Please give me advice about Class dominator 68s

[mystike]

Please give me advice about Class dominator 68s
I am looking for a Claas Dominator 68S model. Please give me advice on how reliable the engine is and other details. Someone mentioned that the engine doesn’t have a turbo, and in my village, most fields are on small hills, so it might be hard to work without a turbo engine. My seasonal work is a maximum of 30 hectares. Is it worth spending 20-30k euros on this combine harvester or not? Thank you.

 

[thorpe]

Please give me advice about Class dominator 68s
I am looking for a Claas Dominator 68S model. Please give me advice on how reliable the engine is and other details. Someone mentioned that the engine doesn’t have a turbo, and in my village, most fields are on small hills, so it might be hard to work without a turbo engine. My seasonal work is a maximum of 30 hectares. Is it worth spending 20-30k euros on this combine harvester or not? Thank you.

sounds a lot , how old?

 

[spin cycle]

@carbonfibre farmer

plenty of dommy 76s about for pennies

 

[mystike]

sounds a lot , how old?

1995

 

[mystike]

@carbonfibre farmer

plenty of dommy 76s about for pennies

76s is too old

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Funnily enough going through ours today

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

sounds a lot , how old?

Assuming the the OP is on the continent, they tend to be more money out there.

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Please give me advice about Class dominator 68s
I am looking for a Claas Dominator 68S model. Please give me advice on how reliable the engine is and other details. Someone mentioned that the engine doesn’t have a turbo, and in my village, most fields are on small hills, so it might be hard to work without a turbo engine. My seasonal work is a maximum of 30 hectares. Is it worth spending 20-30k euros on this combine harvester or not? Thank you.

Merc and perkins 6cylinder or (I think...) ford turbo 4 pot.

Ours is the merc 6 . Around 120hp. Never short of power.

We combine 30hec with ours.

We combine (and have combined), wheat, winter and spring barley, combinable peas, beans, linseed and soyabeans.

Ours is 1987 with 2060 or so hours.

Regularly serviced and checked over by independent claas mechanic. Few minor upgrades to help longevity over the years.
We've just noticed a bit of play in the water pump so that'll be coming off.

Brought by father in 2000. It came from silsoe research institute after they stopped. They were first owners. Came home with 996hrs on the clock.

Anything else, ask away.

 

[mystike]

Assuming the the OP is on the continent, they tend to be more money out there.

Funnily enough going through ours today

What do you think about a combine engine without a turbo? Can that work on hills? Is a 1995-year combine still reliable?

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

What do you think about a combine engine without a turbo? Can that work on hills? Is a 1995-year combine still reliable?

Being in Norfolk we aren't blessed with hills so probably not best to pass comment. As I've mentioned, we are never short of power.

Weights about 7.5t so it floats nicely.

Ours (touch wood!) has been good reliability wise. Do try and change things before they break mind. Also knowing it's whole history helps.

 

[Giorma]

Being in Norfolk we aren't blessed with hills so probably not best to pass comment. As I've mentioned, we are never short of power.

Weights about 7.5t so it floats nicely.

Ours (touch wood!) has been good reliability wise. Do try and change things before they break mind. Also knowing it's whole history helps.

How many hectare can it cut in a day?

 

[bovrill]

@carbonfibre farmer

plenty of dommy 76s about for pennies

That's why I've got one!
It's a damned good machine, and definitely got more output than most things it's size.
I'd say power is power, whether it's naturally aspirated or through a turbo. All that blowing it does is gives a smaller engine more of it. If an engine is designed to be capable of powering the machine in the first place then you shouldn't need one.

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

How many hectare can it cut in a day?

How much do you want out the back? 4t/acre wheat or 1.5t/acre spring barley?
Start at 10am and finish at midnight or 4hrs in an afternoon?

Specify a bit more and I'll answer

 

[Giorma]

How much do you want out the back? 4t/acre wheat or 1.5t/acre spring barley?
Start at 10am and finish at midnight or 4hrs in an afternoon?

Specify a bit more and I'll answer

In wheat? From 10am to midnight

 

[bobk]

How many hectare can it cut in a day?

This year 50 , normally 10 ish

 

[zero]

What do you think about a combine engine without a turbo? Can that work on hills? Is a 1995-year combine still reliable?

Don't worry about no turbo. Our Dominator 86 was a straight six and would climb a mountain. Neighbours had a 68 which was also good. And years ago we had a Senator 60 which would cut 40 ha a year on steep fields with it's 70hp perkins engine.

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

In wheat? From 10am to midnight

Most we've ever done in a day is around 15 acres. That was from 11am ish but certainly wasn't a midnight finish! We unload on the headlands too rather than on the move.

I suppose if you started at 10am, finished at midnight, never stopped, you'd do 20acres.

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Please give me advice about Class dominator 68s
I am looking for a Claas Dominator 68S model. Please give me advice on how reliable the engine is and other details. Someone mentioned that the engine doesn’t have a turbo, and in my village, most fields are on small hills, so it might be hard to work without a turbo engine. My seasonal work is a maximum of 30 hectares. Is it worth spending 20-30k euros on this combine harvester or not? Thank you.

You can buy a new version of the 68......but its a bit more than 30k euro!

https://www.agriaffaires.co.uk/new/combine-harvester/44871183/claas-dominator-130-dominator-130-4x2-4-2m-header-perkins-tier-3.html

 

[sledgeit]

Have a Dominator 76 with 6 cylinder Merc engine for sale spares or repair

 

[Giorma]

Merc and perkins 6cylinder or (I think...) ford turbo 4 pot.

Ours is the merc 6 . Around 120hp. Never short of power.

We combine 30hec with ours.

We combine (and have combined), wheat, winter and spring barley, combinable peas, beans, linseed and soyabeans.

Ours is 1987 with 2060 or so hours.

Regularly serviced and checked over by independent claas mechanic. Few minor upgrades to help longevity over the years.
We've just noticed a bit of play in the water pump so that'll be coming off.

Brought by father in 2000. It came from silsoe research institute after they stopped. They were first owners. Came home with 996hrs on the clock.

Anything else, ask away.

All I have seen every model has a Perkins engine 100hp, I have never seen one with a Merc engine, I think most of them made with a Perkins engine or nobody sells ones with Merc engine maybe you know better