I fully agree with what your saying. I guess the really disapointing thing is that the big machinery makers believe it is more important to sell 1 or 2 huge capacity machines at a dealership. Sure they have power sieves, windows, seat warmer, fridge, computers that monitor everything, bum wiper, pretty decals, curved stylish side shield, ect, but do we really "NEED" all this stuff on them to do a good jobIJ Please don't take this as a swipe at just the CR, its not. All the companies are exactly the same and they are pricing themselves into a smaller and smaller market as less and less farmers can justify the huge costs of these machines that only work for a month or two a year. Wouldn't it make more sense to sell 20 or 30 cost effective, class 5 or 6 machines, per dealership that are simple, efficient, has everything you need to do a job in "reasonable" confort, without all the extra junk on it just waiting for an excuse to have wires eaten by mice, damaged by high pressure air when cleaning, or damaged when a combination of water and chaff build up and corrode around them. Obviously there are always going to be those guys out there that want the biggest and the best of everything, and if they can afford it make it pay for itself then good luck to them I say. But for those that like reasonably modern_new machinery on their farm, but don't need huge capacity machines then something like this would be ideal. I wonder how popular a combine the physical size of a TR 85 with the CR style rotor and sperator inside, Case Cleaning Fan, 9000 JD cab, Motor punching about 220-250hp and a price tag of $160k - $180k Aus ($112 - $126 American roughly) would sellIJ Technology has come a heck of a long way in the past 25 years, so instead of building bigger and flasher machines, how about building efficent, simpler and cost effective machines instead...IJ Just a thought. Cheers Bundy.
