Combines Plot combine

brad

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If you want a good plot machine, go with the Massey Ferguson 8XP. We run 8 of them company wide and they are pretty reliable. As far as a supplier, the only dealer for them is Kincaid Equipment in Haven, Kansas. They have excellent parts inventory and can ship anything to you next day. If you want an old pull-type converted, Carter Manufacturing can do it. They are in Indianna somewhere near lebanon but I'm unsure which town. My advice to you is to forgo the idea of the converted pull type because we have had them in the past before the Masseys and they were a nightmare to keep running. If I can help you further, feel free to e-mail me. It should be included in my response.
 

John_W

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Here is the site of the two plot combine manufacturers most used here in Idaho. Both are made in Europe but I think they have a US distributor in Kansas. Maybe they can point you to a source of used machines. First is: www.hege.com and the other is: http:_ _ usa.wintersteiger.com_ seedmech_ plot_combines.htm
 

John_W

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Go to www.google.com and type in "plot combines" and you will get links to Hege, MF, Winterstieger, Almaco ect. or just about all of the plot combine manufacturers that I know of anyway.
 

brad

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My company runs Massey 8xp's and Almaco SP-50, and several HP 5's and a PMC 10. All of these are very good machines. If you harvest short row(6-10 ft.) plots the Almacos are good. The masseys are used on 15 ft rows. The Masseys clean out really well and are also used for harvesting increase plots.
 

mca

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I think quite a few of the fellows on this site may know where to find a plot combine. Around our area, modified Gleaner K series are used quite successfully as plot combines for both university and corporate agricultural research work. I have even heard some researchers say they much prefer the modified Gleaner to the much more costly alternatives, like the Winterstiger or Almaco plot combines. In most MidWest situations, I would also have to strongly agree with this evaluation. I worked in RandD as an agricultural field scientist. I modified and successfully used both a Gleaner K and E as plot combines. We collected great reliable data with these machines and could transport them easily all over the region with a dually pickup and trailer. Having mainly ran JD combines at home before, I gained a lot of respect for the Gleaner design and reliabilty from this reseach experience. I then took a closer look at Gleaner for my own farm's use, thus we now currently really enjoy using a nice R42 on my home farm.
 

Red_Painter

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Here's some addresses for plot combine. Have seen the little blue machines and a couple of the Finnish models once carrying the Massey Ferguson brand up in the northwest. http:__www.kincaidseedresearch.com_ http:__www.almaco.com_ http:__www.wintersteiger.com_E_sd_neuprodukte.html
 

R_O_M

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Depending on the size of plot harvester you want, tbran. As above, the Austrian built " Winterstieger" is one type; http:__www.wintersteiger.com_E_sd_classic.html Another which is probably the most popular amongst research institutions and used extensively in Australia is the german built "Hege"; http:__www.hege.com_en_hege212.html Our guys usually mount a small blower to keep the dust away from the operator plus a sunshade and even a small A_C cooled cab onto the Heges for the extensive plot areas that they have to cover.
 

posum

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Tim, 'State College' uses K-2 diesels and Almaco machines. My friend is maintance supervisor at the local research farm and tells me they prefer the K-2 because of price,parts,and ease of service. Also says they can buy 1 Almaco or 4 K-2's. Almco is over 200k. You do the math;Used K-2 at 50k. K's have wider cabs to handle computer and scales and other misc. stuff. Some were old Pioneer seed plot machines. No mods to basic machine other than cab stuff. He tells me they were recently quoted 55k give or take for a rebuilt K-2 by local gleaner guy. I don't think that inclued cab mods. Sounds good if you have some K-2'sIJ Also said they worked well in Switch grass seed . Can get names and numbers if you need them. Brooks
 
 
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