Combines 8570 Reliability and Performance

I think that you would be pleasantly surprised with a 8570. I have ran two 8570's in the past with very good luck. I had the two combines at the same time for 7 years and figured that I spent $2000 that whole time on parts. I think that is pretty cheap maintainance for 2000 hours of use and most of the cost was in the choppers and changing the blades. As far as capacity goes a well tuned one will be the same as any of the others. When it's dry, it relly performs. when it gets tough like in oats it will slow down, but it would still out perform an 860 if that helps to compare. The grain sample is excellent and you don't have to worry about white caps in wheat and throwing over in 2-row barley. Servicability is great and the combine is SIMPlE. I like the ability to reverse the rotor for tough canola or peas. The bad things are that the combine has gotten a bad rap. People think that it is the old white. It is not. I think that a used one would be the best value of any of the combines out there. They may not have the fanciest cab, but they have what you need. Some people get worried when it comes to dropping straw for baling, but it bales quite nice. I don't know what IH or NH is for straw, but the 8570 leaves straw at a decent length. I have baled nice 1000-1200 pound bales with an IH 3650, JD 566 and 567 with no problems. You just have to go a little slower but it still picks nice. The wind doesn't disturb the windrow at all if that is a concern. Hope this helps and if you have more questions I will try to answer them. Hope harvest is going good.

I have run my 8570 for three years now and have nothing negative to say about it. I did spend some money changing elevator chainhs and feeder chain this summer but other than that it has been just normal maintance. A very simple machine to set and operate. The reversable rotor is an excellent option if you encounter tough conditions, I have used it many times in edible beans as the rotor runs very slow with little momentum. I have run with 9600's, 9650's and 1688's and had no problem staying with them and doing as good or better job of cleaning the grain. It does an excellent job on soybeans, had one buyer tell me they were the best sample he has seen. Any questions just e-mail me at jmcs@nbinternet.com

You will be completely satistfied with a 8570,good performance and very reliable and easy to set.I'm currently running two of these machines and the only thing that I don't like about them is the latter getting up to the engine compartment,its OK if your hands are free but a pain if your if you have to cary something up.

Since my original posting, I have talked to a couple of guys that had 8560's and they said that the rotor cage seemed to wear out prematurely as well as other various tins. Is this trueIJ Also, both of these guys said that it definitely needed more power that their 5.9 cummins could deliver. Is the 8.3 enough for the 8570 with a 30' head working in hillsIJ Any info greatly appreciated.

we had a 8560 that we traded on a 8570. the 8560 had over 3200 hrs on it, the machine was very reliable, no major breakdowns or unusual wear in the 12 years that we had the machine. That is why we traded for a 8570, we did have the hp jacked on the 8570 to 260 hp we are very happy with the capacity of the 8570, helped a friend with a quarter of oats made his jd 9600 look real bad and we weren't even pushing the massey.