What combine would you recommend

[bumkin]

Just fancy something a bit fresher, bit quicker and bit comfier. She's a good old girl though

Do you want to buy it

the problem is when you go for something newer you get into electrics and that complicates the issue with new holland wanting a couple of grand for a printed circuit when you are working it might be faster but if you have an electrical problem it becomes costly and time-consuming then if you get newer you get into AdBlue and that can cause problems with long periods of standing and crystallization we used to have a T C 56 she was a slow old plodder but she just kept going

 

[SilliamWhale]

the problem is when you go for something newer you get into electrics and that complicates the issue with new holland wanting a couple of grand for a printed circuit when you are working it might be faster but if you have an electrical problem it becomes costly and time-consuming then if you get newer you get into AdBlue and that can cause problems with long periods of standing and crystallization we used to have a T C 56 she was a slow old plodder but she just kept going

Stop winding me up - shes nearly been sold!

 

[bumkin]

Stop winding me up - shes nearly been sold!

i saw her last year and thought she looked tidy, if there is no rot in her you would go a long way to get better there are things you can do to make her a bit faster like new rasp bars or a concave if the sieves are in good order then just open them up a bit and turn the fan up as far as comfort goes I don't think any of them are comfy

 

[JLLM]

I've seen the FB adverts. I fancy it. Can't afford it this year though.

Can you buy it to stop me from doing anything silly please.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Can you buy it to stop me from doing anything silly please.

Think ive sold it. Youre a free man!

 

[RmfJ]

Can you buy it to stop me from doing anything silly please.

Go for it, plenty of girl power available to drive it!

 

[Al R]

Can you buy it to stop me from doing anything silly please.

I’ve been told it’s gone, I have a friend who’ll do yours and their not full of holes Last year he bought 2 down and did all of mine in a day, 3 days of 25mm each followed

 

[RmfJ]

Go for it, plenty of girl power available to drive it!

Oh no, too late

 

[Al R]

Oh no, too late

Wouldn’t take you 30 minutes to pop over to @JLLM and do his

 

[RmfJ]

Too many toes to tread on!

 

[Al R]

Too many toes to tread on!

I wouldn’t worry about that, I didn’t and now I’m in a far more predictable position

 

[bumkin]

Think ive sold it. Youre a free man!

so what are you going to replace it with?

 

[Al R]

so what are you going to replace it with?

He didn’t have the balls to try a CR960

 

[Fendt820]

The only answer, Case Axial flow. Thread now closed

Drove a 2388 in Australia. 9 of them cut over 60k acres not sure if any broke down. Some were 9 years old some were newer. Fantastic combines they were.

 

[glasshouse]

Drove a 2388 in Australia. 9 of them cut over 60k acres not sure if any broke down. Some were 9 years old some were newer. Fantastic combines they were.

They are designed for prairies like oz
60,000 ac was prob only 40,000 tons so only equivslent to 1500 ac each over here.
Plus rather different moisture
Not to mention the straw

 

[redsloe]

He didn’t have the balls to try a CR960

Shame bout that!

 

[davidroberts30]

so what are you going to replace it with?

ive sold him my 945 jd

 

[ollie989898]

Drove a 2388 in Australia. 9 of them cut over 60k acres not sure if any broke down. Some were 9 years old some were newer. Fantastic combines they were.

They were great machines, very simple and logical to work on. Yes they didn't like damp straw so not ideal in Scotland or something but fine for us in the south.

Some upgrades were probably a good idea (posh helical concave) whilst doctoring the engine to get more grunt out of it probably wasn't.

Place I worked had one that needed a replacement one-piece sieve after one lot became temporarily detached.

I don't know how the newer models are in terms of reliability, the prevalence of hydraulic or shaft drive instead of belts now you would assume they were even better.

 

[Timbo]

They were great machines, very simple and logical to work on. Yes they didn't like damp straw so not ideal in Scotland or something but fine for us in the south.

Some upgrades were probably a good idea (posh helical concave) whilst doctoring the engine to get more grunt out of it probably wasn't.

Place I worked had one that needed a replacement one-piece sieve after one lot became temporarily detached.

I don't know how the newer models are in terms of reliability, the prevalence of hydraulic or shaft drive instead of belts now you would assume they were even better.

The cummins 8.3 were certainly not the most reliable in stock ratings, never mind tweaked abit.

 

[Flat 10]

The cummins 8.3 were certainly not the most reliable in stock ratings, never mind tweaked abit.

Interesting, I’ve always thought of Cummins as premium engines. Anyway the 2188 sounded brilliant