Gene9750sts
Guest
I run combines with duals..It is a pain sometimes but when or if it turns muddy it isn't all that bad..And they work better on soybeans.
Combines custom cutting with duals
NHd
Guest
Duals are a pain!!! makes moving difficult and time consuming.They are not all that great in mud. They will dig down to where the axle truss drags mud.Then you are stuck!!!! you can't go forward or back. Rwar wheel assist is a lot more help in mud.I tried duals once! never again.
grk56
Guest
We have run duals on our last three 9610's and really like them for the stability that they add to our soybean harvest. I don't think that they are an advantage in muddy conditions but in merely sticky ground they are fine. The road travel is somewhat of a concern, but they don't stick out any farther than an eight row cornhead or a 20' beanhead and we never took them off to transport from one field to another.
Gene9750sts
Guest
They are a pain sometimes I agree,but I have learned the many years that I have run the wheat harvest with two combine's with singles and one with duals,In year's were it's muddy the singles would get stuck ten to one!!I can go through more with just a set of duals than singles with rear wheel assist!I run all with duals now,not just because of the wheat harvest,I like them in soybeans and 12row corn heads
Swamper
Guest
I farm 1000 acres of rice here in Ark and I can tell you that a machine with duals and no PRWD will not hold a candle to one with 35.5 R2 and PRWD in the mud. Add the PRWD to the duals and both machines will perform comparably. The duals will cross levees smother but will also get hung up between close ones. Also our heavy gumbo will slick over the duals if they don't have a spacer in between. Most rice farmers who deal with a lot of mud, gumbo type soils, and close levees choose 30.5 or 35.5 R2 and no one EVER buys a machine without PRWD. Just my 2 cents 