Combine Harvesters: Part 2 Improved technology 1985-2009 by Chris Lockwood. DVD approx 100 minutes. ISBN 978-1-906853-35-8. Now in stock at Old Pond, price £15.95. Part 2 of a 2-part-set. Both parts together £29.95.
By the mid-1980s combine harvesters were well developed. However, the next 25 years would see technology become ever more advanced. In particular the threshing system changed as rotary and hybrid combines established themselves in the market. Computerisation transformed the driver’s options, offering automatic steering, electronic monitoring and office management tools integral with the machine. This programme shows these developments by looking in detail at 23 key models at work in the UK in 2009.
Machines included in the programme:
Case IH Axial-Flow 1680
Laverda 3750
Claas Dominator 68
Claas Dominator 98s Classic
Claas Dominator 108sl Maxi
New Holland TX34 & TX36
Deutz-Fahr Top Liner 4060
Massey Ferguson 40RS
John Deere 2064
Claas Dominator Mega 204
New Holland TF78 Elektra
Claas Lexion 480
Massey Ferguson 7278 Cerea
New Holland CX860
John Deere 9780i CTS
Case IH Axial-Flow 2388 X-Clusive
New Holland CR980
Claas Lexion 570+ TT
Claas Lexion 580+ TT & 580+
Case IH Axial-Flow 9010
John Deere S690i
New Holland CR9090 Elevation
Claas Lexion 600 TT
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