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Roy, ROFL. Deere combines are regarded as a joke there too? In my local area, we call them "big green reseeding machines". That's probably more a reflection of improper settings and not specing the machine out for high straw volumes in small grains... but the joke is not lost... I know there are a few Claas combines around, which are fairly well regarded. Nevertheless, Deere and CaseIh are the predominant machines in my area... but this isn't a big grain growing region. It's more a crop rotation that anything else.
As a general comment though, I would say that here in the maritime provinces, our climate, crop production, and machinery choices are not all that different from your area. We use a lot of Euro gear... Kuhn is big in hay gear, Kverneland in plows and fertilizer spreaders (Vicon), and wrappers at one time. Claas is probably gaining some ground, but most people who are not loyal to NH hay gear, or Deere in general will buy on price every time. Claas, like the HayDr says, are a high priced, premium machine, and most people just don't ever realise the value in that. They just won't spend the money. Where Claas gear is seen is with people like me who have no patience for crap, and push gear hard. I guess we'd call it a contractor grade, as opposed to a small operator grade of machine. Not that I do so much really. I just push hard, and keep the gear a long time. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Rod
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