, depends on the conditions and your region I guess. They are mechanically simple machines and quite farmer friendly to maintain.

 

Spencer

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Location

North West

• Jan 25, 2023

• #4

Axial Flows pretty bullet proof and can be kept going by yourself and a 9/16 spanner
No experience of 480 Lexion through.

 

Spencer

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Location

North West

• Jan 25, 2023

• #5

ollie989898 said:

I would also check out the cost of parts and servicing before you make a purchase. I don't know if a 2388 could realistically cut that area in a season, depends on the conditions and your region I guess. They are mechanically simple machines and quite farmer friendly to maintain.

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Reckon he ain’t in Scotland with the crops listed. Used to knock off 250ac a day in Oz with one comfortably in wheat/Sunflower..

 

Robt

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Location

Suffolk

• Jan 25, 2023

• #6

Claus said:

Tell me, please, which used harvester is better to buy: Claas Lexion 480 or Case IH2388?
Which harvester will be more reliable in operation, as well as more productive? Combine Lexion 480 has more moving parts, but what's really going on with the cost of off-season maintenance on these combines?
Perhaps this data will help to give more reliable advice (wheat / sunflower / soy / corn, 800 hectares of own field + harvesting services)

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are they both not 20+ years old? Contracting with them? An axial flow is a good buy but it’s still 20+ years

 

alomy75

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• Jan 25, 2023

• #7

I drove a 2188 for 3 summers. Vastly disappointing in anything but bone dry summers when the straw is 100% dead. Lexion every time.

 

Flat 10

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Arable Farmer

Location

Fen Edge

• Jan 25, 2023

• #8

alomy75 said:

I drove a 2188 for 3 summers. Vastly disappointing in anything but bone dry summers when the straw is 100% dead. Lexion every time.

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Disagree. Decent output in a normal season but exceptional in dry more like. To the OP you are asking a lot of a 20yr old combine unless you are in a much more favourable climate than us. I would chose a 2188 simply because I have quite extensive experience of them but for output a 480 set the bar at the time.

 

Fish

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Location

North yorkshire

• Jan 26, 2023

• #9

At that kind of age, I would rather try and keep 2388 going than a 480 ( the 480 would have more capacity when running) + early Claas twin rotators had a fire risk problem when cutting linseed (there is a fix) and knowing sunnys fire risk, just saying.

Quite frankly with 800ha to harvest, I wouldn’t run either of those machines.

 

Gapples

Member

• Jan 26, 2023

• #10

I worked on both, the 2388 will be by far the most reliable and cheaper to maintain.

The 480 will have a higher output though, possibly offset by downtime fixing it, especially at the age they are now.

 

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Claus

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Arable Farmer

• Jan 26, 2023

• #11

Fish said:

Quite frankly with 800ha to harvest, I wouldn’t run either of those machines.

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Thanks for the answer. What harvester would you recommend to use for this area?

 

David.

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Mixed Farmer

Location

J11 M40

• Jan 26, 2023

• #12

If you cut me, I'd bleed lime green, but of the two, I think I might have the Case.
There are thousands of them the world over and well liked, especially where the sun shines.
Claas geniuine parts are hair standing on end expensive, and the rotor gearbox was £10 grand 20 yrs ago. A 480 will have done a lot of work, they were a flagship machine, and be a tired old bus by now.

 

Spencer

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Location

North West

• Jan 26, 2023

• #13

Claus said:

Thanks for the answer. What harvester would you recommend to use for this area?

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Where are you? And what are your expected yields?
I'm guessing eastern Europe.

 

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Claus

Member

Arable Farmer

• Jan 26, 2023

• #14

Spencer said:

Where are you? And what are your expected yields?
I'm guessing eastern Europe.

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Our farm is located in the west of Ukraine (near the border with Poland).

 

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Claus

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Arable Farmer

• Jan 29, 2023

• #15

Someone asked about harvesting conditions (perhaps this will also clarify which combine is optimal in such conditions).
We harvest wheat / barley, as well as rapeseed (rapeseed after desiccation) almost at basic moisture, but we almost always clean soybeans, sunflower and corn wet (soybeans, for example, last season, were harvested at a moisture content of 22-28%, corn - up to 32%)
Maybe someone will advise a more optimal combine model for our conditions. I'll be very thankful.

 

CPF

Member

Arable Farmer

• Jan 29, 2023

• #16

I had 480 Evolution TT it was the best combine I owned (we was contract harvesting with it, it was put through some horrendous conditions
It coped with unripened straw very well and damp straw
Never had a problem with cutting linseed
For maintenance it was very good ,never really let us down. The parts may have been more expensive than other brands, but you don’t need them so often.
The vote for me would be the claas first, then the case

 

snarling bee

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Arable Farmer

Location

Bedfordshire

• Jan 29, 2023

• #17

If you have dry harvests in your part of the world an Axial Flow would be the better machine IMO

 

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Claus

Member

Arable Farmer

• Jan 29, 2023

• #18

Thanks for answers. Perhaps there are better options of other brands (NH for example) from used and for similar prices.

 

chaffcutter

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Arable Farmer

Location

S. Staffs

• Jan 29, 2023

• #19

The Claas every time for me if only for the variable table for combining rape (OSR) for which it’s untouchable imo, much more suitable for European conditions especially if you are harvesting at high moisture as in your post.

 

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glasshouse

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Location

lothians

• Jan 29, 2023

• #20

Claus said:

Someone asked about harvesting conditions (perhaps this will also clarify which combine is optimal in such conditions).
We harvest wheat / barley, as well as rapeseed (rapeseed after desiccation) almost at basic moisture, but we almost always clean soybeans, sunflower and corn wet (soybeans, for example, last season, were harvested at a moisture content of 22-28%, corn - up to 32%)
Maybe someone will advise a more optimal combine model for our conditions. I'll be very thankful.

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Claas mega 360