- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
Has anyone tried both? What are your experiences of either. New combine next year and have t decided on header.
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Macdon v Convio
- Thread starter Banana Bar
- Start date
Might be wrong but heard the Class convio are made under license by Macdon, similar arrangement that CNH have agreed with Macdon
- Location
- norfolk
We looked at a macdon when we last changed our machine. Claas were very reluctant to sell a combine without the header and now they’ve got their own I guess it would be more so.
ollie989898
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Of the people who have them in the UK, it seems they all have positive reviews?
Claas convo is designed and made by Claas. The one you are thinking of is the swath up which is a macdon unit.
the convio talks to the combine which is a massive advantage, belt speeds and reel speeds increase and decrease with forward speed.
reversable belts from the cab.
feed augers selectable from the cab.
full auto contour.
ability to go from rigid to full flex along the knife at the touch of a button, using the auto contour button
Suffolk Serf
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- Location
- Bury/Thetford
- Location
- LINCOLNSHIRE/KENYA
Sounds like my son. They brainwash them.It’s a cult.
Suffolk Serf
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- Location
- Bury/Thetford
I know. My father did over 30 years working for them.
Dead Rabbits
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- Location
- 'Merica
Just keep in mind the macdon has 2 sensors. And neither of them absolutely has to work for the header to function. I know which I’d rather have.
- Location
- East yorks
Macdon?
- Location
- Bedfordshire
I've heard the convio is very expensive to run.
Can I add the Geringhof flex draper into the mix. Any Fendt Ideal users out there?
We had a demo of a Macdon in flat Peas last year. Very very impressive. I would guess that in standing wheat the advantage would be small on a sunny day in August, but greater on damp evenings in Sept.
Can I add the Geringhof flex draper into the mix. Any Fendt Ideal users out there?
We had a demo of a Macdon in flat Peas last year. Very very impressive. I would guess that in standing wheat the advantage would be small on a sunny day in August, but greater on damp evenings in Sept.
yes I do work for a Claas dealer, never said I didn’t. I will answer a question that relates to the products if required, it saves a lot of speculation about products that people may not fully appreciate.
No more expensive to run than any other header that has a flexible knife.
they will all have more durable knife sections due to the bending of the knife.
also, they will all put more pressure on the skid units as that is how they allow for full ground contour following.
same with anything, it is all about how you set them up on the machine and to the field conditions.
Suffolk Serf
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- Location
- Bury/Thetford
Only pulling your leg Matt.
Its good to have the facts.
- Location
- LINCOLNSHIRE/KENYA
Which are….If you don’t buy Claas you are going to hell.
I know foggy. I still remember the trip to France!
fergie35
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- Location
- Oxfordshire
Macdon is a full flex frame header, where as the convio is only a flex knife header i.e. the frame does not flex to follow contours.
- Location
- Pinnaroo. South Australia
At the wider widths the macdon is the only head that I would run. The frame flex is going to allow much better contour following than a knife flex machine. I currently have a non flex 36 ft honey bee and wish every harvest it was a macdon.
macdon not doing themselves any favours with lack of supply at the moment though
macdon not doing themselves any favours with lack of supply at the moment though
- Location
- Dorset/Wiltshire
We run a convio but not a flex but extremely impressed with it. Does the flex run on metal skids when flexing? I’m only asking because metal and flints don’t mix in this weather.