Massey 7360 Beta

[Dukes Fit]

Have to run it by the reeky one!

 

[gjm]

Just buy it you're due a change

Get it bought! Haha.

 

[kneedeep]

Get it bought! Haha.

Buy a new un
Just make sure it's yellow or a shade of green
I'm not biased just offering an informed opinion as requested.

 

[augie]

Kneedeep, there are some very unhappy MF beta customers near here, including me. Lots of promises to get the machine right, but little positive action. Customs names and contact details would be useful, if they are agreeable. It's starting to get ugly.

 

[MrNoo]

The resale price of them pretty much tells the story, always seem cheap, must be a reason!
Am amazed they are more expensive than a Class.
Always been Yellow here although did have a couple of 415 Fergies many a moon ago, used to sit transfixed at the grain coming out the cross auger when a young lad!

 

[Roy Stokes]

We had a 7282 AL which I believe was the top of the range walker machine before the Delta Hybrid was launched, the losses from the 7282 in a 10T/Ha crop were very high, it literally could not cope with the volume of straw from that size of crop, modifications were made to the concave by removing every other wire from it after 2/3rds at full wire to try and separate more grain, it did help but it was still unacceptable.
We upgraded to the Hybrid to counter this problem but it has been very unreliable and seems to easily overload the returns, however the size of returns elevator has been modified on machines for 2014 season,
The hybrid needs an operator who understands the need to slow the rotors throughout the day as crop drys and becomes more brittle as if not chopped straw gets in the sample and there is a streak of grain left in the field where the returns are put back in.
Given the above and the comments from other posts I would walk away from a Massey combine, swiftly, there are better machines on the market, if you don't like Claas take a good look at a New Holland, always made good harvesters in the past and receive good reviews now

 

[Chae1]

Have to run it by the reeky one!

It can't be bad. I think the farm that had demo before you have bought one!

 

[Feldspar]

We had a 7282 AL which I believe was the top of the range walker machine before the Delta Hybrid was launched, the losses from the 7282 in a 10T/Ha crop were very high, it literally could not cope with the volume of straw from that size of crop, modifications were made to the concave by removing every other wire from it after 2/3rds at full wire to try and separate more grain, it did help but it was still unacceptable.
We upgraded to the Hybrid to counter this problem but it has been very unreliable and seems to easily overload the returns, however the size of returns elevator has been modified on machines for 2014 season,
The hybrid needs an operator who understands the need to slow the rotors throughout the day as crop drys and becomes more brittle as if not chopped straw gets in the sample and there is a streak of grain left in the field where the returns are put back in.
Given the above and the comments from other posts I would walk away from a Massey combine, swiftly, there are better machines on the market, if you don't like Claas take a good look at a New Holland, always made good harvesters in the past and receive good reviews now

Very interesting post - particularly the points about the straw in the sample and the streaky lines. I see both issues with our Hybrid and wasn't sure whether there was a way to cure them. Can you explain in a bit more detail how the streak of grain gets on the ground (on the assumption that I am not massively knowledgeable about combine internals). Thanks in advance!

 

[Roy Stokes]

Very interesting post - particularly the points about the straw in the sample and the streaky lines. I see both issues with our Hybrid and wasn't sure whether there was a way to cure them. Can you explain in a bit more detail how the streak of grain gets on the ground (on the assumption that I am not massively knowledgeable about combine internals). Thanks in advance!

The returns are delivered to the right hand side of the combine, if the returns are overloaded then in turn it overloads the separating area delivered to, much like having a blocked straw walker.
I think the 2014 mods deliver the returns over a wider area back in the drum to try and combat this but don't quote as I am not too sure of this point

You could be forgiven for thinking that being a rotary it would even things out but if you watch it cutting a half width strip with say just the right of the header then all the straw exits from the right of the chopper.

We also have trouble with it not spreading straw and chaff to full width and streaks across the field are difficult to deal with in a min till situation

 

[Jock]

If Dukes Fit or anyone else is still keen there is a 2011 MF 7282 with 25ft header that's done 759 hours coming up at farm sale near Kinross in a few weeks.

Could be are bargain or a headache for someone.

 

[Sandy]

If Dukes Fit or anyone else is still keen there is a 2011 MF 7282 with 25ft header that's done 759 hours coming up at farm sale near Kinross in a few weeks.

Could be are bargain or a headache for someone.

What like would the tractors be?

 

[Jock]

What like would the tractors be?

No idea. Just spotted the list on united auctions website.