John Deere X9

[Rareearth]

Rolling land in theory sounds reasonable,
But...
In a dry year, even wet, water run off into low ground is horrible even with slow drizzle rain fall. Way less productivity on the hills and mid slopes. Mid-slopes are the best land we have.

The only land we roll is for lentils and peas, canola and wheat should be 6 to 10 inch high stubble, tilt the table back, lighten the float, run it in the middle float position(mcdon #2) , turn the news off (movie)

[agstar77]

Ag star You roll Canola?

Just saying had a few in the stone trap from flex mode on sprayer tracks and I know it was in areas with real heavy land if you know what i mean.

If we grew canola we would roll it. Roll wheat and beans. No problem with rocks but we do own stonepickers. Rollers ride on ridges from air drill and still leave grooves to trap water.

[V Belt]

Heard quite a few X9’s got rocked this year. Take one on the sides, as usual goes in the rocktrap. If it makes its way to the center where the cevron pattern is to split the crop, nothing stopping it from going thru the whole combine.

Green BTO from around here picked up a diamond harrow section with one of there's. How that could happen, not sure. Don't think they got it fixed before harvest was over.

[blackpowder]

Is that Deere header a better rock picker than a properly set Macdon?

[TOM4CWB]

Is that Deere header a better rock picker than a properly set Macdon?

MacDon has much less to ware out or go wrong. Much much better reel. Fingers much closer together so picks up flat down grain great t high speed.. plus Buddy wheels mean knife/cutterbar does not need to enter touch the ground... set right springs take up over top rocks with very little down force so no knife/sickle/guard damage. No dirt.
Cheers

P.S. Used X9 1000 Lethbridge Western Tractor, $780,000 2021

https://www.farms.com/classifieds/harvesting-equipment/combines/2021-john-deere-x9-1000-346084.aspx

[Freightshaker]

MacDon has much less to ware out or go wrong. Much much better reel. Fingers much closer together so picks up flat down grain great t high speed.. plus Buddy wheels mean knife/cutterbar does not need to enter touch the ground... set right springs take up over top rocks with very little down force so no knife/sickle/guard damage. No dirt.
Cheers

P.S. Used X9 1000 Lethbridge Western Tractor, $780,000 2021

https://www.farms.com/classifieds/harvesting-equipment/combines/2021-john-deere-x9-1000-346084.aspx

Who are they fooling. Guys are paying $100k less than that for new ones.

Seen the deere and macdon run in same field few weeks ago. Deere has come a long way for sure. But FD2 is a different animal.