Combines Walker to STS

I love the sts over the walker, easy to clean and work on and have more capacity. went from 9610 to 9760. the 60's are better than the 50's Deere had to refine.

We have a 9760 and a 9610. I like the STS but the 9610 still does a good days work and works side by side with the STS. If the header is not the limiting factor we can run about 1 to 1.5 mph faster in the 9760 with a 35' head than the 9610 with a 30' head. I would buy another STS but am in no hurry to get rid of the walker. Contrary to what many say, if they are both adjusted correctly grain sample is about the same. It takes a little more skill and operator awareness to set the walker correctly - the STS is a little more forgiving on settings. Rotaries like their power. Quite surprising to me was that the STS is a corn eating machine. It looks like to me the walker ought to be better in corn as walker loss is usually not an issue but the STS will eat an unbelievable amount of corn. In wheat and beans it depends on the conditions. Tough beans or wheat can soak up a lot of horsepower in the STS. They are both good machines and the fact that most of the world still uses walker machines instead of rotaries kind of says walker machines are still very usable. For what it is worth, outside of the better seat and the preset buttons for header height, I would still rather get in and run the 9610. I think they took a giant stride backwards when they put the CIH hockey puck hydrostat handle in the JD STS - but I am sure I'm in the minority with that point of view. I think the T handle is lots more natural. John

If you trade for a 9760 I would highly recomend the high rate unloading system. It makes all the difference in the world if you harvest corn and unload on the go. lets the grain buggy get started back to the truck a lot quicker and is a big improvement in productivity. I do like this a lot better than the 9610. It cost more up front but increases productivity and will last a lot longer before it wears out so lower maintence cost_bushel. John

I agree with the commend above. The limit for the 9610 in corn is the clean grain elevator. A 9650 walker will keep up with a 9650 STS in corn. I have tried it. The big draw back on the STS is the high wear. Here in our shop we usually put twice as much money in an STS than in a walker going all the way through the machine. Sure the STS's generally do more acres, but not twice as much. A prime example is the concave. An STS small grain concave is usually wore out after one custom harvester wheat season, while a conventionel concave usually makes it through two full years of wheat and fall crops and costs half the price of the rotary concave.