In Reply to: Re: 9895 is here! posted by Guy Conan on June 07, 2008 at 06:49:30:
100 bushel wheat: running 35 foot flex around 4-4.5mph with near zero loss. I could go faster but we can't get trucks back fast enough. This is the best wheat we've ever cut. The 8780 running a 30 footer can only go around 3mph in it. This wheat crop is at least 3 to 4 times as good as last years freeze crop.
Combine is great. Cat's got gobs of power and is smooth as silk. No comparison between it and the 9790 with the Cummins it replaced. A/C is iceberg cold in 95 degree weather. The Fieldstar2 takes some getting used to but its easier and does much more than the original Fieldstar.
Header is awesome too. No vibration from the sickle whatsoever. The SCH drive and knife is the way to go on any color machine. We got the Orbit reel and it works like a dream. Just cutting wheat now and it does help but I can see that its really going to pay for itself in short beans this fall.