Redpower, Yes I am well aware that Claas has some product support problems in the states but I have been assured that they are trying very hard to sort them out.Here in Europe, especially the U.K. Claas product support and reliability is the best in the country, that is why they sell 3 times more combines than their nearest competitor!!! Scan down this board to 01_02_03 and read a post by YORKSHIREBOY,he states that a lexion 480 harvested 740 tonnes of wheat in 12 hours including coping with 3.75tonne_acre of straw in England recently.Remember that the 480 was introduced in 1996, name me a JD,NH,MF,CASE or GlEANER that had this performance back thenIJ!!! To Onlooker, I will post pics on farmphoto.com when I get a chance and will post to let guy's know.