Didn’t want to hijack the other thread currently running but I’m thinking about the opposite and running 2 combines instead of 1.
Currently cutting 700 acres with an 11 plate NH CX8070 with 25ft cut, and a range of cropping from winter OSR and winter barley, winter wheat and spring beans.
I aim to start cutting at 17-18% mc
I have just taken on an additional 500 acres, the land as a whole is spread across 10 miles with some decent A roads but some narrow country lanes too.
I try to block crop where possible and where possible, there are gaps in hedges to move combine between fields without removing header.
Problem being is that whilst I have some decent sized fields (biggest being 30 acres), I have a lot of fields which a 4-7 acres, and these kill output (couldn’t run any bigger header than 25ft in these)
I would like to just run the one machine and start cutting at say 20%, I keep wondering whether to buy a bigger machine and run that in to good blocks and keep ours for the smaller fields, or run the CX in bigger fields and buy a smaller machine for the fiddly ones?
Again, my preference would be just to run the one machine, any tips how to get more from it?
Currently cutting 700 acres with an 11 plate NH CX8070 with 25ft cut, and a range of cropping from winter OSR and winter barley, winter wheat and spring beans.
I aim to start cutting at 17-18% mc
I have just taken on an additional 500 acres, the land as a whole is spread across 10 miles with some decent A roads but some narrow country lanes too.
I try to block crop where possible and where possible, there are gaps in hedges to move combine between fields without removing header.
Problem being is that whilst I have some decent sized fields (biggest being 30 acres), I have a lot of fields which a 4-7 acres, and these kill output (couldn’t run any bigger header than 25ft in these)
I would like to just run the one machine and start cutting at say 20%, I keep wondering whether to buy a bigger machine and run that in to good blocks and keep ours for the smaller fields, or run the CX in bigger fields and buy a smaller machine for the fiddly ones?
Again, my preference would be just to run the one machine, any tips how to get more from it?