For 160ac?!?!1680 or if the budget could be stretched a touch a 2166-2188
For 160ac?!?!1680 or if the budget could be stretched a touch a 2166-2188
Why not. I’m not cutting that much more with a 2388For 160ac?!?!
There's not 80 hours of sunshine at his altitude or latitude!i don't know why ppl always recommend such big machines.....op has 80 hrs work for something like 12 ft dominator 76
i don't know why ppl always recommend such big machines.....op has 80 hrs work for something like 12 ft dominator 76
when they were new i knew of 1 cutting almost 2000ac and personally worked with one that did 700 ac easily. 160ac is 3 days work only. I wish I could afford such combine capacity. I'm just jealousWhy not. I’m not cutting that much more with a 2388
There's not 80 hours of sunshine at his altitude or latitude!
Depends on what esle you do, i want to be able to do a similar acreage over a couple of weekends or days off
our 15ft 8070 did all harvest here right thru the nineties mostly quite easily, then the weather patterns changed sort of early 2000's & by 2005 neighbour helped us every year.when they were new i knew of 1 cutting almost 2000ac and personally worked with one that did 700 ac easily. 160ac is 3 days work only. I wish I could afford such combine capacity. I'm just jealous
I think that's a pretty fair generalisation. Sheer number of moving parts........Why is it that combines have the reputation of being so problematic? Is it because they are dormant for 11 months of the year. Engines should laugh at 5k hours like gearbox and diff, and hydrostatic the same if kept clean. So is the main problem bearings and belts? Only asking as we are thinking the same as the OP.
must be a lot of low hour combines up in yorkshire if you only get 80 hrs of combining weather a year
musta missed the op's bit about wanting to do it part time
cut more wet corn with a big combine than a small one
That doesn’t make sense
Sub 50 threshing hours last summer and was still having to cut at 24% at one point.must be a lot of low hour combines up in yorkshire if you only get 80 hrs of combining weather a year
musta missed the op's bit about wanting to do it part time
cut more wet corn with a big combine than a small one
As I say to my old man each year... that argument only works if you can rely on your own combine when crop is fit.Who??? Be cheeper spending more on a combine that a dryer,!!
We grow about 100 acre wheat and barley and probably cut an additional 60.
Currently running a mf 29 but its forever back in the yard with breakdowns.
Budget perhaps around 20k.
Open for ideas and/or offers
1/ if they only get 80 hrs combing weather in yorkshire/season a 20 yr old combine would only have a maximum 1600 hrs on the clock
2/ op didn't state they were doing the 160 ac purely at 'weekends' or 'coupla days off'
Why is it that combines have the reputation of being so problematic? Is it because they are dormant for 11 months of the year. Engines should laugh at 5k hours like gearbox and diff, and hydrostatic the same if kept clean. So is the main problem bearings and belts? Only asking as we are thinking the same as the OP.