Class 9 combines .. ?

[furrowtickler]

Just started a thread asking for info on what I should expect from a class 9 combine in terms of performance... that's it
Not what the cost was or how much one paid or did not pay or that the wife has a Denalli or whatever.
Not just you but these other guys , come on . Why does every thread get derailed on here .
Guys need to get a grip.
Let's keep threads on topic . It's no wonder many good contributors have left agriville .

[Braveheart]

Furrow, there are getting to be quite a few 9240s in this area and their performance is very good. We grow a lot of straw here and the extra horsepower can really slug it through.

The headers you are using are also giving good and reliable cutting and feeding for beans and straight cut canola. They seem to be able to match the capability of the combines.

[Braveheart]

One farmer here traded a barely used 9240 for a Lex 780TT. I think all he got was more debt and a dealer an hour and a half away instead of 20 minutes. He's a lot smarter than the rest of us tho . . .

[tweety]

Wow did this thread come completely off the rails .
Really S/f , no one gives a shit about what you paid for you 3 or 5 or 10 combines .
That means nothing
I started this thread to ask simply what should a class Nine do ..... that's it .
You don't even realize how many people you piss off when you whine and complain about a non existent drought in your are then bring up shit like this on a thread that has zero to do with the cost of your multi trades ! Wtf is a matter with you at times there guy ?
Most guys on here have very little crop and you post shitblike that . Come on man think a bit

Furrow, Combines are so big that in Canada you can't get a header wide enough.

A class 10 can do 100 tonnes per hour and peak at 135. That's 8100 bu per hour! You would need a 300 foot header and go 5 mph!

A class 7 can easily do the numbers you have quoted. Use a stripper header or cut high and a class 6 can.

Efficiency curves drop dramatically because it takes more then just hp and grain tank size to harvest.

Why buy a combine you can't even begin to run at capacity?

[sumdumguy]

For this crop, we could have used a haybine, haha, oh yeh, not that funny.

[furrowtickler]

I am keeping this one full .... a stripper header would not work on this farm . We get snow , and the heavy soil here would never warm up till June if we left tall stubble
In some areas you are right tweety , SW sask for sure . But other areas that would be a disaster come spring . Especially on a wet spring like we just had and some areas were far wetter like Lloyd through Meadow Lake .
We ran class 7's for years , don't need a lesson on their capacity lol
No where near this , not even close.
I was at capacity last night in standing wheat at 4.8 to 5.2 mph . Was just right 👍🌾

[tweety]

I am keeping this one full .... a stripper header would not work on this farm . We get snow , and the heavy soil here would never warm up till June if we left tall stubble
In some areas you are right tweety , SW sask for sure . But other areas that would be a disaster come spring . Especially on a wet spring like we just had and some areas were far wetter like Lloyd through Meadow Lake .
We ran class 7's for years , don't need a lesson on their capacity lol
No where near this , not even close.
I was at capacity last night in standing wheat at 4.8 to 5.2 mph . Was just right 👍🌾

I guess you already know the answers then.

What was your bu per hour in wheat? Hopefully at least 4000. With your big class 9 maybe even more.

Btw stripped stubble fields trap snow insulating the field and if you notice are the first fields to melt corner to corner. In Alberta they did soil temp tests in stripped vs stubble cut and by may 1 there was no temp difference. Haven't seen any temp tests done here in sk, but am pretty sure it is applicable.

You get about 200 percent increase in efficiency with a stripper header.

[furrowtickler]

That could be , as Mrs Brown says ..... "that's nice !"
Again not looking a saying this a big combine , don't really care about that . Just looking for others experience with them .
If a stripper header works for some areas that good . But was not looking to get belittled by a know it all out trolling .
Too much straw and trash leads to disease issues here . I will leave it at that.

Thanks Braveheart , good to hear .

[tweety]

Let me guess, you probably also have a vertical till machine.

[furrowtickler]

Nope , wrong again

[Guest]

we have run case always , they are really simple and reliable. one thing to watch is wheel studs. the 9 series break lots . did you get a big rotor or small tube . big is better in hard to thrash like alfalfa , flax , clover , etc. small is a lot harder to set . we have one of each .

[Guest]

I guess you already know the answers then.

What was your bu per hour in wheat? Hopefully at least 4000. With your big class 9 maybe even more.

Btw stripped stubble fields trap snow insulating the field and if you notice are the first fields to melt corner to corner. In Alberta they did soil temp tests in stripped vs stubble cut and by may 1 there was no temp difference. Haven't seen any temp tests done here in sk, but am pretty sure it is applicable.

You get about 200 percent increase in efficiency with a stripper header.

that sure doesn't apply here . black fields dry first , no exceptions , if we cut our stubble higher than 8" we are in trouble in the spring . things work different in the northern swamp . best we can do is short stubble chop the shit outta straw then knife in nh3 in fall . mind you , hasn't rained here for 45 days, maybe changing this fall

[biglentil]

that sure doesn't apply here . black fields dry first , no exceptions , if we cut our stubble higher than 8" we are in trouble in the spring . things work different in the northern swamp . best we can do is short stubble chop the shit outta straw then knife in nh3 in fall . mind you , hasn't rained here for 45 days, maybe changing this fall

Any trouble with the splines on the feederhouse driveshaft Caseih? Im off to get parts in AM, going with the cheaper style with out the slip clutch because its supposedly redundant and inferior.

[Guest]

Any trouble with the splines on the feederhouse driveshaft Caseih? Im off to get parts in AM, going with the cheaper style with out the slip clutch because its supposedly redundant and inferior.

Yep. Done ours last year. And chopper bearing update. Keep an eye on chopper bearings if old style with set screws

[furrowtickler]

Good to know . Thx guys 👍