Running a Honeybee airflex AF240 on a 760 Claas. Would love to run the Claas Convio. Looks a lot more simple than the honeybee. Especially the drive system.
What are The Options for Length on The Unload Auger? How many Feet/Meters are they? I have looked on Claas’s Website and can’t find it anywhere, what the Length Options are for The Unloading Auger.
@@jeremynoble1452 I Appreciate the Reply. Claas doesn’t List Auger Lengths anywhere on their Website or in The Brochures, is 29’ The Smallest/Shortest Length Auger that is available? I heard they maybe Offering a 35’ Auger here in the Future, I think that would be Nice since they are Offering 50’ Draper Heads Now, from Macdon & Honeybee, & 40-44’+ Corn Heads from Gerringhoff and Others.
In the UK a farmer is classed as a key worker so kids can go to school our boy is there for 2 days a week as the wife is at home, I'm glad hes 6 not 16 and doing moments or such technical maths. Great Video very well explained many thanks Hedley
Same here. I am a sales rep so still classed somewhat essential but don't push the issue too much with no equipment running that I need to support. Thanks very much for the comment!
Ya we have never had a use for it over here yet. Not enough grain grown to need to look at it I guess? The gauge wheels do what we need for now. Good to hear that its working for you though! Thanks for the comment!
Thanks Warren! Ya demo's did go according to plan anywhere this year. I was only able to get 6 done compared with the usual 25-30. Hopefully better this coming year.
I run 3 760 here in Alberta, ran a 8600 for a day , biggest improvement is the unloading auger, the 8600 though is an under power machine, runs out of power all the time, guys who run the 8700 said you don’t want less hp for sure
Ya compared to a 760 the power on an 8600 wouldn’t be a great comparison. Only sold 7500 and 8700’s here in Ontario. The price difference between an 8600 and 8700 wasn’t enough not to go to the bigger one.
I roaded an 8700 with no head on the front but my truck and 40 ft convio pulled behind it 130 miles. Took 3.5 hours roughly. I put some talc in when I left and continually ran the tracks in the dust on either shoulder a bit and they were fine when I got there.
Yes, in parts of the country that is definitely a huge improvement! We experience that a lot here Ontario. We were very fortunate this year with an early completion to harvest but on a normal year it is not unheard of to be doing beans and corn in December or even January. To change head and push a couple buttons sure speeds things up now. Thanks for the comment!
I think some of the new in cab functions are awesome. Like closing all 4 rotor flaps, being able to push a button and the ITS bars go in (that was a real dirty job on 700 series) and from cab add blank to threshing concave. Makes for switching crops real quick. Oh forgot and switch from high/low on the threshing cylinder with the push of a button.
Totally agree! Everything from the cab is really good. Not getting dirty in the middle of the day when switching is so nice. Although I always find a way to get covered in something. LOL. I didn't even think of the cylinder switch and not having to change those two bolts.... Thanks for commenting!
At some point it be nice to know the price of these Lexion combines and associated heads...but further than that, how much acreage is required to pay for them....as there has been explosion in combine prices over the last 10 years . Are there any rules of thumb for combine payback?
I would love to do something like this. I just need to find someone willing to let me record the whole deal from start to finish so we can get some real data and hard facts. Maybe I should come down and see you Phil? 😂
Great valid vid on header fronts, if I had Claas combine I would go with convio easier setup but been happy with Macdon, even look at Honeybee like Mike Mitchell.
Thanks Jamie, I've been very happy with both heads for my customers. Hard to pick most days. The Honeybee is a good head as well but have no dealer presence here in Ontario which makes it hard for service and parts.
Thanks Ron49C! Glad you liked it. I am certainly not the only one dealing with home schooling but it sure sucks. Just saw a note that there’s an announcement at 3:00 about back to school here in Ontario. Speculation is they won’t be back next week either. 🤪.
Its a nice change to the combines which have always been my focus. Something to do through the spring. The faster you can pull them the nicer the job the will do.
Happy new year 🥳 hope 2021 is bigger year in sales n more customers, speaking of customers Sandi n Mark Brock which subscribe to both there You Tube channels. I like to see what your customers do after V4 lay stubble down on the ground in rows👍
Thanks Jamie, Happy New Years to you as well!!! We can always hope for a bigger year but after the one I just had, I'd be content with just another good year in general. Can you clarify "V4 lay stubble down on the ground in rows"? do you mean customers baling after wheat?
No, I wouldn't call you that. LOL. We don't spend high dollars on the GPS accuracy we put on demo units, so put the overlap in to make sure we don't miss anything. But I agree 100%, it's way nicer to be taking big full passes!
@@jeremynoble1452 Dang, that's crazy but I understand after realizing you're location. You're a lot farther north than we are. We harvest 21% and it's almost to wet for us, under 20 is ideal and normal here
@@farmcentralohio yes we would dream of having those moistures. Towards the end of harvest this year we got under 18%. but on a normal year you will never see that.
