[4x4ord]

We just purchased a couple Lexion 760s. We got the Cemos, duals, Cruise Pilot, moisture, yield and grain loss monitors, Hydraulic tilt HP feeder house and 35' Vario straight cut heads. Did we miss anything?

 

[Don Boles]

Nice

As long as you mean CEMOS Automatic yes, sounds good!

 

[West Central]

Maybe just your profile pic

 

[lexionman575]

Draper heads

 

[Axle2012]

We too just ordered another lexicon, but this time a 760tt. But we are getting a pre 2016 model

 

[lexion74]

So does the pre 2016 760 come with extra rotor covers like a 2015 780?

 

[4x4ord]

Draper heads

Are people not happy with the Vario headers? They sure work well in canola.

 

[lexpower]

If you straightcut canola, the vario is the way to go!!

 

[arcus]

We got 45ft and 40ft Varios... not problems at all.
Also got a Deere with a draper, cant say it feeds better.

But I am talking about Euro-conditions (wheat, barley, rye, lots of standing canola, gras seeds, lupins etc...)

 

[Axle2012]

I'm not sure on the rotor covers as we don't need more than the original. We only combine corn and soybeans so not a big deal. But I am anxious to try all the new added features!

 

[mbfarmer]

I'm not sure on the rotor covers as we don't need more than the original. We only combine corn and soybeans so not a big deal. But I am anxious to try all the new added features!

I don't think the extra rotor covers will be coming on corn machines.

 

[4x4ord]

Quite honestly we bought these combines without much knowledge of what we were doing. I liked things about their design and had heard they are the mist fuel efficient machines and save more grain than anybody else. I figured those two things alone are huge money makers so we demo'ed one in a very down and heavy canola crop and felt it performed very well. It was, however, only doing about 900 bushels per hour. Now that we bought two new units I am reading more and thinking these things have huge capacity. What is their typical capacity in say a 55-65 bushel canola crop and a 70 - 80 wheat crop?

 

[SouthernSK]

The capacity in canola will vary a lot on the year. If you have a year where the canola seeds are smaller and the straw is breaking up to dust you will need 3 sets or more of rotor covers to keep from over loading the shoe and the capcity will decrease. If you have a year like this past year with large seed and little straw break up horsepower will be the limiting factor. We never use rotor covers in wheat because rotor loss or horsepower are the limiting factors.

 

[rodd]

Tracks. My first year with them, amazing.

 

[rodd]

Flax rotors if you are in western Canada. Make sure dealer checks clearance on stripper bars on front end of rotors. Chopper options, to spread 40'+. HID lights are pricey but nice. Claas auto greaser, another great option. Cooling option for storage under buddy seat, another nice feature I didn't think I would use, but really like it. Again...tracks. Block heater, should be standard. Auxillary fuel tank, I think is standard. Long auger and fast unload option.

 

[Highmarker]

I too would like to hear more about the vario head vs the drapers. We've been running JD drapers but are looking really hard at the varios for the price saving and use in canola. Don't want to have auger warping problems in wheat though cause wheat is whT they will do the most.
When we went from JD auger heads to JD drapers (10 years ago) we felt they were a huge improvement. Only downfall we have found with the drapers so far is the drapers slipping in freezing/icy conditions which dosnt happen too often.

 

[PFC-TYLER]

If you can justify the cost of the tracks add them to the build sheet.

 

[Don Boles]

If you can justify the cost of the tracks add them to the build sheet.

Speaking of which, Claas prices tracks quite reasonably imo, and if you compare either functionally or price wise to any of the other whatabes now Claas is a vastly superior setup.
Experence in this case shows and shines, Claas at version 3.3 at least, the rest, 1.0.

 

[Tablemountainman]

I believe I saw a ritchiebros flyer with 3 of these cat combines on tracks on a sale this week. I think it's in South Carolina but I can't find the sale bill.

 

[hector]

If you straightcut canola, the vario is the way to go!!

we were looking at the vario headers right now we have claas 1050 35 ft they work good, can anyone give info on the vario, they would be for wheat barley canola, sound like the macdon is the way to go but the price is unbelievable?