Our 608c (8r) is in it's 2nd season. Works fine. We don't have the chopping attach., but do have the knife rollers. They do a good job for us.

I believe there was a problem w/roller drive bearings that was supposed to give you an update before fall...if you had time before season. If not, you just check your rollers more often & watch for bearing failure. I believe the update will be done later. I'm not sure which year models it pertains to. I know ours is affected, but is holding up fine so far.

Ours has run thru quite a few thousand acres OK. Everything seems to be much longer life now vs the older x93 series. One problem we did have was breaking the RH (right 4 rows) hex drive shaft. It snapped just inboard of the outer drive bearing. Doesn't seem right. Clutches seemed to work fine. Gearboxes turned free by hand after shaft was removed. Bearing was OK. I assume the same size shaft is used in the 12r heads. If so, why don't they break?

Other than that, we had one 12v bulb go out on a warning flasher unit.