Posted by paul on December 24, 2020 at 05:13:53 from (66.60.215.13):
In Reply to: new idea uni system? posted by swindave on December 24, 2020 at 04:33:03:
Dad had a Minneapolis moline unit, ear corn and soybeans.
They were used for sweet corn into the 90s or maybe 2000s around here in a big way.
They suffered from being a good average machine. Could do 5 things pretty good.... When you combine corn and soybeans only, you don’t want average, you want great at those 2 things... you don’t want average.
Farming got bigger, it became difficult to make them bigger but still work with all the tools. Add in the needed 4wd and stronger framing and they got pretty expensive. And NI just didn’t have the sales and budget to keep up on the finer details as machinery got bigger and more self adjusting, refined headers, etc. they were a good average........
They didn’t handle mud very well, the rear wheels were narrow offset spacing, and the weight wasn’t centered, so they really just plain sucked in a wet year, which is about every fall here. Doesn’t matter how good the machine is, if you can’t get into the field with it.
Now if John Deere would have licensed it from MM then every farm would have a new one today and it would be the greatest thing ever.
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