For those of you who have older S-680s or S 690s I have a few questions.
I put 325+ separator hours a year on a 2014 S690 and am trying to figure out an average yearly repairs/maintenance that other people have with similar machines. I'm not including header maintenance, lease/ownership payments, Diesel/DEF, or even Deprecation... I know that all those things are part of the picture, but trying to get closer to apples to apples. Have dealer do yearly inspection, but I do all the work. Dealer gets called out during harvest 2-3 times on average
Parts and very little dealership labor for past few years
2017: $21k (about 16k parts + 5k dealer field repairs)
2018: $25k (about same but precleaner went through chopper last day of harvest so more $$$ in parts)
2019: $51k (35K in preseason parts, 10k in dealer labor, rest was more parts)
Not scared of the three year average, but am worried about the trend it is going in. If dealer was to do the work probably add 10-15k to each years bill
Are these inline with you other Deere operators out there?
How reliable are the DPF and DEF systems once they have 3000+ engine hours? Delete possible?
Switching from Deere isn't really an option right now, but emissions are off of warranty and am trying to get some ballpark figures for true cost of operation so I can make educated decisions whether to change machines or not. Any input is appreciated except for telling me to get a CLAAS...
I put 325+ separator hours a year on a 2014 S690 and am trying to figure out an average yearly repairs/maintenance that other people have with similar machines. I'm not including header maintenance, lease/ownership payments, Diesel/DEF, or even Deprecation... I know that all those things are part of the picture, but trying to get closer to apples to apples. Have dealer do yearly inspection, but I do all the work. Dealer gets called out during harvest 2-3 times on average
Parts and very little dealership labor for past few years
2017: $21k (about 16k parts + 5k dealer field repairs)
2018: $25k (about same but precleaner went through chopper last day of harvest so more $$$ in parts)
2019: $51k (35K in preseason parts, 10k in dealer labor, rest was more parts)
Not scared of the three year average, but am worried about the trend it is going in. If dealer was to do the work probably add 10-15k to each years bill
Are these inline with you other Deere operators out there?
How reliable are the DPF and DEF systems once they have 3000+ engine hours? Delete possible?
Switching from Deere isn't really an option right now, but emissions are off of warranty and am trying to get some ballpark figures for true cost of operation so I can make educated decisions whether to change machines or not. Any input is appreciated except for telling me to get a CLAAS...