New Holland TF78
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Hesston4860s
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- Nr Lincoln
I wouldn’t buy one some of the circuit boards are now either unobtainable or very very hard to get, the straw out of them isn’t the best either !.
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- Lincolnshire
A CX would be a better buy.
Timbo
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- Gods County
Was a Lithuanian guy on here with a similar combine abit ago with electronic problems , don't know if he ever got it running.
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- south norfolk, uk
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
Wonderful Combine. Straw isn't mangled anything like as bad as many think.
APH are good with any electrical problems, should they arise.
https://www.fwi.co.uk/machinery/har...le-ideas-make-a-new-holland-tf-combine-better
But don't do number 6.
APH are good with any electrical problems, should they arise.
https://www.fwi.co.uk/machinery/har...le-ideas-make-a-new-holland-tf-combine-better
But don't do number 6.
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average farmer
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- North Notts
Bloody good combine imo, ran one for 8 years cutting 1000 acres odd a year, can smash the straw up a bit in the heat of the day. Never had a problem with parts APH are good. not that good in osr but brilliant in wheat and Barley.
nick channer
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- buckinghamshire (south)
We just bought a 2001 Machine
2500 hrs
Also run two older TF 46’s and a TX68
2500 hrs
Also run two older TF 46’s and a TX68
average farmer
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- North Notts
I have loads of spares for our old TF somewhere, lots of bits for the header to if anyone is interested I’ll dig them out
nick channer
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- buckinghamshire (south)
I’d be interested as same header as our TX
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
rob h
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- east yorkshire
Contractor near us had a 78with 4wheel drive not sure he may still have it but it's often cut next door to us seems to make a good job and can't half shift
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- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
If only the had invented Vari-feed headers for them, they would have gone even faster.
I clearly remember the wheat fighting to get under the centre of The feed auger by the retraction tines. That causes inefficiency as not all the straw then hits the drum ear first. Vari-feed solved this and that is why the conventional combine caught them up capacity wise.
I clearly remember the wheat fighting to get under the centre of The feed auger by the retraction tines. That causes inefficiency as not all the straw then hits the drum ear first. Vari-feed solved this and that is why the conventional combine caught them up capacity wise.
yellow belly
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- south west lincolnshire
With rape fit the side plates in the tf rethrasher to reduce the sieve load
The one I had had electric throttle that had some wear on the linkage to the engine once we spotted it we got another 1/3 out put in heavy going
The twin straw chopper was very good as it only had to spread half the width
When in dry easy thrashing conditions open up the concave to get even higher output the sieve box can cope with the cleaning
Very low fuel use per tonne /acre the best of any I have used
The one I had had electric throttle that had some wear on the linkage to the engine once we spotted it we got another 1/3 out put in heavy going
The twin straw chopper was very good as it only had to spread half the width
When in dry easy thrashing conditions open up the concave to get even higher output the sieve box can cope with the cleaning
Very low fuel use per tonne /acre the best of any I have used
Duals on front when it was wet in that field opposite you near spud store . How many has Colin now 25? . Is rob still using his twin turb v8 tf46
rob h
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- east yorkshire
yea that's the one even with duals it left ruts 2ft deep they had to go round later and fill them in with a Tele handler bucket.i think only got stuck once.same year my uncle next to them had it it got stuck so bad it took 2 big tractors to pull it out an had to go back to the workshop to have the fan housing straightened as it was all bent in.its difficult to say how many combines he owns now as they are spread around that far you never seem to see more than a dozen in the yard at once theirs always a few left on farms.he keeps shifting one or two older ones and replacing with good second hand .Not many contractors of his size buying second hand but it's working well for him.
How many acres? If not many I would think a Tx would be a safer bet. The whole idea of rotary is speed with that speed and output comes wear and expence in my opinion however I’m sure nothing else could touch them in there day
About 250 acres. So not a lot but the combine in question has been very well cared for and isn’t high hours.
Has anyone got a link to the TF threshing layout? Just trying to get a better understanding of there workings. We’ve not actually seen the machine in the flesh yet.
If you want to know the ins and outs of tf two tone on here . Or col Martinson @Robh will point you in the right direction
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