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| Ah, I was hoping someone would pipe up with the 'look at all the moving parts' argument. My friend, EVERY part on a combine is a moving part - so all of those steel hydraulic lines that 'appear' to be fool-proof and stationary are, in fact, moving parts, and as such, are subject to fatigue, vibration, and yes, failure - no different than (gasp), a belt and pulley. One is easy to troubleshoot and renew, the other much less so. Now, let us discuss reliability and longevity/durability. Reliability is something that can be measured across a machine population as an MTBF, a mean time between failures. Durability or longevity, then, is more a measure of the number of hours or better, bushels/acres of crop that particular components on machines last before requiring replacement (things like feeder chains, augers, concaves, rasp bars, elevator chains, etc.). Nope, longevity still goes to the Claas here. | |
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Lexion 740 vs. Case 7230
