Combines 6601 vs 6620

[Joe]

What size or HP tractor did you have on the 6601IJ We need to know to make any kind of comparison. If I am thinking right, The guts of the machine are the same size, but the 6620 has lots of improvements - hydrostatic drive, improved beater, reverser on the feeder house, grain tank and unloading - that should improve performance some. If you were running a good sized tractor on your 6601, I whould expect some more acres in a day, but not a whole lot, depends how hard you pushed the machines.

 

[kidroff]

Deeres are overrated. You might have that "green blood" piecring through your veins but you know and I know (whether you like to admit it) that up until the 9600's that John Deere made a combine worse than or maybe equal to any combine on the market. I know I will get blasted for coming on the Deere section and saying this but any combine Deere made up until the 9600 combines were junk. Finally I said it. let it come but John Deere made the first combine where you could seed and combine all in one pass. 6601 or the 6620 are sh*t and if you are willing to pay more for the green paint than for overall performance then more power to ya but any other machine out there same year and capacity will out do any deere machine ever made up until previous years. I know I will catch he*l for this post I speak the truth.

 

[Professorgreen]

As a professor at a land grant college that studies crops, agricultural developments, livestock, and ag-economics, I have to disagree with you. Several colleges got together and ran independant tests on combines some years ago and found that properly set, a Deere combine is just as good as any on the market. We actually found that a 6620 compared very favorably with a 2166 in terms of grain loss and quality, and a 9500 matched it. The 2166 and 9500 were the best of the bunch, leaving around 2.1 bushels behind in corn, the Deere 6620 left 2.4, a New Holland TR 88 left 2.66, and a Gleaner R52 left 2.7. In other words, there wasn't enought difference to warrant a huge debate. All combines were set by their owners, and interestingly enough, the problems faced by the owners of combines other than Deeres were with reliability issues. Heck man, two years ago, at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Georgia, a Case IH man told me and a friend that his company's combine was behind a Deere in terms of long term reliability. Now I'm not trying to start a color war, but saying all Deere's are junk is simply not true.

 

[Alex]

We ran a 4640 on our 6601. It was rated at 182 PTO hp.

 

[95man]

kidroff, You think all pre 9000 series machines are junk - well you gave your opinion but you didn't back it up with any type of FACTS - WHICH MAKES YOUR POST AND ITS CONTENTS TOTAllY INVAlID. So, why don't you start by telling why you made a comment like that and what expreiences you have been through. Also, Prof. Green makes a good FACTUAl point in his post about how the operator determines how well a combine works - this is done by setting the combine right and also maintaining it for top performance. In my opinion, since you didn't supply any supporting evidence about JD's being junk - you are at fault for your own combine being junk. Use your brain on this talkshow. 95man

 

[kidroff]

My opinion, all it is. My combine is not junk it runs quite well and it does everything that I need it to do. The biggest concern of any person in agriculture is to make a profit, if I can spend less money on my machine and not have to pay the extra for the green paint and still do what i need to do then shouldn't IIJ My biggest "beef" is that some of you think that there are no other combines out there but green ones and go along with all of the other "sheep" wearing green wool. The agricultural world is very diversified and this is good because it creates competetion therefore creating better products. I for one will not sacrifice capacity for the color of the machine. Happy Trails (of oil) just kidding

 

[Professorgreen]

Kidroff, I know there's much more to the ag world than green paint. I spend my days researching crops and teaching college kids the merits of agriculture. It's not a glamorous job, but it pays fairly well and I enjoy it. For me and my farm, green paint has always performed well. The combine test shows you there's very little difference in the combines when set properly. Had we come back an hour later and ran them again, chances are, the Gleaner would have come out on top. Conditions change and the settings must change with them, that's the key to maximizing (no pun intended) combine performance. JD has the honor of producing the best piece of equipment I've owned (4230) and the worst (920 mower conditioner). My dealer provides great service in a timely manner, as does the two New Holland dealers around my area. The local AGCO dealer also does a fair job, but he has a tendency to hire younger people who don't always know what they're doing. For me, JD has always come through, but I've owned fine pieces of equipment from all companies.

 

[MATT_NEMO]

I work for a specialty grain company. Grain quality

 

[Oz]

Can you believe this kidroff guy,comments like this from someone who use's a MF510.Some kids should be seen and not heard.

 

[rockford]

What have you got against MF 510'sIJIJIJ