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Sun Prairie, WI | I could write a book about issues this year that would be classified as out of the ordinary. We run almost all tier 3 equipment, reason being we tried many tier 4 magnums when they cam out with failure after failure and many performance issues. Sent back a new 225cvt magnum with 425 hours on it. In 425 hours the only thing it did without issue was haul manure for 24 hours ( we don’t have any livestock).
With that being said our support from our local dealer is the only thing keeping us in RED.
Our combine 2011 9120 ordered new by us had so many issues this year it makes me sick to think about it.
1. Engine fan is held on by a snap ring. Bearings went out. Fan flew off. Went through all three coolers. $24000.00 in damage that could have been prevented by a bolt and some blue lock tite
2. Rear main seal went out. Normal cause is not changing the crankcase breather. We do that every year. $5000.00 in repairs not 100 hours after the engine fan.
Case spouts off about the longevity of the components in there harvesting equipment saying that there are many of the high dollar items that have a 10000 hour service life. Gonna be pretty tough to believe that when we can’t make it passed 2000 hours without a major breakdown (s).
I have heard the Case IH service rep say “ we haven’t seen that before “ so many times that I just expect that when we sit down to figure what or why these issues arise.
Thankfully Ritchie Implament has been great as far as keeping us going and fixing the broken equipment right
P.S. We also got to replace the feeder drum, driveshaft, feeder chain, and silencer too. At 1300 hours.
Not sure how all these issues plays out for the long game for all equipment companies but if they can’t keep anything running for more than a couple thousand hours I feel it’s gonna be pretty tough to sell more new. | |
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Pretty disappointed in Case IH lately ...
