Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[highwayman]

Case chopper and spreading extremely week point compared to Deere . Chineese chopper bearings run at very high temp and are prone to premature failure. Redekop Mav chopper creates vibration in rear of combine as I've been told by neighbors. Case combines do nice job of threshing/separating and have nice clean simple design. DEF use much higher than Deere

[SASKFARMER3]

Agree highway on those points

8.8 and nice rotten straw going awsome today.

[SASKFARMER3]

Shit rain showers all around.

[Guest]

for guys that mention cabs ....if you ever drove a open air combine or a 750 massey or a 7720 deere....really the cab is never an issue...besides I have to hear the combine since i usually turn the radio off anyway...

one crazy old bugger here bought a 1480 brand new in 1980 , cab was too quiet , so he put an intercom in cab from motor compartment and a bottle of whisky in the seat , lol

[MBgrower]

i agree on the case, probably best machine all around but they need to move the chopper to the extreme rear of the combine.

[SASKFARMER3]

Chopper needs to be changed and would improve it. Redekop should work.

Nice machine otherwise.


Rain yesterday afternoon took Canola up one whole percentage for an hour to just tough then the wind picked up to 60 Km and guess what it was dry again.

Harvest continues.

[TSIPP]

I’ve got two kids that work for Case and there favourite saying is
“ im going to beat you like a chopper bearing “ haha all in fun. Must be pretty tight on that shaft.

[Hamloc]

Sask3 from my own personal testing and talking to neighbors the best canola combine is the New Holland. Made in the same factory as the Case, same sieve but a superior double rotor and superior chopper, you must have had a bad experience with a dealer or a combine. Neighbor down the road runs a S680 Deere and a New Holland 8.9. He says the Deere uses 500 litres more fuel in a day(seems like a lot but that is what he said) and throws over more canola, but he says he has more little problems with the New Holland. Personally only ever owned Deere's and New Holland. When the son and I go deer hunting in the fall always go to Deere and Case fields first because they have the most to eat lol. Enjoy your day

[bigzee]

We run 3 NHs and yes I would agree on your comments. They are very gentle on every crop, especially lentils and peas, all to do with twin rotors. It has the best chopping system IMO.
There isn’t much of throwing over.
Biggest downfall is there are a lot of moving parts, this turns this and this turn that. It can get to be a high cost maintenance machine.

[MBgrower]

NH has a nice chopper, but lots of moving parts, and no rotor reverser.

[bigzee]

NH has a nice chopper, but lots of moving parts, and no rotor reverser.

Good point on the RR. Heard they are coming out with one. Should put the price up 100k!!

[fjlip]

Last demo we had NH was 1992, TR 96 really performed BUT built much weaker than the Deere 7720's we had then. PAMI tests showed those vintage NH as top throughput, minimal grain damage and lowest losses. Wonder why they never dominated the market in last 30 years? Must be reasons they are cheaper, lack resale? Is it just the COLOR?

[fjlip]

Shit rain showers all around.

Gee, SF3, is it raining JUST on that combine, better close the hopper cover.

Anyway you have lucked out if your remaining canola is DRY DRY DRY! Most taken at 12-14% during the scary but not snowed under weather we had. Two sunny windy days and our last field was 6.9% at the end. Hindsight easy, but screw global cooling, costing millions!
Everyone able to get this crop, be VERY THANKFUL! One hell of a spot on earth to farm some years. Good Luck!

[mcfarms]

Might have looked at the case again once they get the chopper repositioned but can't as I have zero faith in our local RME's service dept. too many bad experiences, and big blls for not much work.

[hedgehog]

Might have looked at the case again once they get the chopper repositioned but can't as I have zero faith in our local RME's service dept. too many bad experiences, and big blls for not much work.

Local BTO burst his chopper shaft while being filmed on tv. New Case combine was out for 8 days in high season.
Claas or NH combine you can still cut with a burst chopper.