Combines Next Generation Red Combines

Haven't shard anything but,I bet that confidentiality agreement you or your manager_farm owner singed with CIH to have a proto-type combine run on your farm is still good. There aren't too many farms that CIH utiizes for testing so you will probably be easy to find_fine!

Case also doesn't do a very good job of hiding where they test machines, so they get what they ask for. I'm still wondering if that guy up north of Bells, TN ever made anything of the 6 row cotton picker he was developing that had a module truck bed on the back of it. The end goal was to place a module builder on the back of the machine, but we couldn't figure out how they could ever get it to work. I'm not saying that Deere does the best job in the world of hiding their prototypes, but at least they do change locations on a regular basis.

yeah like transporting it down the road uncoveredIJ Or painting it yellowIJ

The new Case-IH combine will be out in limited number in fall of 2003, then in spring 2004 dealers will take orders on new production machines. The new combine (likely to be "AFX375"),will be a class 7.5 with around 375hp. and 330-340bu. hopper. Changes could include hyd. drive rotor,new rotor,electronic controlled seives and screens(programable),all new cab,longer feeder house,bigger elevators,augers and such, as well as new updated cosmetics. From what I've been told, it's going to be one awsome machine.

We would all be better off having a concern for the general health of the farm economy than when the next new combine is out and who is going to fine or sue someone for saying what is probably true.

7.5 class. Why not 7.1 or 7.7 or 7.5698978. Not making fun of Case. I just think it is funny how each combine manufacturer tries to outdo the other by the just the slighest margin. Also, is there a standard or set of rules by which companies label what class their combine is in. I am just wondering how they do it.

I asked my Deere dealer that same question, and he indicated that classification is primarily established by horsepower and bin capacity!

I would think they would go by how many acres each machine can cut in an hour. But some combines do better in certain crops than other combines.

Green Envy, have to agree with New2Gleaner went to a Case-IH sales meeting years ago and was told the same thing, a combine is classed by grain tank compacity and horsepower, makes alot of sense huhIJ

Combine class ratings are determined, as far as i know, by four factors. Grain bin size, horsepower, threshing area and cleaning area. Hence having an oversized grain bin wont get your combine in a higher class, nor will a smaller tank drop you to a lower a class. All factors are considered and a "score" arrived at that places a machine, whether green, red, silver or yellow in a class. The class rating is NOT determined by the company, this is done by an independent non-biased group.( Eliminates, for example, JD from saying ' our 9600 is a class 4 !!!! lol )To the best of my knowledge glass 7 is the largest at the moment.