We ran three new 9795s last year and had nothing but trouble. It was a tough fall, but most of the failures were design oriented rather than due to pushing the machines. We are thinking of running a 4th unit this fall and to keep our costs down want to go used, and also feel we should be going class 8 as potentially we could get back down to three if we switch all over to class 8's. We are roughly half canola acreage, also wheat, oats, barley, and the odd field of peas or mustard (14,500 total). Our neighbours seem to be having very good luck with their 10 and 20 series units. The main thing we like about the MF units is the reverser on the rotor, but the hydraulic drive isn't nearly efficient as the CIH mechanical/hydraulic CVT.
We are looking at used 08s, any updates to look out for, or any older years that were better/worse?
Thanks.