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I’ll look into ityes put SN number in the Claas system & it will tell you every thing its had
I’ll look into ityes put SN number in the Claas system & it will tell you every thing its had
This is a UK based forum so people think about hours on combines based around a narrow window of harvesting generally autumn sown crops. Head to the warmer parts of europe and barley starts early in June and maize might finish in November or later with a variety of crops in between so putting big hours a year on a combine is not difficult. They often don't put in late nights and long days because if they did it for 6 months it would be tough going.Different combine I know but I think @nxy posted the other day that his combine had done 7k hrs
Weighing up all the options but definitely won’t be a new one! Although there may be an ideal 7 coming for a demo.If you're giving the 560 a good work out, have you looked into into a new one beyond looking at the list price, pursing your lips and sucking your teeth?
You'd be able to pay for it over a number of years, with probably favourable finance and they'd be a warranty too.
I'd expect that most of the high capacity machines will have had their necks rung for their time with the first owner.
Weighing up all the options but definitely won’t be a new one! Although there may be an ideal 7 coming for a demo.
I’m m in no real rush to do anything but always get a bit panicky in wet harvest
Olly has messed up the system by changing his machine so soon!
Surely a combine purchase isa long term view, rather than a short term knee jerk reaction on a harvest that hasn't really started yet?Weighing up all the options but definitely won’t be a new one! Although there may be an ideal 7 coming for a demo.
I’m m in no real rush to do anything but always get a bit panicky in wet harvest
Are you using red or brown sauce?Surely a combine purchase isa long term view, rather than a short term knee jerk reaction on a harvest that hasn't really started yet?
Certainly get the Ideal on demo. My sauces told me the early ones were a pain in the arse, but the later machines have been sorted out and will run with a Lexion. Were you get make serious enquiries about the Ideal, the Claas salesman's pencil will be considerably sharper than any pencil has been before.... so another sauce told me...
reggae reggaeAre you using red or brown sauce?
Over here there is only a bit of Rye grass and the rest is only winter wheat. Everything at the same time, so combines are only used at most 3 weeks a year. If you harvest more than 100 ha a year you are quite a big guy If i see used combines from other countries it's more likely to get 500-1000 ha/year it looks like...This is a UK based forum so people think about hours on combines based around a narrow window of harvesting generally autumn sown crops. Head to the warmer parts of europe and barley starts early in June and maize might finish in November or later with a variety of crops in between so putting big hours a year on a combine is not difficult. They often don't put in late nights and long days because if they did it for 6 months it would be tough going.
@lexion780tt I assume Claas foragers with the om502 la engine suffered from dropping valves aswellWould avoid a 600 with high hours threshing wise wouldn't worry every thing can be repaired easily.
They have a nasty habit of the hydrostat going bang normally fills the system up woth rubbish.The pump and motor are well north of 30k common problem on all 600.
They also run the om502 la v8 merq they for whatever reason like dropping valves which if the engine isn't a write off are very expensive to pit right.
If you run a 600 long enough one of these 2 things will happen.
Best combine for reliability and out put would be a early narrow bodied 760 nice and small good out put and reliable.