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23884life

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Shouldn't that make up your mind really easy why not to buy another ClaasIJ I'm sure they've all harvested slightly faster, but I highly doubt that any owner of a Claas combine has ever made any more money by owning a Claas! Cost of ownership is atrocious on these machines, and I'm not talking about parts_breakdowns. Speed isn't always the answer. I'm amazed about how that's all people ever talk about.
 

tobaboy

Guest
we recently traded up to a 480r from a 480 for $130_separator hour (cdn$),didn't think that was bad for a class 8, not to mention a series change. What do you guys trade for $$...any colorIJ I'm Just curious. When you break that down to cost_acre, its about $7.30-8.66 (15-18ac_hr) not including operating, where as our last brand was about $10-12.50 (8-10ac_hr).
 

land_Surfer

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Are you speaking from firsthand ownershipIJ The cost of ownership on my 485R is less than what it was on one 9600_9610 model combine. My dealer has always had the parts I needed (onhand or in 24hrs., Cat or no Cat),which has been very few compared to the competitive models I have owned (red and green) and no compalints about service and maintenance on my part or the dealer's, its just a simply machine to service (too many people fear the perceived complexity and are very quick to judge). With the one 485R, I am achieving an avg. of 15-20% more productivity vs. the previous two models (9600 and 9610) it replaced. In ideal running conditions 15-20% can easily be 30-40%. The tracks are a tremendous feature, both operational and cost savings, not only for compaction but for ride and efficiency too (the tracks simply glide across most ground conditions, using less energy to move forward). Too often many are far to quick to judge reliability, durability, productivity simply based upon perception alone ("look at all those belts, look at all those pulleys, those tracks cost too much, an electronic nightmare") - my neighbors all said that, to my disgust. Then, two had me help finish them up, one wanting me to do all of his white corn because he couldn't seem to reduce the damage from his green machine, all the while they noticed that my daily service took an hour less than their competitive machines. Don't knock what you don't understand.
 

Rotorhead

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land surfer, would you mind telling who your dealer is and where you are located. What model year machine do you have and how many hours do you run you combineIJ Do you combine wheat with your 485IJ Do you recall what settings you use cylinder RPM, concave setting and rotor speed etc... Drop me an email, I if you have time I would like to visit with you. Bigeddie2020@yahoo.com
 

trucker

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You sound like a salesman. When I was running around in durum country, I met a couple of farmers who don't want them yellow things in their fields anymore because of the high dockage they're experiencing. And if you say that people don't understand these foreign machines, the Claas guys must not either. One farmer said they had a Claas man in the field trying to set the combine, but he made it worse and left. A friend met a guy in a truck stop. He hauled a combine back to Omaha. It was broke and they couldn't fix it.
 

Rotorhead

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I believe that yours is the first post I've seen stating that the grain sample is inadequateIJ I would like to hear from operators if that is truely the case. Mostly we hear of poor service, poor parts supplies, poor reliability. Now we get poor grainIJ I would like to hear from others on this.
 

land_Surfer

Guest
I think that lexion reliability is really a function of perception. Those who have been around lexion combines and have operated them come to realize, very quickly, that one, there really aren't that many more moving parts than what they are use to, and secondly, all of those moving parts do not fail at an accelerated rate because there are more than what other combines are perceived to have. When you take into account all combines, the amount of moving parts is really proportional to their size and operating capacity. You will also notice that all other combines attempt to mask their complex operating systems (drives, valve stacks, electrics, etc.) behind hard to remove shielding and_or tucked behing a hard to reach support composed of angle channel just as the automotive industry does, which we all complain about because we can't work on our pick-ups as easily as we use too. The lexion's operating systems are 95% exposed to the operator during maintenance. I looked a number of lexions over before purcahsing one to reassure myself that they wewre not going to be anymore difficult to work on than my previous brands. In fact, they are actually easier. looks can and are deceiving.
 

Northern

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At the beginning of wheat harvest we had a very poor sample with to many white caps. The problem was that the concave had not been set-up properly. Once we got everything zeroed sample improved 100%. The dealers pre-delivery was poor. The service and support after we got the combine was good. We were combining hard red wheat, the variety Bounty seemed the hardest to get a good sample. Our combine is a 460 walker.