[afxrotor]

We are thinking to upgrade our combine,s Currently have a 2188 and 2388 , both with 8 row 30 inch. We think of one combine that would do the same as the old two. The new one will have a 12 row 30 inch Geringhoff. Currently we move 800 tons per 12 hour day. So the question is 7120 ore 8120???? Thanx for your info

 

[magnum8930]

if you are going to try to replace both machines, you better go with the 8120.

 

[Bundy Bear]

I would go with the 8120 if you can get one. By the way, I wish your cricket team would go home already. Not liking getting beat for the first time in a while!

 

[farmertony]

whats your availibilty in SA guys in aus talking a year to get one.

 

[afxrotor]

Farmertony, currently theirs 6 7120 's in the harbor, 4 of them is spoken for. In may 09 theirs another shipment due, 6 6088, 6 7088 ,6 7120, 4 8120 and one of your monsters, the dealer down here is really good, sell 177 combines last year, that gave case a 61% market share

 

[magnum335]

Afxrotor, where are your location. I'm also in South Africa, Bultfontein.

 

[cowgirlchaser]

I'd say go with the 8120 at least, maybe even the 9120.

 

[casefarmer]

in corn you might do as many as those two combines but beans u will slow down a bit...

on avg what are your yields??? what crops?

 

[cowgirlchaser]

Bet a 9120 will ask tony.......Be close with a 8120 in corn.

 

[cowgirlchaser]

Not yet, but we are going too. Leaving tommorrow to go back for two more loads.

 

[afxrotor]

The idea is to get one machine to do the crop, 3000 ha corn and 600 ha soys, the macine would be traded every second completed harvest thou

 

[afxrotor]

Our corn is average 7 tons/ha dry-land and 11 tons irrigation( 600 ha irrigation ) and about 3.2 ton/ha on soys

 

[casefarmer]

can someone convert that to english?

 

[mx110]

There is 2.47 acres in a hectare so 3000 x 2.47 =7410 of corn and 1482 acres of soys. Since he is using hectares I'm assuming he is using a metric tonne which is 2205 pounds approximately. Therefore 7 x 2205= 15435 pounds a hectare divide that by 56 (standard test weight of corn) gives you 275.625 bushels a hectare divided by 2.47 equals 111.5 bu/ac on dryland corn. The irrigated corn would yield around 175 bu/ac and the soys work out to roughly 47.6 bu/ac. With the soys you have to remember to divide by 60 instead of 56 because soys are 60 pounds to the bushel.

Clear as mud?

 

[blackfalcon]

If I calculate correctly you are doing around 2700 bushel an hour. A 7120 will do that much with out even trying. If your dryland is averaging around 110 you couldn't even give it a workout with a 12 row head.

 

[afxrotor]

well i know for sure a 2399 with 12 row narrow and in 10 ton/ha corn, and running 4.5km is maxed out. The limiting factor is the sieves thou, not horsepower. A 99 is a 50 to 55 ton/hour machine, where the 7120 is a 75 t/h machine, but i think with a speed of 5.5 km/h it would also running on max

 

[casefarmer]

MX110 the last part of that was clear but all mud before hand...

Thanks