Claas Tucano 430
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Superted820
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- Location
- Cornwall.
A near neighbour has one. I think he's about 600 acres of wheat and barley. New this year. Horrendous losses. I know a lot of it comes down to the driver but the dealer was out regularly and things didn't improve. Not a good advert from what I could see but I'm not an owner so I'm sure there'll be much more experienced people on here that know more than I!
Derky
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- Location
- Bucks/oxon
We used to run a 440. Quite simply the best combine we ever owned. A joy to use and never broke down once. Never had an issue with losses.
MrOl
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- Location
- Herts / Essex
- Location
- Leicestershire/Warwickshire border
We ran a Tucano 430 for 3 seasons harvesting about 850 acres a year with it. Very good machine and never had a problem with losses. The straw walkers will always be the limiting factor with output but a lot of the issue with losses is how it's driven.
- Location
- Cirencester
Chap I know uses one and loves it, cuts around 750 with it, looking at his stubbles whilst driving past, they look clean, no more losses than with our NH walker machine.
Feldspar
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- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
This one is good, as was the last one. Highly reliable combine. Decent output, sample and simple to use. We normally put about 150 ha through our 420. It manages that very comfortably. Last year put 800ac through it.
I have had a 430 since 08 so was one of the 1st. It's now done just over 1600 hours with very little trouble. I've just had a couple of idler pulley bearings go in the past couple of seasons. We've been cutting between 750 and 840 acres a year with it. The losses are as already said in the thread mainly down to driving. Barley is the biggest problem if you try to push to hard or its not over fit. It loves wheat and will go day in day out with very few losses.
- Location
- Shropshire
450 acres per year through our 430. 80 acs barley, 80acs osr, 250acs wheat, then 25 beans and 15 oats.
Bought new in 2011.
Only problems so far has been a bearing in an idler.
If you intend to chop the straw I would go for a bigger combine.
Bought new in 2011.
Only problems so far has been a bearing in an idler.
If you intend to chop the straw I would go for a bigger combine.
- Location
- West Midlands
Why Bigger if chopping, power?
- Location
- Shropshire
Power to an extent, but also straw walker capacity.
Having said that, if you chop everything you probably cut higher.
willvf
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- Location
- Somerset and Suffolk
I like the look of these but not sure whether the small (450mm) drum will cope well in heavy straw crops compared with bigger drum in lexions/deere/NH walker combines? Be interested in user views on this.
- Location
- Shropshire
We cut about 120 tonnes per day with ours over 8 hour period (in wheat) where fields allow.
The 440 is a significantly bigger combine as it has 6 walkers.
It's a good tool and I think it's probably the right one for us, however I know people with less acreage running lexicon 570 and 580's so it's each to there own.
The 440 is a significantly bigger combine as it has 6 walkers.
It's a good tool and I think it's probably the right one for us, however I know people with less acreage running lexicon 570 and 580's so it's each to there own.
Anyone got the pages of manual that tells you what the various warning symbols on the computer are for a 400 series
I can take some photos of mine in the morning if that will help
That would be handy , just so I know what it's all for, there is arrow that points to each side ,no idea what it is
It probably means that the 3D sieves are operating. Did away with the arrows on later versions!
Ah could be , maybe is when on a bit of a side slope