For 160ac?!?!
What combine would you recommend
- Thread starter dannewhouse
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Why not. I’m not cutting that much more with a 2388
spin cycle
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- north norfolk
i don't know why ppl always recommend such big machines.....op has 80 hrs work for something like 12 ft dominator 76
Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
There's not 80 hours of sunshine at his altitude or latitude!
- Location
- East yorks
Depends on what esle you do, i want to be able to do a similar acreage over a couple of weekends or days off
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- Northumberlandia
24ft NH CX8070 12yr old here between two farms & no more than 700 odd acres to cut
but you need all of it when the weather as it does ni on every year without fail give you headaches & wheat still ave moisture of 18.5%
same area used to be cut by two 15ft NH's a 1989 8070 & 1997 TX64
that one machine is pretty much matching running the two older ones. & saving man power & single T&T
but you need all of it when the weather as it does ni on every year without fail give you headaches & wheat still ave moisture of 18.5%
same area used to be cut by two 15ft NH's a 1989 8070 & 1997 TX64
that one machine is pretty much matching running the two older ones. & saving man power & single T&T
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
spin cycle
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- north norfolk
There's not 80 hours of sunshine at his altitude or latitude!
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 timecut more wet corn with a big combine than a small one
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- Northumberlandia
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 it was 1996 we fin on last day of August,wheat all cut the lot, dont think we had any wheat cut last harvest before start of sept
we chase the weather every year now. you tech need twice the cap you can afford
Sprayer 1
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- Tarporley, Cheshire.
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.
I think that's a pretty fair generalisation. Sheer number of moving parts........
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- Limousin/Charentes toad land
must be a lot of low hour combines up in yorkshire if you only get 80 hrs of combining weather a year
cut more wet corn with a big combine than a small one
That doesn’t make sense
spin cycle
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- north norfolk
That doesn’t make sense
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'
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
cut more wet corn with a big combine than a small one
maybe could have got it a bit drier but quality would have suffered and im the combine driver and baler man. And yes we had straw get wet and need turning as well.
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- Dorset/Wilts
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.
two-cylinder
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- Cambridge
Don't ignore later small model MF machines, the 30/32/7250/7252 have a much better reputation than the 24,27,29,31 models.
The bigger sizes of MF combine get a poor rep on here because a few have been trouble, but as with everything else big tackle starts life on large farms and is worked hard, whereas smaller models were bought for more modest acreages.
Find a low/modest hour small MF combine and you will get a newer, less worked machine for your money.
- Location
- East yorks
No the second one was me sorry as you asked why people always recommend big combines but why would you buy something small when you can big up a big combine for similar money
dannewhouse
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- huddersfield
What will my 29 be realistically worth?
I would guess less than 3k hrs think it had 2200 when I got it.
Tidy really not lived out etc
I would guess less than 3k hrs think it had 2200 when I got it.
Tidy really not lived out etc
SilliamWhale
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You can make anything last forever if you want. It helps if its been cared for all its life first though