Combines R62 Deutz or Cummins

I have never had a Deutz engine but have not heard alot of bad things other than you need to keep the cooling area clean and parts are not as readily available as well as cost for them is higher. The engine compartment is also more crowded with the Duetz. On the plus side you can get the fuel pump set up to that of an R-72 fairly easily and they do have good power. The Cummins engines have been good for me. The early 62's were 240 hp I believe they changed to 260 sometime in 1994, the extra hp is worth it. In 1996 they added 12" to the shoe length, depending on crops grown it may be a plus. Comparing to the R-70 hawk, our neighbor had one and we had a 94 R-62 and the R-62 was very close to the R-70 in our conditions, probably 95% or better in capacity. As far as simplicity of machine and operator comfort the 2 series is much nicer. Just my opinion anyway.

We have had both. The Cummins though rated with higher hp had less lugging capacity. We had cummins out at the cost of 850 and they set-up the engine. That fixed the problem. The deutz never gave trouble and you do need to keep clean with the only problem being that the operators manual we had didn't let you know and doesn't tell you how.

In Il the Duetz machines can be bought for at least 5-10K cheaper than Cummins. The Duetz makes more torque and will seem to be powered better than the Cummins. Since I have been critisized for being anti-Duetz I'll try to be positive in my critisisms. Parts are expensive(nice to have those added expenses at tax time) and can take a week or more to get(while you're machine is down you can rent a new one and check out what your missing at a cost of $100+ per hour). You get to blow the dirt out of the heads every day(a real neat way to start your day which makes that shower at night feel that much better-especially if your raise beans or milo)and if your lucky enough to have a fuel or oil leak you'll have a fire big enough to cook your lunch on. With all that and a cheaper price tag how could you even consider a CumminsIJ