Harvest Showdown

[furrowtickler]

All the big boys were out at a farm by Leask, actually hobby's area a few days ago.
Deer , Case , New Holland and Lexion
All the American made machines had full support staff and harvest tecs.
The Lex showed up with one guy
They did drop pans and weigh wagons all day on canola .
The North American combines and there support staff weren't to happy at the end of the day.
Guess it was not even close from what I hear .
All the biggest and best head to head
Kinda like the World Cup lol

[farmaholic]

No Agco?

The stuff we throw out is the stuff we didn't have room for.

[furrowtickler]

Lol , Agco has nothing in that league
Possibly a 8 combine deal for Lex .
Not even sure Agco has 8 large Masseys in western Canada lol

[bigzee]

What were the results??

[SASKFARMER]

The guys local with lex are happy but support is a big problem,your on your own

[furrowtickler]

Basically The Lex had 20% more capacity with the lowest losses and up to 40% less fuel/acre over the Deer / Case . New Holland faired better it was said.
Don't know exact numbers , I was not there.
I would guess there will be different variances depending what Color hat you wear.
I don't wear any of them , and was not there so can't verify, don't really care just found it interesting.
Got info from 3rd party , non biased - with I will believe far more than the colour info that may or may not come out.
What is not surprising that the same results happened locally last week on a couple large farms that run the big Deers, and that was in very dry conditions at times.
It is what it is , Lexions are designed for high volume small grains and the big Deers and Case are specifically designed for corn and Soy and modified for small grains . Really no surprise .
High horsepower single rotors guzzle fuel and overload sieves easily . Just the way they are designed
One needs to remember , even big corn and soy crops put very little MOG on sieves , so they work fine in those crops .
The old saying that , speed kills, rings true in certain crops here lol

[farming101]

Had a Claas once 60's vintage. Worst combine I ever saw. Did something change?

[iceman]

No Agco?

The stuff we throw out is the stuff we didn't have room for.

I'm sure the farmer had a tin shed that stays in the yard like everyone else

Iceman out

[Braveheart]

Having a good dealer with good service, parts supply, rescue combines available, etc., will trump super duper combine capacity any day for me.

I like the Lexion design but the dealer is an hour away and doesn't have a stellar reputation.

[fjlip]

"Lexions are designed for high volume small grains and the big Deers and Case are specifically designed for corn and Soy and modified for small grains"
All I read on combine forum and agtalk says Lexion are a corn eating MONSTER also.