Combines JD Follow the leader

and why IJ b_c lexion has it for year's already

well i don't know all this new stuff...in my books any operater that just wants to sit in the cab and is to lazy to get out and check behind the machine might has well stay home has for adjustable this and that from the cab well it just puts the price up for everyone and is just another piece to break down... just think you can"t harvest because the bloody sieve would not adjust just my opinion

The "harvesttrak" is a tool, and if used properly can be a huge advantage, particularly if your concerned about grain loss. But like all tools, it's only as good as the guy setting it up!! Whats the old saying, a poor tradesman blames his tools....... :} Set the combine up normally, get off your butt and see what is actually coming out of the back of the machine, when loss is acceptable set the sensetivity to suit the speed you are traveling at and hey presto, you should have a "guide" to the grain loss of your combine. As conditions change you should be able to speed up or slow down to, depending on what you deem as acceptable loss. If all of a sudden it starts reading really high loss for now real crop change, stop, get out and have a look at the combine, don't just turn the bloody thing down and keep going. Not that tricky really!! Now wonder JD's have earned the reputation of Green Airseeders when I see the number of guys who blindly turn the senitvity right down and just keep feeding it into her. She'll take it all right, no worries about that, but look at those ugly green strips that appear after the first rain after harvest.

The "harvesttrak" is a tool, and if used properly can be a huge advantage, particularly if your concerned about grain loss. But like all tools, it's only as good as the guy setting it up!! Whats the old saying, a poor tradesman blames his tools....... :} Set the combine up normally, get off your butt and see what is actually coming out of the back of the machine, when loss is acceptable set the sensetivity to suit the speed you are traveling at and hey presto, you should have a "guide" to the grain loss of your combine. As conditions change you should be able to speed up or slow down to, depending on what you deem as acceptable loss. If all of a sudden it starts reading really high loss for now real crop change, stop, get out and have a look at the combine, don't just turn the bloody thing down and keep going. Not that tricky really!! Now wonder JD's have earned the reputation of Green Airseeders when I see the number of guys who blindly turn the senitvity right down and just keep feeding it into her. She'll take it all right, no worries about that, but look at those ugly green strips that appear after the first rain after harvest.

The "harvesttrak" is a tool, and if used properly can be a huge advantage, particularly if your concerned about grain loss. But like all tools, it's only as good as the guy setting it up!! Whats the old saying, a poor tradesman blames his tools....... :} Set the combine up normally, get off your butt and see what is actually coming out of the back of the machine, when loss is acceptable set the sensetivity to suit the speed you are traveling at and hey presto, you should have a "guide" to the grain loss of your combine. As conditions change you should be able to speed up or slow down to, depending on what you deem as acceptable loss. If all of a sudden it starts reading really high loss for now real crop change, stop, get out and have a look at the combine, don't just turn the bloody thing down and keep going. Not that tricky really!! Now wonder JD's have earned the reputation of Green Airseeders when I see the number of guys who blindly turn the senitvity right down and just keep feeding it into her. She'll take it all right, no worries about that, but look at those ugly green strips that appear after the first rain after harvest.

I agree that these new combines are too techincal. Are we farmers or enginneersIJ Just get off you but and check the amount of seed left in the field. We are harvesting crops not flying the space shuttle. These equipment manufactures are pricing themselves out of business. Why can they build a simple machine that works well, low maintenance, will not rust and not have to be completely overhauled at the end of 3 to five yearsIJ