What’s best new Holland combine 15-17ft cut, not too wide for transport

[Skimmer]

Our ageing JD 2056 is all electric controls and any problems I have bypassed temporally with a bit of wire and a switch but this will probably possible on new electronically controlled machine's.

 

[tr250]

Claas tucano 320 is single drum or 430 has 2 both 5 walker and available with vario header very reliable combines, but only 2008 onwards so be fair money what's your budget

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Neighbours use a tc56 for 330 acres of which around 280 is combinable crops. 13ft high capacity header (what ever that means) opted for smaller header as their gateways didnt need widening. The driver fair licks on with it. Nice compact sized thing. Good sample. Not been many problems. Had from new. Around 2001.

Things like the claas avero out there to but would be out of budget.

Depends who you've got close by,dealer wise? Or man in van who specialises? That's as important as anything.

 

[Foxcover]

You want something 11ft wide and newer than 2000 rules out all TF’s and most TX’s!
Rodney Cowel has a couple of Claas medion 310’s in

 

[Mark C]

Nice looking NH TX 63 in the farmer’s weekly this week.

 

[YELROM]

Would you not look at another MF
They seem good value second hand,(may be for a reason)
Think @tr250 ran a mid sized MF before his tucano so might know a bit about reliability

 

[General-Lee]

Parris’s have a TX 65 on 800’s though so guessing it will be wide and hours are pushing on.

http://parristractors.com/used-farm-machinery/details.php?src=1&id=2964

 

[devonshire farmer]

Would you not look at another MF
They seem good value second hand,(may be for a reason)
Think @tr250 ran a mid sized MF before his tucano so might know a bit about reliability

Very unlikely tbh

 

[devonshire farmer]

Parris’s have a TX 65 on 800’s though so guessing it will be wide and hours are pushing on.

http://parristractors.com/used-farm-machinery/details.php?src=1&id=2964

Cheers bit newer than ours but similar hours, think it will be too wide as well

 

[farmerbill]

2388 Case

 

[devonshire farmer]

2388 Case

I have no clue what size that is, are they reliable? How much for nice one what size header

 

[General-Lee]

I have no clue what size that is, are they reliable? How much for nice one what size header

We had this 2166, before our JD.

Nice short combine due to rotor, lovely combine to drive very airy cab controls are lot more modern even though it’s older than the JD. But suffered big rotor losses no matter what we did settings or adding filler plates whether that’s the norm or ours had suffered damage prior to us owning?!

Straw was smashed up (no matter what we did!) also forced it out and left it in a very small tight stroll.

Current is leagues better bar perhaps the cab but that doesn’t effect what it’s meant to do, combine.

 

[Richard Devon]

Not sure what the land is like with you but round here are a lot of hills, self levelling header and sieves are top of the list when/if we go shopping for a replacement combine

 

[devonshire farmer]

Not sure what the land is like with you but round here are a lot of hills, self levelling header and sieves are top of the list when/if we go shopping for a replacement combine

We are fairly flat on the whole never had either

 

[DRC]

I’ve just done my second season with aTX63, and very happy with it.
Levers for drum , reel and unloading auger , so less electronics to go wrong. Can get it easily up our narrow lanes . She’s S reg, 20 years old.

 

[Richard Devon]

We had this 2166, before our JD.

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Nice short combine due to rotor, lovely combine to drive very airy cab controls are lot more modern even though it’s older than the JD. But suffered big rotor losses no matter what we did settings or adding filler plates whether that’s the norm or ours had suffered damage prior to us owning?!

Straw was smashed up

Just out of interest what was the AF like on hills for wasting corn? The returns come to the rh side of the rotor and the augers under the rotor inherently throw the corn that way as well.

 

[devonshire farmer]

View attachment 701864 I’ve just done my second season with aTX63, and very happy with it.
Levers for drum , reel and unloading auger , so less electronics to go wrong. Can get it easily up our narrow lanes . She’s S reg, 20 years old.

Thanks sounds as though that's what we need to find, what's width across front wheels please and what tyres?

 

[General-Lee]

Just out of interest what was the AF like on hills for wasting corn? The returns come to the rh side of the rotor and the augers under the rotor inherently throw the corn that way as well.

Yes there was noticbly greener lines going one way for sure! We put a load of filler plates to try and recitify it but didn’t make much odds.

To the point we drilled up and down now we’ve a Hillmaster going across the hill again.

 

[fergie35]

Find a tidy TX63 or 64, 64plus or 65 and you won't go far wrong.

 

[devonshire farmer]

Find a tidy TX63 or 64, 64plus or 65 and you won't go far wrong.

What would you expect a genuine, tidy low housed machine to make?