Class Lexion

[Warp Land Farmer]

What he needs then is a 6 Walker on tracks .
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You having a change?

 

[Oscar]

Lexion 570 ,s are a good all rounder combine in my opinion. My contractor runs two, one is a TT and the other is a Montana, both 09 reg . I drive the TT for him ( last three years since getting rid of a 750 Montana on CHire).
Had a engine ECU play up in 2019 which lead to sudden engine shutdown but swapped ecu with the other 570 and both were fine again ??!! The only thing to watch ( as I have heard it's fairly common) is the shaft snapping which holds the fan , resulting in it destroying the cowling and damaging the radiator plus the fan itself . The shaft is something like £ 85 but can easily end up with a 3 k insurance claim and being out of action for a few days.

 

[Phil P]

You having a change?

Not just yet but it’s on the cards, will be on its limit this year! Just praying we don’t get a wet harvest again.

 

[Adeptandy]

Not just yet but it’s on the cards, will be on its limit this year! Just praying we don’t get a wet harvest again.

Maybe now's the time to change

 

[dirty harry]

Class Lexion 570 C

Class Lexion 570 C for sale with Farm to Farm.

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This is as tidy and well looked after as you’ll find, it’s not far from me

 

[its.... only me]

We ran a 570c for a few years. One thing that sticks out in your initial post was you mentioned “linseed” It is well documented the fact that some - but not all Lexion hybrids can set fire to the straw as it leaves the combine. Our 570c had three different types of rotors in it....... in a very short space of time - non of with cured it, although Claas linseed rotors did help “ejecting” the straw out the back. Our 740 is no better - yet a neighbour has an old 580 & doesn’t have these issues - strange & frustrating.
Don’t think a 570 has bomb doors on the rotors as standard. Think they were available as an option on later models.
, as was variable speed rotors from in the cab. Our’s had three settings that were moved manually (740 variable from cab)
We also had a 540 new in 2007 with 550 tank. We have issues with narrow canal bridges & as a result purchased this combine on 680/85 x 32 & 500/70 x 24 ( I think) this made it approx. 3.5 metres wide (or as wide as a narrow bodied rotary on 800 wide tyres) to enable us to fit over the bridges.
If you only end up cutting 400 ac. why not a narrow bodied walker machine - e.g Lexion 520 with a 6. metre vario header. We’ve cut 1,200 ac. with a 530 before ?

 

[Phil P]

Maybe now's the time to change

Unfortunately as much as I’d like to the budget just won’t stretch to it at the moment, first year on the new place means buying all the inputs, rent, buying entitlements etc before I draw anything off it so unfortunately the combine upgrade will have to wait a little longer. Need grain store upgrade as well so it’s going to be a toss up which comes first .

 

[Flat 10]

Unfortunately as much as I’d like to the budget just won’t stretch to it at the moment, first year on the new place means buying all the inputs, rent, buying entitlements etc before I draw anything off it so unfortunately the combine upgrade will have to wait a little longer. Need grain store upgrade as well so it’s going to be a toss up which comes first .

I can’t believe you chose to do that over fixing tractors in your spare time

 

[Surgery]

Mann’s are just down the road for parts, local dealer very competitive on labour and I look after the fitters boilers

Would be a case if you get a bit warm under the collar from not getting looked after during harvest they will be getting cold under the collar in winter then!

 

[redsloe]

Mann’s are just down the road for parts, local dealer very competitive on labour and I look after the fitters boilers

You can't be far away from APH either then?

Why restrict yourself to light green?

 

[APJ]

Not as good as twin rotor on straw either

Our single rotor 560 tucano is almost as kind on the straw as the Walker it replaced.

 

[tr250]

Our single rotor 560 tucano is almost as kind on the straw as the Walker it replaced.

That’s interesting. Does it come out uniform or still triangle shape swath, does it come out the combine centraly. And does it load sieves more on one side?

 

[APJ]

That’s interesting. Does it come out uniform or still triangle shape swath, does it come out the combine centraly. And does it load sieves more on one side?

Very nice rounded swath, it does come out one sided but the deflector rake flicks it back into the middle. Sieves are loaded evenly, these little rotary tucano combines are a very underrated machine ours will be in its fourth season this yr, it’s been super reliable machine with good output. We bale all the straw behind it too.

 

[Matt77]

We had a tucano on demo last year, salesman used our tucano 430 while I used the 560, you can mess around with the deflector and make a very tidy job of the straw, chap who baled up behind us both, same fields, said very little difference between us both, said it was just the wider header that told him which was which really, very impressive machine, on the wish list!

 

[Adeptandy]

Where and what do the bomb doors look like ? I'm assuming they'll be under the rotors or the drum ?

 

[benny6910]

Where and what do the bomb doors look like ? I'm assuming they'll be under the rotors or the drum ?

Yes they are underneath the rotors, easiest way to tell if it has them is there will be 3 way switch on the rear of the right hand side console

 

[Adeptandy]

Narrow body 570's and Linseed, would the Class update to the rotor tips improve the flow ?

 

[its.... only me]

Narrow body 570's and Linseed, would the Class update to the rotor tips improve the flow ?

It improves the rotors ability to spit it out the back, the earlier rotors on 500 series only had two padels which was a problem. But it doesn’t stop it setting fire to the straw - which starts at the front of the rotors. I have a photo showing the problem looking down torpedo tubes with rotor removed....... but can’t seem to find it.
We found if you can get it cut while the straw has some green in it - it helps, as in as much it may smoulder, but not fire

 

[Oscar]

Had mixed results with a 570 and 750 and linseed. Have cut crops some years and had not one issue but year later could nt do a thing and had to get a straw Walker machine in to cut . Had the same one year with spring beans , some cut as usual ie easy but then tried some others and it just wrapped on front of rotors and smoldered, fire brigade time .
The linseed rotors help but not 100% . The thing to look for when cutting is the straw coming out in spits and lumps not continuous . If thats happening then things are going wrong . Also be careful on back end of rotors . The last segment of rotor [two plates ]is attached by rubber mounts and because of the lumps and general "no give" in linseed straw , it rips the segments off and so you then only have one flap which no way is going to spit the straw out and so it blocks the rotors !!
HOWEVER , I have cut hundreds of acres of linseed and beans and its been no issue at all . Its just one of those frustrating things which happens but you have no control over .

 

[Fergieman]

2 in this sale on the 22nd

Border Livestock Exchange | 'less stress to stock and producers'

Lot 2 would do

Just a reminder this sale finishes tomorrow and both combines are sitting at £58,000