We have a John Deere 9610 and it by itself was outpeforming a red 8010.it was going in corn at a 7-8 mile clip with a 12 row corn head.We did all we could to hold it back and slow it down.lets not forget that John Deere has about 65-70% of the combines sales here in the states
Just like McDonald's sells 75% of the beef too, and does it taste the best, or is it the best qualityIJ NO!! Strictly marketing!! JD spends more each year on their legal department than they do on R+D.
No problems with our STS machines and they stay in the field. We think JD has done their home work to create a good header package with the 600 heads. Case still lags there.