New toy day

[polly tunnel]

Yes it’s a macdon

 

[Muddyroads]

Yes it’s a macdon

Probably a stupid question, but what was wrong with the old one?

 

[chaffcutter]

New combine to go with it?

 

[Andrew]

Probably a stupid question, but what was wrong with the old one?

Haven’t you seen the thread title….. Nothing needs to be wrong to have a new toy

 

[polly tunnel]

No new combine will give us 10%to15% more output and will be better in beans and linseed nothing wrong with old header when we change combine shall have it with out header keep the macdon

 

[JJT]

No new combine will give us 10%to15% more output and will be better in beans and linseed nothing wrong with old header when we change combine shall have it with out header keep the macdon

What combine do you have, what was/is the old header?

 

[daveydiesel1]

If a macdon is better why do the combine manufacturers not upgrade thier own header. Over in the us alot of operators use a honeybee i think its called

 

[Richard Smyth]

Macdon would be the most popular I’d guess. Cnh have even gone back to them for their machines and given up on making their own Draper head

 

[ollie989898]

If a macdon is better why do the combine manufacturers not upgrade thier own header. Over in the us alot of operators use a honeybee i think its called

To be fair, not all the growers in North America or Australia would need the added features that a Macdon or Honeybee would provide. In the US in particular, you can get farms that grow predominantly one or two crops. Wheat might not even get a look in. Others might major on rice and not much else. Others it is corn and soybeans. John Deere have brought newer features into their own headers- draper belts are more common now but there are shed load of even aftermarket parts you can get for them now each adding cost and complexity (and weight). I'd imagine JD can let you specify what you need on their own header but Macdon still seem very popular.

 

[polly tunnel]

What combine do you have, what was/is the old header?

We run cr 9070 with a 30 ft vari feed header

 

[Boysground]

No new combine will give us 10%to15% more output and will be better in beans and linseed nothing wrong with old header when we change combine shall have it with out header keep the macdon

My contractor has a 35 foot Mac don on a NH 9.9 it’s a seriously impressive bit of kit. You will love it.

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[Boysground]

Did I read somewhere that CNH have bought Macdon?

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[Richard Smyth]

Did I read somewhere that CNH have bought Macdon?

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No

 

[Stevejb44]

CNH did a deal where as Macdon will make their headers , so From next year you can order your new New Holland or Case IH combines with branded Macdon headers

 

[Boysground]

CNH did a deal where as Macdon will make their headers , so From next year you can order your new New Holland or Case IH combines with branded Macdon headers

Dont think that will go down well with THW here. They have sold a number of Macdon headers. I guess they will loose out if new machines can come with them.

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[Ali_Maxxum]

Sky juicing today so managed to jump back on here for a bit. Should have posted these in the spring but it was all systems go. New Agritrend 3m folding harrows for our alpine and a new to us 6m set of Opico spring harrows. Must be 15yr old but done only a days work and sat in a shed since, paint still on the tines.

With the price of ad blue more than tripling I thought best to try and have something that wont leak and spill so much or overflow or have a load left in an open pipe getting grimey....
Still manual but much nicer to use and the electric was too expensive to warrant. The thread into the barrel is much better, manual gun but you can just keep pumping till it just quietly leaks back from the filler and click the gun off, so everything in the hose is saved and the hose is 4m. Much better than the lever pump we had before with about 1m of hose.

 

[Hard Graft]

Sky juicing today so managed to jump back on here for a bit. Should have posted these in the spring but it was all systems go. New Agritrend 3m folding harrows for our alpine and a new to us 6m set of Opico spring harrows. Must be 15yr old but done only a days work and sat in a shed since, paint still on the tines.
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With the price of ad blue more than tripling I thought best to try and have something that wont leak and spill so much or overflow or have a load left in an open pipe getting grimey....
Still manual but much nicer to use and the electric was too expensive to warrant. The thread into the barrel is much better, manual gun but you can just keep pumping till it just quietly leaks back from the filler and click the gun off, so everything in the hose is saved and the hose is 4m. Much better than the lever pump we had before with about 1m of hose.
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How do you find the alpine tractor and what’s its main job

 

[Martin Holden]

How do you find the alpine tractor and what’s its main job

Good question. I know Gwent is a bit hilly in places but wouldn’t class it as mountainous.

 

[Ali_Maxxum]

How do you find the alpine tractor and what’s its main job

Yeah, brilliant. Main job is flail topping work as it's reverse drive as well. The angles you can use it on are pretty bonkers. Do a lot of flail collecting work as well, sits on a mini wrapper a bit and any other jobs you can't get the big kit to.

 

[Shutesy]

If a macdon is better why do the combine manufacturers not upgrade thier own header. Over in the us alot of operators use a honeybee i think its called

JD and Claas do now make there own versions of Macdons/Honeybee type headers.