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St. Gregor, SK, Canada | That is a very stupid mis-conception.
When an 860 is properly setup, it will NOT smoke like the dickens when it's working hard. It just won't.
Brad Heil runs an 860 in Corn/wheat/soybeans. He's a custom cutter, has two 860s and one 8780xp if I recall.
The 860's limiting factor in corn is the clean grain returns, and I believe that'll handle 2Kbu/hr. In small-seeded crops, I have no problem pushing 1Kbu/hr in flax, 600 in wheat, putting 3' straw thru the straight-cut header, and chopping what comes out the back - in oats, we have hit 1Kbu/hr, but that one depends on how dry the crop is.
I averaged 650/hr in canola.
This is the 860 thrashing canola. Dad's in the driver's seat, and he was going a tad bit slow (should be going about 3.5 - 4mph; these are 25' swaths of 38bu canola). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKRB1oFhhfc&feature=channel_page | |
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8820 Titan II JD vs 1680 Case IH combine
