statboy44
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Red is a good way to go. No, its not hard to switch from corn to soybeans. Its rather easy. Test one out and see for yourself. good luck on this harvest season.
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Combines Thinking of going Red
Bigred
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I think you will be pleased with what the Axial-Flow can do for ya. Although I have never owned a Deere, I have run one of a friends 9610's for a couple of harvests. Personnaly, I find the newer Axial-Flows to be far more adaptible to different crops, and your grain samples are cleaner. Not to mention it's probly the most comftorable combine to run in for long hours. Also test drove the 9750sts this year. Once again, I still don't think there is a better combine than the 2300 series Axial-Flows.
MAGNUM
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WE HAVE THREE CASEIH COMBINES. A 1680,2188, AND A 2388. WE COMBINE 150-200 CORN AT 4.5 TO 5 MPH. IT IS VERY EASY TO SWITCH THE COMBIES FROM CORN TO BEANS. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF SWITHING ROTOR SPEEDS FROM THE CAB, DROPPING THE FEEDER HOUSE DRUM, SWITCHING THE CHOPPER BElT AND ADJUSTING THE SIEVES. ONE GUY IS CAPABlE OF DOING IT BY HIMSElF.
Farm_Kid
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Jason, If you're harvesting corn and soybeans I think you'll be happy with the single rotor design, but I can't tell you whether the standard or the specialty rotor would be the best. You may want to ask some of your neighbors what they are running. My preference would be the specialty rotor with Gordon Bars installed over at least the front portion of the rotor (it takes 12 bars on a 2388 I think). This kind of makes a rotor with the best features of each design. I would also install the Estes Disruptor bars if you ever cut your beans before it frosts and the stems are green and tough. Make sure you get keystock grates and a chopper. I think the major thing you are trading off by leaving the cylinder _ walker machine is the ability to fine tune the threshing by simply adjusting the cylinder speed and concave clearance. Other things being equal, the single rotor design will require more hardware changes as you go from crop to crop, but this is probably not a factor for you unless you plan to cut wheat, barley, etc. in addition to your corn and beans. With the Axial-Flow you may need to switch concaves and _ or grates according to the factory recommendations, which is a pain. A great way to get around this is to use the large wire concaves with every other wire removed for corn and then use Gordon Cover Plates when you are cutting beans. The more cover plates you put in the more aggressive the threshing gets and the less separation you get in the front of the cylinder. It's quick and easy to add or remove the cover plates and it can really improve the performance of the machine if the grain return is getting over loaded. If you ever harvest very high moisture corn I think you'll be impressed by the reduced cracking by the red machine. Best of luck
tiger
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One thing red is the best color for any kind of equipment. Case rules
dave
Guest
If horse power is the issue on your Deere's check out www.ag-tech.com