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Posted: 13 October 2020
Over the last 30 years DE Hales have had more than 15 CLAAS harvesters pass through their gates, starting out initially with a DOMINATOR 106 and progressing on through the decades with 218s, 480s, a 530 MONTANA, a 570 LEXION TERRA TRAC and most recently an eight-year-old 770TT.
With our old LEXION being a Hybrid we knew we could comfortably cover the acres but I was conscious that we needed to maintain a reliable machine to keep our contract farming customers happy.
With our old 770 we could comfortably churn out 50 tonnes an hour in standing wheat. Despite being a much lesser machine on paper, the 6700 can get pretty to close to that if we’re pushing it.
What’s so impressive about that is that it’s doing similar tonnages on about half the fuel. The 770’s Merc V8 would guzzle through 550-600 litres a day, whereas the straight-six in the new combine is only using 300-330 litres in the same time.
I’m convinced that’s all down to the smoother crop flow through the threshing gear. The bigger drums and concaves make all the difference – it never feels pushed. On top of that, the DYNAMIC POWER system is clearly helping too – it senses when the grunt isn’t needed and cuts back the fuelling accordingly.
Rob Hales
DE Hales
