New AGCO Fendt Ideal combine unveiled at CFPS

[AC man]

I have not heard much about this new combine. What design is different than what is out in the fields now? My cousin had run Massey 850’s and we had IH combines at the time. He always complained about the rethresther as a return. The beaters in the feeder house would wrap doing flax, FUN! I remember him saying that he wished that he had our combine. He switched to Deere after that.There were a lot of Massey 700 and 800 series combines sold at the time. They had a large share of the market at the time.

[SASKFARMER3]

The weak point might be the bolt on flippers on the rotor but easy to change.

Plastic inside the combine for catch trays before the sieves.

[Chief]

I used a 750 MF for years picking up cereal swaths. Put a good sample in the tank but I referred to the rethreasher as the gravel crusher. Once a small stone got into the return it went around and around until it was crushed fine enough to go in the clean grain. And who can forget the pan under the walkers in hilly conditions. The grain would stall until you crested the hill. Instant pluged alarm for the return. Needless to say the clean grain sieve had to be opened up and the sample wasn’t quite as pretty as the flater ground.

[Ache4Acres]

Fendt looks nice. The paint job is the nicest feature. Looks sexy. all the neighbors will turn away from green with envy

All the decorative plastic is for me.

It made the gleaner s98 Parked nearby look like a child’s play toy.

[Robertbarlage]

does it have Chinese bearings in it?

[biglentil]

The Fendt looks plain ole badass. If batman was a farmer that would be his batmobile forsure. 6.0 bus/sec unload speed is like a big FU to the red and green.

[Rareearth]

Plastic = static = fire

[FarmJunkie]

Deere will have it tore apart and steal all their ideas!

[fjlip]

At least no F'ing dumb idea augers under the rotor. Whose engines in it?

[farmaholic]

I sure hope a rock or piece of iron doesn't make past the rock trap and into the threshing area...that won't be pretty.

Are Canadian harvest conditions worse than European's?

We can get some pretty brutal harvest weather in parts of Western Canada.

If you were remotely interested in having one, how many years before you would consider getting one? I say a minimum of three years.

I hate being their R&D department or me have to pay(by buying one too soon) to be their lab rat.

[Misterjade9]

My wife was working at the progress show and ran into our Ag World salesman while looking at the combine. Cash price about $800000.00, so for easy math this morning on how many years until I could buy one, none, by the time it is in my price range it's wore out.

[farmaholic]

MisterJade9. I don't believe the number the salesman quoted you. They can ask what ever they like but what Producers are willing to pay is another story. That 800K could be full MSRP cash but by the time they apply the "incentives, discounts and programming" and swallow a trade in to make the deal they will be alot lower.

MSRP is nothing but a psychological mind game and a starting point. My wheat is worth $10/bu and canola $15...whatever