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Post by meskie on Jan 13, 2021 18:04:50 GMT -6
Which ten year old combine do you guys feel kept the best resale value. I had to step in here and give some love to the deeres and feel they retain the best value . Marketbook is interesting to flip thru but, to me they are highly inflated and when a dealer has a price that seems to good to be true it s possible its a wreck. I wish i had more brand choice in combines but john deere rules the roast in the heart of the RRV. In the heart of the RRV you can run any combine you want. It probably has the closest access to all colours in the prairies. 20 minute drive I can buy any combine I want. Within an hour I can drive to two different dealer of any colour except claas. It would be 1.5 hours for them.
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Post by ddf on Jan 13, 2021 19:42:59 GMT -6
It probably has the closest access to all colours in the prairies. 20 minute drive I can buy any combine I want. Within an hour I can drive to two different dealer of any colour except claas. It would be 1.5 hours for them. Yeah, I'm sure I made a lazy over exaggeration there.
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Post by meskie on Jan 13, 2021 20:22:29 GMT -6
20 minute drive I can buy any combine I want. Within an hour I can drive to two different dealer of any colour except claas. It would be 1.5 hours for them. Yeah, I'm sure I made a lazy over exaggeration there. I do get your point of having dealers close
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Post by SWMan on Jan 18, 2021 12:56:52 GMT -6
What sort of a dollar value do you guys put on combine hours for a 5-10 year old machine? Probably as a machine ages the hours become cheaper and more about condition and work done, but say for a 1000-1500 hour machine what would you value those 500 hours at generally speaking?
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Post by meskie on Jan 18, 2021 14:46:58 GMT -6
That 1000-1500 hour mark is a tough one cause it should have had some kinda major work done or it’s gonna need it. I’m thinking feeder chain and elevator chains. Threshing components could also need to be done depending on crops. For a class 9 machine like a cr9090 maybe 200/hour?
On our lexion 780 it didn’t need much between the 1000-1500 mark but last year when we were around the 1600 hours is required a bunch of work and parts replacement. When we ran NH the Cr was 1000 hours and CX was 12-1500 hours when it needed parts.
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Post by SWMan on Jan 18, 2021 20:12:44 GMT -6
That 1000-1500 hour mark is a tough one cause it should have had some kinda major work done or it’s gonna need it. I’m thinking feeder chain and elevator chains. Threshing components could also need to be done depending on crops. For a class 9 machine like a cr9090 maybe 200/hour? On our lexion 780 it didn’t need much between the 1000-1500 mark but last year when we were around the 1600 hours is required a bunch of work and parts replacement. When we ran NH the Cr was 1000 hours and CX was 12-1500 hours when it needed parts. That will be why these is some good deals on 1600 hour Lexions at off brand dealers, probably major service due. Seems to be a premium at Lexion dealer but those units go through shop every year and are field ready. Why is it that when looking at used machines every little upgrade over the years seems "worth the extra" and pretty soon you are looking at almost new units...
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Post by meskie on Jan 18, 2021 21:21:20 GMT -6
Ours went through shop every year but things just wear out. But should be good for a lot more hours again.
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Post by bob123 on Jan 18, 2021 21:45:47 GMT -6
I think some of you guys must have alot more abrasive soil conditions and rocks. A 1500 hour combine here is hard to tell the difference from new on the wear surfaces, but then my uncle bought a 1000 hour combine from brandon area and there was hardly anything left of it.
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Post by SWMan on Jan 18, 2021 22:11:54 GMT -6
I think some of you guys must have alot more abrasive soil conditions and rocks. A 1500 hour combine here is hard to tell the difference from new on the wear surfaces, but then my uncle bought a 1000 hour combine from brandon area and there was hardly anything left of it. I would imagine you have that silty RRV clay? Add in some sand and things wear out a LOT faster. Maybe I should look East for combines...ha ha
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Post by bob123 on Jan 18, 2021 22:39:12 GMT -6
Ya the "tiger shit" as its affectionately known.
And It's not just the threshing parts that were worn out on that thing. I rebuilt it for him and it was bearings, augers, floors, pretty much everything needed replacing that came anywhere near straw or grain. I guess it's as good as new now though.. checking the hour meter hardly helps much if a combine doesnt come from your area
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Post by rod on Jan 19, 2021 1:15:38 GMT -6
I presented these figures to a group of growers at a conference & many scoffed at the numbers. I presented these same figures at our custom harvesters meeting & very few disagreed with these numbers. Yep ...... there’s lot of questions & assumptions raised out of that! Be that as it is ....... These numbers are costs in $A & we have the luxury of paying more for parts & labour in OZ 🤷🏻♂️.... so I’m wondering what people in this discussion think of these costs. Appreciate the talk.
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Post by meskie on Jan 19, 2021 10:03:14 GMT -6
I would say the costs are close to on the low side by looking at it. But you would have to compare tonnes put through not just acres. We had some tough years pounding wet crop and mud through that make repairs go up
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Post by Oatking on Jan 20, 2021 8:12:12 GMT -6
The RRV combines inner components are wearing out more recently from all the corn, peas, and soybean acres. Hard to find a used small grain combine in premo condition. Tires almost last forever in our soil.
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Post by jaymo on Jan 20, 2021 9:12:09 GMT -6
The RRV combines inner components are wearing out more recently from all the corn, peas, and soybean acres. Hard to find a used small grain combine in premo condition. Tires almost last forever in our soil. I remember years ago, we were combine shopping. My Dad and I went to look at a TR99 in the Portage area. It had similar hours to a TR99 we already owned. It was under 1000 hours but we couldn't believe the wear on this machine. Holes worn through all over the place. We couldn't get out of there fast enough. I guess they have some really abrasive soil there, maybe a lot of soybeans and peas, scraping the ground. Hours do not always tell the tale.
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Post by cliffh on Jan 20, 2021 16:44:01 GMT -6
The RRV combines inner components are wearing out more recently from all the corn, peas, and soybean acres. Hard to find a used small grain combine in premo condition. Tires almost last forever in our soil. I remember years ago, we were combine shopping. My Dad and I went to look at a TR99 in the Portage area. It had similar hours to a TR99 we already owned. It was under 1000 hours but we couldn't believe the wear on this machine. Holes worn through all over the place. We couldn't get out of there fast enough. I guess they have some really abrasive soil there, maybe a lot of soybeans and peas, scraping the ground. Hours do not always tell the tale. I think edible beans, which would be grown in the Portage area, must be hard on a combine. It could be that some now are cut with a flex header, but standard practice was to undercut them. I think a fair bit of abrasive soil went through the combine.
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