Posted 10/26/2016 05:47 (#5600431 - in reply to #5600254) Subject: RE: Macdon vs. jd draper
East Central, Nebraska
i have no experience with either but have been contemplating a switch to a flex draper myself. i am also looking at both brands. a guy i know traded a 40 ft macdon fd75 into a local dealer recently. i wasn't terribly interested because it was a 40 footer. he had agreed that it might be a little much for my combine (a 9760 deere). we had talked a little about it and he asked if i had looked at either up close. i said no. he said on the deere their is a spot between the belts that you can stick your hand that that he felt that you would have to lose soybeans there. i would likely have to agree. just watching here locally it seems to me that the mac don will be my likely choice due to the fact that it is what is on the front of most combines around here and that is likely what i will find the most of used. i guess we will see. my auger head works fine and seems to be worth about nothing so maybe i will stick with that for a while. the more corn i pick the more i think that a better investment for me would be a chopping corn head so that could likely be where i burn up any equipment upgrade money.
Macdon vs. jd draper
