In terms of capital required and running costs is there much difference between the 2 ? Do 40 footers have a good 2nd hand / export value ?I think that they worked in two fields beside each other. As soon as the 2nd one got going in its (2nd) field, he had to move the 1st one to another (3rd) field. They had to dedicate 2 tractors and trailers to each Combine. But there was a lot of time wasted in taking headers on on off. It was a huge logistical nightmare that just didn’t work.
2 x 20’ Combines would have completed harvest just as quick, because they wouldn’t need to remove the header every time they changed fields.
And we haven’t even mentioned the in field trees and electric poles!