Agco's The King of The Hill Again

[furrowtickler]

They are making 3 sizes I believe . Very few will have a fit for the big one .
The big one will have a potential fit on larger farms if it performs. Replace 3 with 2 , or 10 for 7 kinda thing . It's been happening already with the 780 Lexion . It can and is replacing extra machines and man power on some larger farms . Two of these big machines with headers will cost less than 3 Deers or three Cases with headers guaranteed.
There will be a fit for the biggest one , but obviously not on every farm .
I was kinda surprised how many acres we did per day at times with the 9240 and 45 ft head . Averaged over 200 ac / day in wheat and peas . Did a few 250 ac days .
Canola was obviously not in those numbers when you combine at minimum losses and 35 ft swaths .
Single rotor combines have definitely reached their peak about class 8 in canola . They are just not designed with enough sieve area for canola . Even leafy hrsw like Brandon I was limited to sieve loss not ever power.
If I had a farm with 3 or more combines , some have 10-15 , you would have to consider that Massey if you had a decent dealership close by. Man power is the single biggest issue on most farms , especially most of the large farms .

[macdon02]

I learnt enough swear words as a 4 year old in a 750. I think I'll regain from ever going there. Never saw dad so mad as when he was fixing his 750. Never got that mad when he was tanning my ass......

[LEP]

With any combine the dealer support is key. I wouldn't buy any implement without a nearby dealer.

[Lowrider27]

New Agco combines

Good to know, sounds like some bad customer management by a salesman too if they didn't ensure the updates were done for a customer. I prefer to buy older machinery at auctions where there is a full farm dispersal lineup so likely not an issue for us.

Good point Oliver 88. Between my Dad and I we owned 5 Agco Gleaners over the years. Dad bought a used R60 and then a new R 65 two years latter . Over the years when we had a dealership I owned 3. R 65 Gleaners ( 2 with Deutz twin turbo V8s and 1 with the 8.3 l Cummins) The 8.3 was a disappointment for horse power, while the Deutz power was just great. Our dealer was excellent to us. The big problem with the Gleaner was they had more power than iron to hold it together! Fixing them seemed to be all too frequent . The capacity and the hopper job was the best you could get. Accelerator rollers and huge fan power really did the trick, especially in flax and canola. We loved that part of the machine, just didn't enjoy the frequent breakdowns. I have since gone yellow to New Holland combines . I first bought a CR 960 which paid for itself doing custom combining when mine was done and now own a used Cr 8090. I have had very good success with both of thes machines. Not as easy to set as the Gleaner but once you figure out what makes them tick they are a beautiful, quiet, comfortable machine to own and operate! A fantastic , close by dealership ( AE Bourassa) in Weyburn, Sask sure doesn't hurt either!

[blackpowder]

Macdon02. That was funny. The 750s were fine machines for their day but it sure was challenging trying to wear them out.