I have to say thanks for the info. For guys like me, I have not seen either of these new monster machines, so I appreciate the concise info. I would like to hear more...
Some people that posted nearly said it, so I will go ahead and say it (all the way) : I think it is great that both Deere & Case (and Lexion) are thinking and producing better/cutting edge machines. Any new product, especially on its' first year or two of production is going to have its own bugs/gremlins..That's just the way it goes!
After a year or so of mass production, though, they (the manufactures) usually fix the bugs, come out with recalls or updates, and wind up with a good idea..a good machine..It is great, from my viewpoint anyway, that new ways of harvesting are being explored...I mean, I know that CIH has had the rotor for 'some time', now, but I'm sure they have made some changes (sometimes major changes) to their original design.
In a way, it's good that Deere has the better header (referenced to posts above), and CIH has the better cab....that kind of inginuity and progressive thinking is what keeps the big manufacturers competing with each other; thereby giving us (the farmer/consumer) a better product!
I sometimes daydream about the future of harvesting..
..I have imagined a "combine" that does not have a rotor, or walkers...instead, the material comes into a large area, and some kind of "death ray", or some kind of "beam" using gravitational force (or something like that) "shines" on the crop, and
instantly, the grain is seperated from the chaff.. hardly any "moving parts"..completely UNconventional...
.. sounds
far fetched, and yeah, it
probably is...but you never know...just think how
weird the explanation of the internet or GPS autosteer would sound if you were to go back in time...
say 80 years...
I can't wait to see what's to come!!
If we progress in the
next 25 years as much as we have in the
last 25 years....things are going to be "
very interesting"!!! (
IF we can afford it! ha-ha
)