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| "I assume class 6 machines should be comparable from company to company as far as capacity goes. A 9695 should be comparable to a Deere 9670, correct??"
Unfortunately not. It's just not that simple in comparing combines. They are only comparable in power; that's where it ends. It then falls on the design of the processor and drive systems of the combine as to how efficiently that power is utilized to net capacity, and hp is not always going to be the limiting factor on a combine. It is entirely possible for a class 6 from one manufacturer, for example, to outperform a class 7 from another.
Now, to your situation. The Agco axial rotor is going to take more power in beans than a JD (an STS is a pretty good soybean combine and as an amusing sidebar to this discussion, the STS rotor concept actually came out of the old MF organization of the 1980s so don't laugh too hard green boys) so you would likely want to look at a 9795 to have just marginally more capacity than a JD 9670. Yes, settings do make all the difference here too and higher rotor speed is your friend. You should have more corn capacity than what you experienced. Unless you were running some type of chopping cornhead, you should have more power and more capacity in corn - here the Agco will be a bit more comparable to the JD. Difficult to speculate on the machine that you had - what exactly the issues were, but certainly sounds like it was shy on power (fuel filters, low boost, engine software, etc.). | |
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Are Massey Combines really this bad??? Newer Massey owners-need help!!
