NH cx880 tips and reviews

[willy]

Well I have had to downsize quite considerably due to Divorce and loosing land to non farming interests.
So in a way Inam having to rebuild and tbh it’s no bad thing I am a bit older and a bit wiser (not a lot though) and just need to make it through the next few years with little and no expenditure. So I have managed to down size combines and bank a load of money( much needed atm)

just wanted to know what if any people know about a 2006 my 880 sl. What to be aware of and how to maximise performance.

thank you in advance

 

[snarling bee]

We had an 880 on hire a few years back, engine had been tweaked, Was doing approx 70% of a Lexion 770, so i was quite impressed. I assume you are on flat ground.

 

[willy]

We had an 880 on hire a few years back, engine had been tweaked, Was doing approx 70% of a Lexion 770, so i was quite impressed. I assume you are on flat ground.

No got some hills, it is a sl so drive leveler

 

[SilliamWhale]

Well I have had to downsize quite considerably due to Divorce and loosing land to non farming interests.
So in a way Inam having to rebuild and tbh it’s no bad thing I am a bit older and a bit wiser (not a lot though) and just need to make it through the next few years with little and no expenditure. So I have managed to down size combines and bank a load of money( much needed atm)

just wanted to know what if any people know about a 2006 my 880 sl. What to be aware of and how to maximise performance.

thank you in advance

Sorry to hear this

 

[willy]

Sorry to hear this

Thanks, I know you have been there too, it’s tough but what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

 

[quattro]

They can leak abit of grain somewhere up the back of the cab
otherwise a good capacity combine

 

[SilliamWhale]

Thanks, I know you have been there too, it’s tough but what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

Yep. Certainly dimmed my appetite for agriculture when you realise you have to give away a lot of what you've worked for. Never again!

But better that way than being unhappy

 

[willy]

Any more ideas on these combines? Any advice is much appreciated

 

[super4]

Went from a tx68+ to a cx880. To be honest
I was dissapointed with its output, no.more than the 68. Barley was a struggle to stop it going over the walkers, felt the 30ft header a bit much.
Now run a cx8070 with 25ft which I get on with much better. Just my experience. It was very reliable though.

 

[willy]

Bump

 

[willy]

Well she turned up today, very pleased

 

[melted welly]

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I dont think you’ll have many regrets.

We have a 2005 model, looks a very close relative to yours. 30ft high capacity header, 4wd, and I think it is excellent, cuts around 850 ac a year and has been very reliable, not exactly hard pushed on our acres, but great in a catchy year. Some years the annual service/maintenance costs have been sub £1500, mostly filters and oil. More realistic would be £2 to £2.5k, including fingers, sections etc. Most expensive year was about £8.5k which included new radiator (dealer job), 2 angle gearboxes, repair to shaker shoe and a wobble box arm.

The issue with the shaker shoe was cracking around the mounts, however 2hrs of welding and she was up and going. We went thru a spate of the angle gearboxes failing a few year ago, one on the bubble up auger, other on the tank auger I think.

Things weve learnt to watch:

shaft that drives the cooling fan has broken a couple of times, easy enough to fix, but engine gets very hot very quick.

make sure the entire cooling pack is cleaned out regular (daily), especially the transmission cooler which is at the very bottom of the pack and can get “forgotten” by lazy drivers. Also found that years of aircon issues were resolved by a change of driver who keeps this clear.

brake callipers can be sticky at the start of the season, check for heat after first movement.

check elevator chains and bars regularly

oil the chain for the grain elevator regularly (way up on top) as it’s a pain in the arse to change and really annoying if starts jumping.

if the dews coming down when your cutting wheat and you think “just one more round”, it will bite you, the returns will choke instantly. Just go home, it’s not worth the grief of filling the last trailer.

don’t cut hemp, it will destroy the wobble box, feck up the knife and wrap itself everywhere. The stuff is like wire wool. . Not a specific CX issue though .

I think they’re great machines and a nice airy cab to spend the day. We’re quite lucky that there’s a really good dealer round here who’s known the machine from new. We do our preseason servicing, then he comes out, gives it the once over and theres a little pile of replaced bits left over, parts that we have never seen and don’t know where he got them from, but they look worn and best replaced.