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[furrowtickler]

Impressed with this new to us Massey 9860 with 35 ft 5400 header ..

[furrowtickler]

Had about 900 hrs on it
Hands down twice the header of the 5200
MacDon swathers way overpriced
This thing will cut side by side all day with any Macdon
One of the few Agco machines I have been very impressed with

[Oliver88]

What’s the main difference on 5400 vs 5200?

Massey has the best value on their swathers for sure.

[furrowtickler]

What’s the main difference on 5400 vs 5200?

Massey has the best value on their swathers for sure.

Reels
Dual knife drive
Gear drive reel
Heavy duty gauge wheels
Much heavier built
We are cutting over 300 ac a day with it

[Sodbuster]

Will the reel speed change with ground speed?

[blackpowder]

Good to know.

Wonder what it's like to set up for a half mile stretch and let her go LoL.

[furrowtickler]

Will the reel speed change with ground speed?

Yup , actually far more features than the macdon we tried a few times . Way more comfortable to run and less fuel
The air cooling system on these are very good as well . Not that that’s a concern now with this weather change .
Had to turn heat valve on in cab
One beef I have though is there is no air vents on windows . Have to wipe moisture off inside windows . I guess they don’t swath at plus 5 in Heston lol

[furrowtickler]

Good to know.

Wonder what it's like to set up for a half mile stretch and let her go LoL.

Kinda nice at times lol , but we have our fair share of Bush and sloughs . Canola standing nice , cutting at 6.5 mph average, up to 7.2 after dew is off .
Swaths here are 8 -9 ft wide 3 ft deep so it can handle a lot of material fairly well .

Maybe not huge like some areas but I am impressed with what it can do here anyway

[jazz]

No straight cut up there?

Or are you like me and dont trust the chemical after last yr.

[furrowtickler]

No straight cut up there?

Or are you like me and dont trust the chemical after last yr.

Yup there is straight cut varieties here
We have some
And yes spraying can be a crap shoot as to it working on time here before snow flys
But we live in an area where complete dry down can take too long without spraying
I won’t run through with sprayer this time of year if not needed .
Personally I would rather swath late with those varieties than spend money spraying .
But that’s just us , every one has their own idea on what works best
We will leave a field or two to straight cut that are nice and even .
Also found that we can’t store straight cut canola very long . Alway seems to be some hot spots in bins . I’d rather not be worried about that all winter . Some straight cut er all and it works for them good 👍.
We will have over half straight cut varieties from now on to give us the option of later swathing and or straight cutting . Some new varieties look very promising. The 345 in this area looks not so good so variety selection is going to be paramount.
233P has worked well , it has the highest rating for pod shatter but can also be very tough to thrash in damp conditions.
So in short lol , many ways to skin a cat I guess

[Guest]

Had about 900 hrs on it
Hands down twice the header of the 5200
MacDon swathers way overpriced
This thing will cut side by side all day with any Macdon
One of the few Agco machines I have been very impressed with

you should try a Rotator sprayer , they are hands down the best on the market
very impressed with it and the agco service as well

[furrowtickler]

you should try a Rotator sprayer , they are hands down the best on the market
very impressed with it and the ago service as well

Will be looking at one next time
The case has been good but replacing those AIM cyliniods is becoming very costly and time consuming when time is critical
2300 hrs on er but can’t afford to trade up for double the cost for the same sprayer
It’s crazy now

[Herc]

Will be looking for a pea auger to mount next year. My goodness what a pain to swath canola here this year. Don’t know anyone with new massey’s here, but guys with honeybees and older massey’s gave up, gonna straightcut it and hope the pea augers pull it in.

Can’t see it getting any better than a macdon but don’t see any reason to go away from them either. Guess I’ll never know what kinda gem new massey’s are....

[furrowtickler]

Will be looking for a pea auger to mount next year. My goodness what a pain to swath canola here this year. Don’t know anyone with new massey’s here, but guys with honeybees and older massey’s gave up, gonna straightcut it and hope the pea augers pull it in.

Can’t see it getting any better than a macdon but don’t see any reason to go away from them either. Guess I’ll never know what kinda gem new massey’s are....

Mac Dons are a proven leader , have been for years . Like anything , if it works for you keep using it 👍.
I have tried both , both are good 👍

[Hamloc]

Yup there is straight cut varieties here
We have some
And yes spraying can be a crap shoot as to it working on time here before snow flys
But we live in an area where complete dry down can take too long without spraying
I won’t run through with sprayer this time of year if not needed .
Personally I would rather swath late with those varieties than spend money spraying .
But that’s just us , every one has their own idea on what works best
We will leave a field or two to straight cut that are nice and even .
Also found that we can’t store straight cut canola very long . Alway seems to be some hot spots in bins . I’d rather not be worried about that all winter . Some straight cut er all and it works for them good 👍.
We will have over half straight cut varieties from now on to give us the option of later swathing and or straight cutting . Some new varieties look very promising. The 345 in this area looks not so good so variety selection is going to be paramount.
233P has worked well , it has the highest rating for pod shatter but can also be very tough to thrash in damp conditions.
So in short lol , many ways to skin a cat I guess

Furrow I notice you mention very few clubroot varieties, not popular or not necessary in your neck of the woods? That is all I grow. I did not try 345 this year but my neighbour did, grew a very heavy stand on pea stubble but it doesn’t appear to stand any better than the 234 right next to it. I grew 234 and 255 last year, 255 stands much better. This year 255 and 1 field Brevant M10 if my memory works. As for swathing or straight cutting, much prefer straight cutting if I can goes through the combine so much better imo. If you grow RR varieties swathing is mandatory imo.