Green_Envy
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Hi there! We farm just south of you in Montana east of SweetGrass. The CTS was underpowered and it had a 204 bu grain tank. The CTS II has more power and a 240 bu grain tank. We have owned a CTS II for 4 years now. We grow mostly wheat with a little barley on some years. We think the CTS is the best combine you can own for small grains. You got the aggressiveness of the cylinder_concave for tough conditions and the cylinder tine seperators for maximum seperation. The two rotors put the crop through a spin cycle. You have to know how to set a CTS to get the right kind of productivity. Some people didn't like the CTS because the capicity wasn't anymore than a 9500. That is because when you set a CTS you have to forget every thing you know about the 9600. For example, you open the cylinder up and open the precleaner about 1_3. The CTS II will bury a 9600 in barley and run along side Case 2388's. The CTS II also has a little bit more capacity in wheat than the 9600 and we have found that you can get a better sample and not throw as much over with the CTS as compared to the 9600. We have reduced our dockage down to 1%. Another benfit is that is doesn't lose as much grain out the back on hills as our 8820 does. The CTS II does grind up the straw. In canola, the CTS is not so great. It gets the job done but your capacity is severly limited because the rotors created alot of material that is hard to seperate. You can also crank the rotors out of the if you break off some tines. As far as I am concerned, the CTS is a better machine then the STS. It is also been proven since it has been on the market for about 10 years. I think they should have put the CTS design into the 9600 body to get a bigger combine. We cut with a neighbor's 9750 STS last year. He was going only on the average .2 mph faster than us but we were taking in 6 more feet of wheat with our 936 draper header. One more thing. We have some relatives that farm in Alberta. They farm just south of Formost (don't know if I spelled it right). They had their best crop ever in 2002. Is is dry where you areIJ