Combines Deere Walkers

Well he has someone fooled for sure....And it appears to be you!!

It sounds like you want an argument but not here if you want give me your e mail and lets dance.

John Deere apparently wanted to do something about the pile of used STS's and the ever increasing resale value of walker machines. So the rumor got spread, that keeps many from buying walkers machines. Corn capability: Everybody who has paied close attention at the husker harvest show once, would have noticed, that the JD walker combine is the only combine, that leaves a corn cob in one piece and therefore does not have any cob pieces in the sample like every rotor on the show. Of course one has to check the grain carts instead of the faked samples shown to the public.

So you think Deere is the ones actually started the rumorIJ They would not do that. I remember when they also said they would not ever have a rotor a trac machine and also a blower planter and now there planter actually sucks and take that either way. CORNY

Not worth wasting my time with the likes of you.Sorry to disapppoint you there. like everybody else on here, my opinion..CJ

Corn is kingIJIJIJ Where did "that" come fromIJIJIJ Deere eliminated the conventionalIJIJIJ Don't tell the european farmers!!! ;-) If you "log-on" to Deere's German site you'll see clearly that they've just completed retooling thier combine plant to produce a complete line of conventional combines, some of which are tentatively to be exported to North America. As far as convebntional vs. rotary in corn, yes the rotaries probably have an advantage, although I've never had a problem getting a good, clean sample with a conventional. And as far as yellowfever is concerned, well, he had an opinion and an excellent vocabulary to convey his opinion, but with very, very little fact. Tell the western operators "corn is king"; - i think they'll disagree!

I certainly will not get in to a debate but I will tell who ever wants to here CORN is KING way mor bushels of corn goes through these combines than any other crop. And there must be a reason Deere is sending them over there and not building here. If you want to pay a big freight bill they will haul them back. You suppose that Deere is selling so many of them big ol rotor beasts that no time to build a very limited build of coventional. I suppose the european market is the ones still driving the conventionals so make them there. Not that many people want them in the states. When I toured the plant none were actually on line that day. And the guide says not many are built any more. So who should one beleive Deere or the people that like the conventionals. I guess I feel for the people that will have to pay freight probably mother Deere will tack on 5- 10 thousand to get a few back here for the die hard conventionals. Maybe all conventional guys have a protest at mother deere. Good luck how ever it turns out CORNY.

There's no doubt that Deere builds far more rotaries than conventionals in North America, but there's other reasons to "go rotary" besides corn. Maybe corn is the predominant crop in your region, but in my region I'd have to say that we have equal acreages of beans (soys and edibles) to corn. As far as freight is concerned, well, Deere seems to treat us pretty good on the 6000 and 7000 series tractors which are mostly built in germany. When it comes right down to "facts", freight costs are not a big factor anymore. I shipped a 400 bushel soybean roaster from Britian for $2,300Cdn (about $1,900US) 2 years ago. As I've mentioned before, I have no problems setting a conventional and getting an excellent sample in corn. I guess this fact seems to annoy you; - so be it!

You missed my point, I never said that more acres of corn were harvested than any thing else I said more bushels of corn went through combines than any other crop. Please enlighten me on other reasons to buy a rotor over conventional. I am trying to decide rotor or conventional but my local dealer says if I want a conventional he wont sell me one. So he is trying very hard to push the rotor towards me. I have heard resale, walkers break, they grind up corn to the point of very high dockage what else should I consider when making my decison towards that rotor beast it sounds like you probably no more on this subject than Deere dealer. Or do you think that Case will someday get that 8010 right and they will have the best combineIJ At least there machine has more capacity as you go up in size unlike the 96 thr 98 Deere not just more power. Thank You CORNY

"my local dealer says if I want a conventional he wont sell me one" Yeah Right! Good one! Maybe you should find a new dealer They are going bring conventionals in from Germany for anyone who wants one. They are not going to dump the small percentage of farmers that want a conventional. STS popularity is due to customer demand NOT corn bushels or acres. lots of farmers in North America DO NOT grow corn and they use the "STS". Before the STS was introduced the JD conventionals had an overwhelming +68% market share over everything else (even the other rotories of the day). Then they came out with the STS and farmers started buying them. (customer demand is the name of the game in manufacturing). One day something new will come along and "it" will take the STSs place.