Combines Pros and cons 1020 22 5 vs 925F DeereIJ

No. Ours is a MacDon 960 that we picked up used. It is a 96 model, I believe. It is not as good at running on the ground as the 972 or 1052. We bought it to cut rice with, but decided to try it in beans. The center belt is run by a driveshaft instead of a hydraulic motor. It has no AHC, just the spring suspension. We may upgrade to a 972 or 1052 next year if we can find a good one for the right price. But after we learned how to set it, the 960 did fine in soybeans.

Beans, Is the center belt slipping or is the hydraulic roller stallingIJ If your belt is slipping, I know that lagging is available for the rollers. Also, if you have a roller bearing going bad it can make the belt harder to pull and it can stall under load. Our header is the older 960 "Rice Special" model, so the center belt is mechanically run by a driveshaft. We've never had problems with it slipping. We did have the left hand (longer) draper slip a couple of times. Once because a wad of grass got inside the belt and jammed the outside roller, and once because a small chuck of wood caught up underneath the header and wedged the draper. I have heard that the hydraulically driven center belt doesn't have as much power as the pto driven belt we have, but I'm not sure. What happens with ours is the ant bed will normally fall off of the side drapers into the center cavity in front of the center belt. Some of it will get fed into the combine and some will get flipped out by the cleats on the belt. Hope you get it figured out.

Do you have auger flight exstensions IJ Not sure but I think there are 2 different ones . long and short ones . Joe

Check the John Deere page. Guy over there is having problems with his 925 that sound like your your 1020 problems Jon. Maybe it is like some guy told me about getting a divorce, you might as keep the wife you have got as the next one won't be any better, and might be worse. Ya just lose money on the trade.