[dragoguy]

i know this has been asked here before but how necessary is an extension to run a 40' Macdon on a 9660?

 

[ststech]

does 9660 have HUR?

have a customer running 9770's w/ 40 footers for the past 2 years, its tight but do-able

usually always running w/ a grain cart

 

[Jason Hildebrand]

Been running 40' MacDons with the factory HUR plus a 3' extension and it can still be tight to get to the middle of a large grain cart. That puts the auger to 25.5' long, the new 2010s have an optional 26'. It only costs a 1000 bucks from stewart steel to get the 3' extension, I don't know how close you are to Manitoba but I could direct you to a dealership that has 4 used ones. They were ours but we traded them in on the new 26' auger and were no longer required.

 

[Don Boles]

In 2010?

Don

 

[dragoguy]

thanks for the info. jason, we're not too far from manitoba, but i think abilene machine would be closer to amarillo than manitoba

they have a kit for a little under 600 bucks. dont know if its any good or not tho. have not looked at it.

 

[Jason Hildebrand]

In 2010?

Don

Will be, 2010 models.

 

[kb]

Also have my 2010's coming with 26', looking forward to not having the close calls with cart tires!

 

[larry]

40's on a 9660's? Quite a stretch eh?

 

[dragoguy]

why would that be such a stretch for a 9660?

 

[larry]

Its power to weight ratio combined with the added weight and volume potential of the larger head. The 9660 won't be able to push it to its full potential like a 9860 might.

 

[Bundy Bear]

depends entirely on conditions and yeilds. i run a 40 on a 9660, and there are plenty others doing it. never had a 'power to weight' issue

 

[Jason Hildebrand]

Its power to weight ratio combined with the added weight and volume potential of the larger head. The 9660 won't be able to push it to its full potential like a 9860 might.

Well Muddy your probably the first one to say that a 9860 is a 96 with a big motor and the only difference is the decals. I'm not sure what you mean about power to weight. The weight of the 96 would be very close to that of 98. Maybe you mean header width to capacity?

As far as a 40ft on a 96 it would be great for crops like peas, lentils, soybeans and even low yielding wheat.

 

[dragoguy]

which is mostly what we will be using it for. we thot it would be better to drive slower than try to load the machine with a faster ground speed, since some of our cutting conditions are not the smoothest. it will be used for soybeans, peas, other types of edible beans, and wheat, which we dont usually run into wheat above 60 bushel.

 

[9770hillside]

Well there is a capacity difference from a 96 to a 98. 96 has just under 7000 square inches of cleaning capacity and the 98 has over 8100 square inches.

 

[dragoguy]

that may be true on the 70 series but on the 60's the total cleaning area was the same from the 96 to the 98.

 

[greentech]

I agree that the 9660 could handle it too. As long as you have a few main items like heavy duty reverser, hi cap lift cylinders, and decent front rubber it would work just fine. Throw a power chip on if it seems a little doggy.

 

[farmboyed]

We bought an unloading auger extension from lankota for our combine. Don't know if they have one for your model or not.