Does this look more like yesterday's combine (if chinese)?

John_PA · Sep 29, 2011

And yes, it also does corn.

Now that actually looks like an american axial flow combine in the class size we are comfortable with. (and it is axial flow)

When I find more information about it, I will be sure to update, especially with more information about features. But I did take the time to convert the basic specs:

-12 foot rigid grain head
-13 foot flex head
-6 row corn / 7 row corn(LOL)
-chaff spreader
-logitudinal axial flow cylinder
-100 bushel grain bin
-150 hp engine
-15870 lbs.
-4 speed transmission with a range of 0.96-12.4 mph
-optional 4wd

Oh, and they make a more deluxe model, about the same size and capacities... I must say, it looks SUPER sharp (even though I don't like John Deere paint colors)

Available right now for shipment to USA ISO:9001 certified company, and freight per unit would only be one 40 foot intermodal tin can @ $5000 USD. deliver date is 30 days after they receive money in escrow.

RedRoundhead · Sep 29, 2011

How much $? And do they come in red? LOL.

Fordfarmer · Sep 29, 2011

Seems like a small grain tank for a 6/7 row head.
Also seems like a lot of h.p. for a 12/13 ft. head,
but then I am used to a conventional, not a rotary.
It's hard to tell with the writing across the pic,
but it looks like a folding, rather than hyd.
rotating auger. I DON'T miss that from my old NH
985.

John_PA · Sep 29, 2011

I could be wrong in my conversion on the grain tank.

3.5 cubic meters.

converts to 123.6 cubic feet.

and I assumed that a bushel is 1.25 cubic feet.

which would be 100 bushels.

http://shifeng.en.alibaba.com/produ...bine_Harvester.html?tracelog=cgsotherproduct4

johnwayne360 · Sep 29, 2011

add a hopper topper and get to 125 bu..and youre awfully close to what a 6600 deere would hold..

paul Em · Sep 29, 2011

Any idea on price on that one?
If they want to demo one in North America send it my way!! I think there is is a market for them if they can put in a good season to show everyone.

gbs · Sep 29, 2011

buyer beware, neighbor bought a combine jd name made in germany well built machine,first time it broke down the differences surfaced ,needed an off set link for the clean grain elevator, metric not stocked buy local dealers will have to order it 1 week delivery time,feeder house chain master link came apart same thing on availability ,other little factor on this part was a standard master link that most jd feeder chains use cost $7.00 this one was a mere $21.00 the price of a new chaffer almost sent him into shock he didn't bother to ask how long it would take to get one just repaired his instead,he said later he wished that he had kept his F gleaner but let someone fast talk him into buying this one

John_PA · Sep 30, 2011

got mroe info on teh combine.

It is Caterpillar, and with a 6 row corn head the price $48,500 USD FOB. shipping with a corn head is 2 40 foot intermodal tin cans, one has to be open top shipped, so, the price for shipping would be about $12,000

So $65,500 for a chinese built Cat combine, and there is no factory warrranty period.

I think I will pass.

But, I also must say that as long as dealerships like K___er's are around, buying up all teh good low hour combines and then sitting on them while they try to make 50% profit on an outrageous price; I will still be waiting for my local New Holland dealer to have a chinese combine produced for the american market, with a factory warranty and a 72 month payment plan.

Tim(nj) · Sep 30, 2011

Yeah, what the midwesterners don't understand about the northeast, is that all of their good, low-hour used machines end up at either Z----ft's, K----er's, or St---l's and get marked way up . . . a $10,000 Illinois machine turns into a $30,000 Pennsylvania machine fast.

redrounhead · Sep 30, 2011

At that price,and "guarantee" you coud re-engine a gasser to a diesel (IH or Deere or Gleaner), and refurbish it, too. Become friends with a decent, bored machinist, and a sheet metal shop. You can re-make anything. It just takes time, if you have it! LOL!

John_PA · Sep 30, 2011

I restored cars and trucks and did collision repair for a living for 15 years, owned my own shop for 9, and worked as a tech for New Holland/Massey Ferg dealership, and before that, I was a tech for Ford Lincoln Mercury.

At one time, I had dreamt about restoring a combine, but the problem has always been space.

If a car takes up 108 square feet of shop space when it is together, it will take up 1080 square feet when it is disassembled. (thank the Lord for shelving, so you can stack some of that real estate.)

How many square feet does a combine take up when it is assembled? LOL

actually thinking of redoing all the galvanized tin on my Gleaner K this winter. I think if it shines, then it will have higher self esteem and not be as likely to break down. Well, that and I installed my Gleaner Kam system today and the new galvanized tin sticks out like a sore thumb.

RedRoundhead · Oct 1, 2011

Sometimes I wish i lived down south. You can leave
a thing outside, and not have winter bury it! Space
is always in short supply in a shop! Especially in
winter!

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