New combine cost

[7610 super q]

You are only talking about labour efficiency.
What about financial efficiency?
Perhsps if land was declining back to £1000 per acre then spending half a mill on the shiniest ridiculous toy wont be quite so attractive.
For the smaller farmer a modernised trailed combine would make a lot of sense.
Kidd saw that 30yr ago but kv shut it down

Didn't JF make one in the early 90's ?
Obviously never took off.
Quite fancy one for my eerrrrrmmm..........eerrrrrrr 40 acres.

 

[Suffolk Serf]

I read that big placeold blinky runs has stopped splitting combines up and puts all three in the same field!!
Mad

Last time I looked, they had one combine (for 1200 or so acres combinable) and contract it out. You must have your big places mixed up!

 

[David.]

£4.50 per ac worked, or per Claas notional combine capacity acre?
We all know that most of them are capable of 3000ac , which on that basis makes annual service £13.5k.

 

[Martin Holden]

Didn't JF make one in the early 90's ?
Obviously never took off.
Quite fancy one for my eerrrrrmmm..........eerrrrrrr 40 acres.

They did but stopped production back in the late 70’s actually. Fantastic easy combine to set and a brilliant sample. Just too small and awkward

 

[Cowcorn]

NH 9.80 new is £320,000 after discount but before haggling if there is such a thing now a days. Seen a quote last week.

Haggling?? I suppose a good starting point would be " 320 grand !!!! Dont be talking shite ill give you the half of it !!

 

[glasshouse]

Last time I looked, they had one combine (for 1200 or so acres combinable) and contract it out. You must have your big places mixed up!

I thought he ran 12000 acres at thetford

 

[glasshouse]

Didn't JF make one in the early 90's ?
Obviously never took off.
Quite fancy one for my eerrrrrmmm..........eerrrrrrr 40 acres.

They never caught on because they werent trailed
Tractors were too small as well back then
Trailed combines are the cheapest to tun by far
Tramlines remove the biggest objection to them

 

[glasshouse]

Didn't JF make one in the early 90's ?
Obviously never took off.
Quite fancy one for my eerrrrrmmm..........eerrrrrrr 40 acres.

70,s

 

[Suffolk Serf]

I thought he ran 12000 acres at thetford

10500 acres, minus a few AHA tenant farms, minus a lot of woodland, a lot of permanent grass river meadows let for grazing, a lot of land let for root veg cropping and even more for maize and rye for AD and a little bit for pigs leaves some for their own cropping of cereals and sugar beet.

 

[glasshouse]

10500 acres, minus a few AHA tenant farms, minus a lot of woodland, a lot of permanent grass river meadows let for grazing, a lot of land let for root veg cropping and even more for maize and rye for AD and a little bit for pigs leaves some for their own cropping of cereals and sugar beet.

So who runs three lexion 770 over that way?

 

[Baling Hay]

Haybob ?

and yard scraper

 

[warksfarmer]

I thought there was an article in the farming press about it being bespoke made for them…..
I’ve also read about their new 30m set of rolls…..
I can’t see how he can run much well depreciated on that scale

I’m sure it was all used stuff and then adapted. Combines are all well used.

 

[Suffolk Serf]

So who runs three lexion 770 over that way?

Thurlow Estates (Vestey) do, run together with 3 enormous chaser bins on 12000 acres. That's a heavy land place, near Haverhill.

 

[glasshouse]

Thurlow Estates (Vestey) do, run together with 3 enormous chaser bins on 12000 acres. That's a heavy land place, near Haverhill.

Thats the one

 

[Bossfarmer]

does anyone on here work with hire combines or know the rough cost? is there a min acreage you need to cut to be able to hire one?

 

[ajd132]

Thurlow Estates (Vestey) do, run together with 3 enormous chaser bins on 12000 acres. That's a heavy land place, near Haverhill.

I think they are 13.5m headers

 

[tullah]

Or do you mean a minimum acreage to cut to make it pay?

 

[Norfolk Olly]

So who runs three lexion 770 over that way?

Elveden estates

 

[Suffolk Serf]

Elveden estates

I thought that they'd cut back from two to one at Elveden. Ian has been over there helping them out since Euston finished.
Of course they do have other farms now so could well have three in their overall operation.

 

[Norfolk Olly]

I thought that they'd cut back from two to one at Elveden. Ian has been over there helping them out since Euston finished.
Of course they do have other farms now so could well have three in their overall operation.

Yes they've a 8900, did have 2 770s at Thetford and one at coldham, don't think Ian was too pleased, went for 2days was still there a week later