Combines 9650 CTS cut cornIJ

No trouble at all. CTS is not in the same league as an STS in corn on the contrary, CTS runs all over an STS in barley and rice.

shame they didn't expand this technolgy. I still think it might have been as good a compromise as anything. gs

The CTS is still made in Germany as far as I know. The lexion R series features the same setup, just a lot more hp and many more gadgets.

No doubt about that. The CTS is the most versatile and unfortunately, the most unsupported machine that JD has placed on the market. There is far too much reliance on the STS to be "the one" for all harvesting.

last 2 years I have run a 9760 STS and CTS II together in wheat and barley. The 9760 has a noticable capacity advantage over the CTS. But I am able to get a better sample out of the CTS.