Magnacut chopper vs standard chopper

[snides007]

Looking at ordering a new 7230 and need a chopper in it but not sure how much difference the magnacut chopper would be over the standard chopper.the only concern is how it would perform in wheat. Is the standard chopper good enough for wheat stubbles and do the magnacut choppers take much more power to run? Won't need it to do major cutting when out contracting only when harvesting my own. Hope the new spreader system on the 30 series will be able to throw 40ft as well.
Cheers for any advise

[mark 1056]

we have magna in are 9120 and we never run the knives it dose a awesome job in chopping wet or dry staw and yeah it uses alot of power but dont most choppers my buddy has sandard chopper he dosnt run knives in either but in wetter straw he dose so really depends on how much damper staw you will be combing but we never change the rotor from high gear always stays in high

[stubblejumper]

Unless you live in an area where harvest conditions are always very dry I would never recommend the standard cut chopper especially if you are trying to spread 40 feet. As I understand it there are now 2 versions of the magna cut, the fine cut (40 blades) and the extra fine cut (120). The fine cut will probably do a pretty good job in most conditions but when the straw gets tough in the evening it will not do the same job of chopping and start to leave more of a carpet. The extra fine cut will do a great job of chopping but it does require a lot of horsepower, about 20 to 40 hp depending on conditions. It should be a little bit better though as they have decreased the number of blades from the original magna cut (126). The best comparison I have heard is that a 9120 with an extra fine cut will only be able to go as fast as an 8120 with a fine cut due to the extra power requirements. We currently have the old fine cut 56 blade chopper in our 8120 but I have yet to run the extra fine.

[bandit]

We have fine cuts in our 8010's and while they do a good job of chopping I'm not real happy with the way they spread the wheat chaff. We actaully build cover plates for the bottom of the fingers on the spreaders to hold the chaff in longer, for a more complete spread for direct seeding. If I was to do it a again I would order the standard chopper and save the extra money and buy Redekop's. there are some in our area and do a beautiful job of chopping and spreading wheat residue and run smooth as glass, but they aren't cheap either.

[montanagary]

In 08 my 8010 had standard cut chopper. Much better chop and spread than I had before. I cut a lot of irrigated wheat and straw and can be tough. In 09 I put the "fine cut" blades and fixed blades in, twice as many knifes and fixed blades. That was a big improvement to the cut. In 2010 I add a 9120 with a Magna cut and traded my R-72s off. Magna cut did a better job yet of chopping straw. In 2011 I spent big bucks to install the magna cut to my 8010. Chipped the 8010 to get extra HP needed for Magna cut. Now if I could get them to spread the whole 40' instead of about 35-38' I could really be happy................ I have put cover plates on part of the fingers to help with spreading also. Am thinking about new adjestable spreading system.

[325mag]

http://caseihharvesting.com/nice-features

There are some of the new options for the 30 series.

New 30 Series Flagship Combine Enhancements-7230 ,8230 9230 | Case IH Harvesting

At 5:00 shows the new spreader.

[lexionman575]

Doesn't look like this spreader...

[dap54]

What kind of spreader is that? Looks spendy...

[325mag]

Originally Posted by lexionman575

Doesn't look like this spreader...

I would say that is a Europe edition spreader.

[Don Boles]

Originally Posted by 325mag

Nice Features! | Case IH Harvesting

New 30 Series Flagship Combine Enhancements-7230 ,8230 9230 | Case IH Harvesting

Love that unload auger, both the speed and swing angle.