WAY too big for your operation. IF you don't have at least a 8 row corn head and have good corn it will not do a very good job. You have to keep these combines full to do a very good job. They are a great soybean machine. Again you need at least a 20 ft head and a 25-30 would be better.
I am willing to bet that you found a cheap one and are just ready to jump on it. They are cheap because they are kind of a misfit after they get older. The big guys don't want an older machine and they are too big for the little guys.
A JD 9500 would be a better fit. They will out sell the JD 9600. I also have found that for the same hours a JD 9600( JD 8820 was the same) will have a lot more wear as they usually had larger headers. SO for the same amount of hours they may have done 30-40% more acres. Combine wear is by the acre/bushel not the hours
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