Combines machinery link

I talked to local rep. about leasing a 9650 sts a couple years ago for harvest-mostly wheat, and a few minor crops. They may be a little high priced to someone but they do cover just about all expenses. I didn't know if I could put the required hours on to make it work. The other thing is that I would have had to get my own header. All they had for the combine at that time was a 25 ft flex head. I do know of a few people near by that are in the program and they are happy with Machinerylink. tj

I have leased combines from machinery link for going on 6 years now. I have had good luck with them. They are starting to get a little high, but so are new combines. My deal is I only need extra combines for wheat harvest and only put about 100 hours on them, so I could not afford to buy new combines for that. We own a couple of 9600's that we run with them, then use them for our row crops. We own our draper headers for the lease combines.

why not use the people that rent combines with heads, there are a lot of them in the dakotas. a lot cheaper and great to work with or try your local dealers.

My local dealer will not guarantee that he will have a combine for lease come harvest. I can trust Machinery link to have a combine delivered on time, and that it is ready to go to the field. I have had experience in the past with leasing combines that come with junk heads and the downtime is unacceptable. I like to run 36' drapers, and in my area there are not many available for rent, especially on a consistent basis. Also, I am within 3 hours of a Machinery link lot, and combines can be switched out reasonably fast if a major breakdown occurs.

If the corn is 18% moisture and below and you have a good combine operator and a very good cart operator and several semis you should be able get 150 acers in a good day and be home for supper.

I have leased 1 combine from Machinery link for 6 years, and a second for 4. My experience with the company has been mostly positive. The combines have always been here in time for wheat harvest and have been clean and in good condition. I have had some breakdowns and they have been fixed as soon as possible, considering travel time, locating parts, etc. I have my own headers, and I think that is a good idea. Combines I have leased in the past, I have had more problems with the headers than the combine. My only complaint would probably be the fact that the representatives for the area keep changing, and it seems like you never talk to the same person twice. They have grown alot over the last 6 years, so I suppose some of the personell changes are related to that. We have 2 9600's that we use for fall harvest, and also run them with the lease combines in wheat, which is our main crop. With wheat, you have about a hundred hours per machine to get the crop out without loss, that makes it hard to justify owning enough combines to get the job done. We also hire some wheat cut, which allows us to cut on several landowners at the same time, and offers flexibility as to how good the crop is, and how much we hire cut.

It seems to make good sense to improve machine utilization without locking up so much capital money. leasing machines from Machinerylink is a good option, especially if you have the man power available. Use of custom harvest service also improves combine utilization, while holding down capital investments. I also hope we can make an improvement in Combine to Header Interface Standardization (CHIS) as this would also be an improvement in harvesting options, safety and a increase in harvest options.