Combines cr suggestions

A little bit off subject,but why is it in N.America that unless the engine is JD,Cummins,Cat or dare I say it Detroit, everything else is treated with contemptIJ European engines (DAF,Mercedes,MAN,Iveco,Volvo,Scania)are more technically advanced,easier on fuel,better torque,give out less emissions and are just as reliable or more so than the big "Uncle Sam" boys!!! P.S. if you want proof,go to www.trucknet.com click on drivers lobby and look for the rather long thread "USA trucks verses EURO trucks".

Ozzie, I'll second most of your comments. I only have about 45 hours in my machine but for a machine that has turned out pretty well the are some little things that really leave you scratching your head. Dumping a heap of dirt into an otherwise spotless cab each time you need clean to clean the rear window is a real corker. Why not seal the cab window and open the glass in the grain bin to clean bothIJ The header and reel control switches I'll also confess to struggling with. The two position bit on the header raise and lower really takes some geting used to. I almost feel like I want another screen in the cab - one for the engine monitoring type stuff and one for the yield monitoring side of things. I realize that I am picking on some pretty minor things but on the whole we are pretty impressed with the machine as a whole. We have some sorghum to do in a few weeks so we'll see what it will do there. Cheers, Sando

I agree with what is said here. I had a CR940 for 200 hrs last summer. I don' think I was down but 3-4 hours with one idler bearing failure on the serprentine belt, and one "o" ring on the fuel line.Things I would improve on are the yield monitor. I would put an AG leader "INsight" on it to monitor the yield etc. It can be put on for less money than the one NH furnishes.The NH info monitor is too crowded already. This would allow you to watch machine functions and yield at the same time. The AG leader tech support is light years ahead of NH too.I would like to have a mirror to see when the grain tank is nearing full. On the TR, Maurer extensions you have a window in the corner of the grain tank so you can see asthe tank is getting close to running over.Did anyone realize that the steering column is to the right of center by a few inches where on the TR's it is to left. So if you are following a bean row with the center of the combine you have to lean over to the left away from the controls to see if you are on the row correctly. In 15" rows it is quite critical.Oher than that the CR is a tremendous combine and I want one real bad,but I guess I'll have to wait till I can buy a used one. I even got over the extra weight thing. I hauled the CR all over out west some 2400 miles on my TR trailer with no problems. Height is probably a bigger problem. The CR seems to be an excellent "mudder" even with its extra weight.

The tx rear cab window cleans from the grain bin side. This is such a hastle that it does not get done very often. I found that you can get most of the dust off by prying the rubber seal between the cab and bin up a bit and blowing air around in there. It is not perfectly clean but it is ok. I blow the cab out most every day by opening up both doors and blow air around in the cab. It takes only about 30 seconds to completly clean it out. I am up there any way with the air to clean the cab filter. The cab filter needs cleaned 3 times a day but I only clean it once and slam the door a few times through the day to get some air flowing again.

Even so you have been here in this country for a summer, you still struggle to see the different needs here. There is a reason why Mercedes rather bought Detroit, than continuing a failed attempt to sell their engines here. Much later they have developed a diesel exclusively for the American market to put in their Freightliner trucks. Deutz went broke on their arrogant attempt years ago. Their engines worked well in Europe but not in the US.

I think the Deutz engines work well here, the problem was that they painted there tractors that ugly green color. I would not buy one painted like that but when they started painting them back orange again I did. I don't know way but color does make a difference hereIJ We U.S. farmers don't like change very much maybeIJ Ilnh

Having worked for NH before FIAT bought it and Ford tractors, and having worked for FIAT TRACTTORI, selling machinery and tractors, as a territory rep, North American farmers place a higher value on pride of ownership, than actual performance. a European farmer thinks exactly the opposite to this. a prime example is mfwd introduce in europe in the 50's, massively accepted in the 60's while North America lagged behind and didn't really get on the mfwd bandwagon until the 80's. another point is fuel consumption. in North America this wasn't important until oil prices went up, in Europe it's the first question. the same is true with tires on tractors. i can go on and on. in short, in Europe the performance of an engine or tractor comes first, long before the colour or make is considered. and here in North America, if it isn't the correct colour with the correct name on it, it doesn't sell.

In the next few years (remember me saying this!!!) The SAME Mercedes straight six engine will be standard fitment in all Mercedes,Freightliner,Sterling and Western star trucks,Remember you read it here first!!!!!

You are absolutely right. The same thing is done to pickups and cars here. The body and the outside changes frequently, while under the hood and the frame is the same old stuff. Suspensions for instance are rather sorry in America. But Deutz tried to market an engine (the V8) here, they already had trouble with keeping cool in the milder tempered Germany.

Read my post again, I already said it: "Much later they (Mercedes) have developed a diesel exclusively for the American market to put in their Freightliner trucks". The Mercedes inline six was developed for the American market, because low torque V8 diesel are not accepted in mid and heavy trucks here.