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The 5088 and 6088 replace the 2377 and 2388 while the 7088 is a new entry. Together with the 7120, the company has two models in the Claas 7 segment which currently accounts for 35 per cent of the UK market and is expected to grow.
Replacing the 7010, 8010 and 9010 are the 7120, 8120 and 9120 all powered by Iveco Cursor engines, which produce 422hp, 469hp and 530hp, respectively.
Launched a year ago, the 9010 is already the best selling model in the UK for Case IH this season. “We are amazed at the high level of interest,” says product specialist Paul Freeman.
The CDC engines included in the 88 series can also be found in the current Magnum tractors. The 8.3-litre version gives a maximum output of 295hp in the 5088 and 335hp in the 6088 while the 9.0-litre CDC engine in the 7088 tops out at 366hp.
The wheelbase has been extended by 214mm to 3.52m. It might not sound much but provides two important benefits. First is a larger grain tank – 8,800-litres on the 5088 and 10,500-litres on the 6088 and 7088. This helps to reduce the number of emptying times ands boosts harvesting time.
Major changes
The standard 24ft header can be fitted without the need for any ballast and it is also possible to specify a 30ft cutterbar.
Another major change is that the Xclusive rotor from the 2377 and 2388 has given way to the Small Tube rotor, which is now fitted as standard on both 88 and 20 series harvesters. The new rotor first featured last season in the 9010 and has just 36 rasp bars (was 66) with deeper auger flights allowing more crop to be processed whilst the outer diameter remains unchanged.
Rotary sales are increasing, but Case IH admits there is still a perception amongst some farmers that rotary combines equal poor straw quality. Mr Freeman continues, “If we want to be successful in bolstering sales then it needs to convince straw walker users that this is not the case.”
The new rotor design has helped improve straw quality and the chopper has also changed. The 20 series use a newly designed fixed blade chopping system on the 8120 and 9120 that features 126 blades, 50 per cent more than on the 7120.
Although this leads to increased chopping performance, and provides for spreading width adjustment from the cab, where straw is to be baled, the speed of the chopper can be set to match that of the straw coming out of the rotor. This creates a conditioning effect as the blades carry the straw out the back of the machine.
On the 88 series, the chopper counter-knives can be retracted allowing the chopper blades to act as paddles. The result, claims the company, allows tidy swaths to be formed using long straw.
A new type of hydraulically-driven chaff spreader is also part of the package. Chaff can be spread regardless of whether windrowing or chopping and it is also possible to adjust the angle of the spread plates electrically from the cab.
The UK might rate as the fastest growing rotary market in Europe, but recently-appointed business director Richard Beadman says that Case IH has a lot of work to do.
“The goal is to build the combine market share back to 15 per cent, a position we held 10 years ago,” he says.
This is where I got my info. Maybe it is wrong or UK versions wil be different. we never got 2588 number but understand this was due to uk law on new models(cost) and our 08 2388 s were the same as 2588