Combines Hesston built combines

I'm not trying to be defensive here; anytime a new product rolls down the assy line the first time you would expect some snags, but you said seal - the only seal I can think of put in in Hesston is the main clutch shaft seal or the gearbox. All others are vendor items such as valvestack, lift cyls. RWA,etc. A failure of these items would occur no matter where built. The valve dropping in a Cummins engine is rare and has nothing to do with assmebly in Hesston. The two units we have from Hesston -geez I hate to say this cause I know whats gonna happen - have been without incident so far. Also what items had excesive wearIJ I'm sure the plant would like to know. As witnessed by the ones who have been to the plant - these guys take exceptional pride in their work.

I would agree that the failures me starter and ended with were not related to work done at Hesston. Must were not. The seal was in hyd pump for hyd driven spreader. Most break downs were things like shafts breaking, bearings failing, belts tearing, engine electronics going on the blink. All I know is we had more down time this year then EVER and after a while it gets old. I hope we were the exception and not the rule.

yeah, me too...

What model "R" do you runIJ

Sorry to hear of your luck. Our 2001's were completely flawless. We have enjoyed that sort of harvest for quite a few years now. Not that we won't have a problem from time to time but after we began giving machines an extra good predelivery the problems have been nearly non-existant. If techvan took care of your problems I'd be sure info got back to plant. If a dealer repaired problem you could check with them to see if they fired in a first failure report. Dealer failure reports can be found with service bulletins and they will reach the proper people quicker than waiting for warrentee reports to come threw.

did any of you try the new unloading augerIJhow did it workIJ will you trade for 2002 modelsIJ where

did any of you try the new unloading augerIJhow did it workIJ will you trade for 2002 modelsIJ where

Are you the same strawboss that tried to stir things up over here a while back with inflamatory postsIJ

If there is another Stawboss it wasn't me. This was my frist time on this sight. Sorry to use somone else's nick name.

Sorry, my mistake. I thought I remembered a straw boss but I went back and never found it. Hope you have better luck next year, I know its no fun when things don't work right.