Posted by Don-Wi on September 30, 2013 at 19:11:22 from (75.205.133.98):
In Reply to: John Deere chopper posted by Sparktrician on September 30, 2013 at 05:30:56:
Last year we picked up a NH 892 for $700 w/ a pickup head, and then found a 880 2 row wide head for another $500. The head is in fairly rough shape, but we replaced a Fox 3000 so it was still a step up.
We run it with an Oliver 1855 (dynoed 105 on the PTO) and the chopper can handle much more than the 18 so it NEVER plugged in corn last year. The 880 head did a much better than our fox ever did with down corn. Last year we had a 15 acre field, and most of it I could only chop in one direction. The chopper and head we figure paid for itself in that field alone.
This spring I picked up another 892 for $200 because the guy was going to scrap it out. He was having electrical troubles which I'm sure I can either fix or lock out (metalert issues) for now and make that one run again as well.
If you have time, keep your eyes open. The right deal will find you, you just need to keep looking.
The NH is much easier to sharpen and set the knives/shear bar over the Fox, and in return it ran easier because it was much easier to keep the knives sharp. I could go a little bit faster as well. Last year we had some corn over 12' and I could still go in 1st over/2nd under.
We started out looking for a 790, but then this one came up and we jumped on it. Glad we did
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