Might be looking to change combine pre harvest and just looking for others experiences with Claas, New Holland, MF and John Deere. Regularly cutting wheat between 20-25%, sometimes for crimping at 35%! Heavy crops with big straw yields are the norm. Straw quality is important too so probably walker machine.
Which Combine for damper conditions???????
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holthallfarm
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- Between northampton and rugby
We have altered our combining a bit over the last few years using an axial flow 2388, nh tf78, nh cr980 and now into a claas lexion. The axial flow and cr 980 will cut wet but its a chore for them. The tf78 was much better than both but from what we saw last year in some 25% wheat the lexion wins hands down. However the claas has a very poor cab by todays standards and is a more complicated machine to maintain. My neighbour has a STS john deere and that also does not like wet grain and our lexion 580 was running rings around it in the wet wheat we wanted to get into the shed.
You'll need a rotary separator too, if you are needing to put wet crop through a straw walker machine. You can always let the separator concave down if it is dry & you don't want to damage the straw but are happy to lose some capacity.
What size do you need i.e. how many acres are you cutting?
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- Lincs
Agree CTS great in damp conditions
Running a lexion 580tt cutting about 400 acres for crimping. Handles it well, never blocked it yet , but I go steady. It doesn't smash the straw up when crimping or cutting wheat above 18%. Only time it really smashes it is when it's been sprayed of and cutting on hot days . But all the straw is still there !! and it beds well , I don't know why people don't like rotary combine straw !
CTS is a JD
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- Ards Pennisula
I think he might mean. What is JD's current version of the CTS. Like the S670 or something
- Location
- Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Bit of a curve ball here.....
What about a Sampo?
Made in Sweden (which, i assume don't have many dry harvests)
...and the new baby Deere will be a Sampo
http://www.sampo-rosenlew.fi/en/home.html
N.B All the little trial plot combines are made by Sampo too
What about a Sampo?
Made in Sweden (which, i assume don't have many dry harvests)
...and the new baby Deere will be a Sampo
http://www.sampo-rosenlew.fi/en/home.html
N.B All the little trial plot combines are made by Sampo too
Niels
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- Netherlands/Suffolk
Sampo seem well build combines but the problem is finding spare parts I think? My money would be on the John Deere CTS/C series or a New Holland CX8000 I reckon.
Cloonpotatoes
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- Donegal
Get yourself a deutz big man. Only combine for our area
Thanks part timer I meant is there a model now which is similar to the CTS, did the CTS have dual rotors? T series has 2 drums and straw walkers
Wouldn't bother with a t series deere. Neighbour has a 6walker version and hates it. I went on it for a while this last harvest and the c series was running rings around it in same field. They just cant seem to cope with big straw crops like the rotors do .
I personally think the 2200 series was the last decent deere walker combine
I personally think the 2200 series was the last decent deere walker combine
I was reading an old profi magazine the other day, they was an article on shelbourne stripper headers, is this a real alternative for crimping / damp conditions? I really feel for the combine when the drum starts groaning! (Not sure how you would save the straw though)
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- Bedfordshire