Any thoughts on a 740TT

Same experience here Oat King, not used to having too large of repair bills. Although I have ben spending dollars getting ahead of things where as for many years it was always do just what is needed to make the machine run for the week. Have changed out a fair amount of parts that still have lots of life left with the idea it will be good for years now. I have to say we haven't seen much for tough times though vs when I was a kid so method of operating has changed. Around $35k for new tires on the 4wd but I would do all 8 as I plan to go with IF, in tough times that wouldn't even be considered, just put the back ones to the center axles and put 4 new ones on at about $10k total. So some of the repair/maintenance costs are self inflicted.

Anyway, I suspect getting dealer doing the full repair is likely the way to go. If I get the feeder chain put in, pan seals, maybe a couple belts get changed (main drive belts looks fine), then I suppose leaving $9000 or so on the table isn't the end of the world.

I wouldn't worry about some repair bills, they are a 100% write-off. Buying a new combine/drill/tractor is, on the other hand, pretty hard to stomach these days.

Narrow body 700 series Claas combines represent some of the best value in harvesting power IMO. I bought two 2011 750's a few years back and 50K basically got me completely rebuilt guts: Feederhouse totally rebuilt, new sunnybrook concave/cylinder/impeller, new sieves and all bushings, bearings on all that, chopper rebuilt, aps grates, various belts and misc items. Put new tires on and power hopper toppers and for under 200K basically had new pre-emission machines that have been running great since. Those machines now have about 2900 separator hours on them.

Just bought a 2013 750TT with about half the sep hours for about 120K delivered to my yard, kind of insurance if it ever were to get wet. I'll probably put another 50K into this one max with the autosteer, hopper topper and rear tires. Don't see much downside to this approach if a guy has shed space and enough operators, doubt we would run three at once.

These combines are durable, easy to work on and have pretty big capacity. You will notice a big improvement from the rotary, especially in tough conditions. Just make sure if a 740 that it has the C13, which the vintage you are talking about does. Sometimes I wish I had the dynamic cooling, but blowing a rad out on a hot day isn't the end of the world.

210 with the work orders from the last couple Years it sounds like a decent deal to me. Should be a good combine for 1600 acres.

What about a trion. That woud get you the new cab smell. I wonder if it would be under $450 cad.

Claas wide body seems to hold their value about the same as the others these days. The narrow body machines not so much as there is a limited market for them. They are a lot less when buying new so maybe percentage wise they aren’t much different between wide/narrow body machines. Sales guys always said tracks are about $70,000 premium from tires when comparing used machines.

I understand what you are saying Meskie about comparing dollar values between Claas models, I was thinking more about what would give a guy more bang for his buck - a 2388 at $145k or a 740tt at $230k. While I said depreciation and not holding its value (ie banker talk) I was thinking more along the lines of more machine for the dollar. Keeping in mind the massive currency devaluation we have seen since 2010 then I find it a really interesting comparison. My comment was more about how people would perceive it. To really know I would need to know new pricing but I am not buying new so not really relevant, it's more interesting to compare bang for the buck between now and 13 years ago.

The track option is pricey when new yet the used Tera tracks don't command a dollar more vs tires. Tires are simple, so there is that advantage but it seems a lot of machines don't put enough rubber under them. Enough rubber for dryland conditions but not nearly enough when harvest is not dry. Like the idea of tracks so will have to see how it works out. Yes, serviceability is way better with tracks. Running a rotary machine one does not really appreciate it due to layout of drives, but for the Claas then yes, it is easy to understand what increased ease of serviceability means.

Yes Oatking, signed the papers. Keeping the 2388, one reason why the shed went up. They aren't worth anything in trade but worth every dollar if a guy has need to put it to use. I can't see there ever being two machines in the field at once, 2388 just there so I don't have to stress out if I have a major failure of some kind.

Claas has lots of smaller machine designs, we just don't see them over here. Same with JD. Case builds class 5 and 6 machines but we don't see them here, more of them in the US. Although perhaps not many small brand new Case units sold these days - I am thinking of 10 year old units available.

Claas finance rate is 7.34% right now, so the loan moves to that rate after the 24 months and is a 5 year total. Just another curious thing since I don't shop equipment to see how this stuff plays out. 7.34% is listed but you can likely get 1.99% for a couple years if buying new or finance larger amount. I suspect we will see more of this from all big corporations in next little while. Interest rates may be up but corporations will finance for lower to move equipment.