Its always nice to be ready for next season. It sounds like your really satisfied with that combine, and ready for another 1000 hours. Mary Christmas to you too.
Very glad your happy with your Massey, I too think they are a wonderful machine. I was just wondering your steps for removing the rotor. It takes me about 20 minutes to pull the Gleaner rotor, not bragging just the way it is. I think JD copied that from beater idea and rotor flighting idea from Massey (white) but oh well now I guess.
You take the sheet metal off the back and one on the floor behind the engine.Slide the chopper off and unbolt the chopper frame on the back.I hooked the overhead hoist to the rotor drive left the hoses hooked up took out six bolts and left it hanging on the hoist.Take six bolts out on the front bearing on the rotor. Chain the rotor to the forklift and out in comes.It took two of us an hour and a half.The next time it will be faster and it was not as easy as the Gleaner but not bad at all.
I have gone through my XP as well. Glad to see the cost of the XP's overhaul is so reasonable. Hear JD costing way more that that on yearly updates etc. love the XP
We purchased an 8780 (not an xp) this fall. We have made a number of repairs but have not pulled the rotor. That will likely be needed at some point. I assume you hooked up the fork lift to the rotor and unhooked the overhead hoist and backed the rotor out. We have an overhead chain falls but our backhoe with forks could not safely handle the weight of the rotor. Any suggestions out thereIJ Thanks.
I used a forklift with 2500 n capacity and it handeled it fine.The rotor ways 1200 n but it is long.If the backhoe will not handel it you could use your chain hiost to pick up the front end. good luck
I seen a dealer down south use a forklift to get a rotor most of the way out of a 8590. Then used a loader on the drive end to hold it while the forklift was moved to the middle. Once forklift was in place and rotor chained to the mast, they VERY slowly drove the combine away from the rotor.