Combines 9750 s 12 row heads

I run three Kinze 1100 bushel grain carts with three 9750's with one 12 row and two 8 row cornheads. I have six semi's with 43 feet hopper bottom trailers that hold just about a 1000 bushel legal. I also have four brent gravity wagons that hold 750 bushel each and have them hooked as pairs for a combined 1500 bushels I pull them with 4x4 tractors. Then I dry and store all my own corn and soybeans at four differant locations with three of the loctions having grain legs which helps saves some time. My combines do sit once in a while but not very often. Also on soybean harvest I run the three 9750's plus two leased 9650's all with 930 flex platforms with just three grain carts.

I can do the same, if not a bit more, with my two 485 lexions, equipped with 1230's and F30's.

You can do the same whatIJ mr.bean never said how many acres he did. And I would really like to see two lexions w_30ft heads keep up with 5 any brand of combines w_30ft heads. Your just spouting off.

Depending upon the location (i.e. latitude) of "Mr. Bean," which influences the maturity group of the beans he plants. If there is any increased amounts of leafy_green foliage and green stems at harvest, the STS will have a difficult time negotiating those tough-to-thresh conditions, espeically in the early morning and dusk hours. The advantage that the lexions have are the APS cylinder up front, working as a "lateral" distributer,spreading the cut swath out over the full width of the threshing system, eliminating any possiblity for slugging and wads that might cause an increased stress load on the threshing system and ultimately engine RPM. Because of the APS system, the lexions are virtually impervious to high moisture content and all of the negative attributes that go with (notice, I did not say that you cannot plug one, anything is possible when given a chance). The FAST system has an awful time with tall bushy beans (i.e. many group IV's),where roping becomes an issue. I can consistantly run 5-5.5 mph, no matter the bean conditions and place seed beans in the tank with the efficient use of the twin rotary forced separation. Guys, I tell you, these machines will out perform in every condition known to harvesters and give you a sample second to none. You just have to be a bit more proactive when it comes to choice and take a chance on something new. 20 years of owning green and I have no plans to return anytime soon. By the way, my fuel bill was cut in half from running three 9600's and I was able to harvest more crop too. Ask your Cat dealer to do a productivity study with the your combine and a comparable lexion, you will be surprised and then the price will not look so bad. Also, have you ever sat down and priced customer list to customer list on a Cat and any comparable Deere, very similar!

Your nuts ! If they are so good how come they aren't taking over IJ And plus that kitty cat motor will never last like a DEERE ! CAT MUST BE GOOD AT BUYING THINGS BECAUSE THEY SURE CANN'T BUIlD ANYTHING BUT BUll DOZERS THAT ARE ANY GOOD ! IF the motors are so good in them why are the big rigs that have them in them so cheap IJ Because they are ready for a overhaul and that cost alot more then DEERE or CUMMINS !!!!!!!!!

That's a bunch of bull. The STS is THE green stem tough-to-thresh combine. Deere has 54 years of self-propeled combine experience. This is Cat's first combine. However I think that Cat's engines are VERY good.

The bottom line is, you are too scared to have a production study done on your farm, side-by-side with your machine and a comparable Cat. Deere still has this ego problem_fright. I wanted to demo a 9750 and a Cat at the same time and two of my dealers told me that they will not bring a 9750 to my farm, or any other, for a side-by-side trial, with a comparable Cat, and that wasn't just from them, the dealer wanted to (the Deere district wouldn't allow them to). So, I ran my two 9610's with one 485 and watched in whip both of them in a two day trial. My extension agent, who was out to verify a variety trial, stated for the record that the Cat far out performed anything he had ever witnessed. The bottom line is, those who argue the facts and are not proactive enough to consider alternatives and the latest in positive technology, that might just work very well, are those who most likely will lose out on farming, due to a lack in technology capable of helping them manage efficiently. Every ag related vehicle and implement I own is on the books and considered to be a management tool. Anything that can help me do my job better is of utmost value and Cat is so far winning. By the way, for the record, Cat has purchased the least amount of technology, whereas Deere, probably the most. Besides, where did Deere get their first self-propelled combineIJ From Cat, for $1 (don't argue it, it's in the history books as fact).

Where can I find that history bookIJ I would really like to see it. Are you saying that Cat made combines before 1947IJ

Caterpillar sold its combine line to John Deere in 1935 I think. Holt combines. They were one of the early pull combines dating back to 1910, I think. They were popular in the large wheatfields of California. The book on Mark Underwood's bi-rotor combine covers the Holt combine and JD's purchase of it well. It is an excellent book called the "Dream Reaper." It covers Cyrus McCormick, the reaper wars, the Baldwin brothers Gleaner combine and Cats involement with development of the bi-rotor combine and their decision to use Claas rather than build an in house combine. John Deere purchased the bi-rotor technology after CAT opted to go another direction. Jay

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