Combines 400 HP STS for 2003 IJ

I have run a 9600, my cousins, it was this 9600 that I spoke of with the crackage and fines that I got docked for. My cousins exact words are: "I thought after such a good machine my 6620SH was that I would stay with Deere, but with the performance of this @n%n$ 9600, my next machine won't be a Deere!" And he has farmed for 40 years with Massey, Gleaner, and Deere. And it's too bad you can't watch my 1982 N6 make the local 9750STS look real bad, and my neighbor's factory R62 make them look sick too! And we have yet to be trucked out of a field to the dealership like many newer Deeres are around here! Uncle owned a 9500 and it converted him to a red machine because of repair frequency, costs and performance and he started with a 55-105-7700-7720T2-9500-Case. You can keep your green machine while I enjoy my Gleaner as we pass all the area Deere combines.

hello i was last week at the JD combine plant and they said something about a new line in 2004 but they gonna come out with a handfull of new updates in august 2003. biger unloading auger 17 inch-new roter drive biger belt-rotorcover and some smaller stuff. John Deere will start with a small rotor combine between 230hp and up to 465 hp like a 9880 STS changes on the feederhouse, i saw that new auger and its really big, updates on the chopper-also on the headers

Well you can dream on your gleaners and I will know on my 9600 and we will call it even!! O and the N6 scared us away from silver 4-life.All green for us. I think the BEST combines John Deere has made is the 6600 and the 9600 that is my opinion (they are both very reliable and have a good tank sample) but the rest are awesome too. Gleaners has made good combines too. The G and every thing before it.

A little late at responding, but I'm wondering why there is so much excitement about 400 hp STS. In my experience (Central Alberta) the limiting factor on the STS is the cleaning area. Even with the 9650 STS this is mostly the problem, not the lack of power. like to hear from others on this concept.