I think all of these Manufactures need to give you a combine so they can find the problems they have. I love how you don't favor one color over the others. Perfectly transparent. You're a Great Man. Love your content

Lee is awesome :) Glad his path has led back to you all, as I'm guessing you are too. Smart guy not afraid to dive into things.

My local dealership converted the chopper knives to the S series style with the wings. Apparently not enough air flow and that’s why it plugs with the X9 blades.

If you take 2x6 and lay it in the grain tank on each side of the front cross auger cover it (use like 2 on each side) it will help this issue in lentils. We have had this trouble in North Dakota but this is the temporary fix till the new pip comes out to fix it

For a sweet Milli thats aggravating. If you don't sit on the seat right it'll beep like crazy but the back plugging up...nah we good😂😂

intresting how the main advertisment for the X9 when it came out was the easy cleanout for chainging crops and harvisting seed but in your video i see alot of spots in the tank that are holding grain after its empty

We actually just ran into the shear bolt issue on our x9 in wet corn today. After about 15 shear bolts, we discovered that the end section (folding section) of the unloading auger was jumping the cog when under a load. This would cause the end section to pack tight with corn which would then break the shear bolt. The main portion of the unloading auger has too much play and allows the cogs to jump. Just something to look at! We rigged it up by putting a couple hose clamps behind the main section of auger up near the elbow so that it couldn’t slide away from the folding section as far. Sorry for your troubles!

Hello Mike,love your show,Darrell from Ireland here.on fertiliser equipment I wash it down & when dry I spray on engine oil diesel mixture.Dilute the engine oil with diesel so it can be sprayed on.I use a spray gun for with a long nozzle for thicker substances than paint,works well & is very fast.A standard paint spray gun is just a bit slower.Of course you need an air supply (compressor)or I have never tried it but maybe take an air feed off one of your tractors.Keep up the good work good man.

Claas next to test.

From your first camera angle of the plug by the discharge, I believe I saw a large crack in a weld. If this was already mentioned I apologize for the redundancy. Thank you for sharing 😊

We run a 2017 S680 and the more I watch your vids on the x9 the less I want anything to do with them. I keep seeing things they changed that has never given trouble on our old machine. When you plug the rear of ours it’ll kick your rotor out without even asking if you want to when it sees the chopper speed go to zero and I’ve never had to dig deeper then the chopper and the area under the rear beater. What a pain in the butt. Looks like a case of fix it until it’s broken

We’ve had the same issues Mike. Doing dry beans that had green stem and spots with leaves. Piss poor chopper design when it comes to this type of material. S series keeps rolling

Not sure if you’ll see this mike but we run 3 X9 1000’s we had similar issues with ours with the choppers plugging. We ended up putting S series aerated hammer knives on the chopper and solved all our issues with the chopper plugging.

It doesn’t matter how much the factory tests the combine before it is released for sale, there is always issues that come up when actual owners run the machines. AGCO used to have a crew follow the harvest monitoring what failed and what worked well, and fed information back to the factory. That was in the mid nineties with the Gleaner Combines, not sure if they still do it or not. It seems like more companies are having the customers do the final field testing, not by choice. Thanks for the videos Mike, be safe out there. Glad you to see Lee back in the mix. Maybe it’s Claas Time.

On the CR’s I’ve had to break the chain and route it so it only drives one cross auger after breaking shear bolts. Tough lentils as well but at least we didn’t have to drain it out the clean out door.

I am thinking the augers need a good washing on either a rainy day or when crop is tough

Starting to think John Deer’s are over rated and over priced !!

Glad you got the shear pin issue fixed and saw the other potential problem at the discharge. Be careful Mike.

Couple of empty 20 litre drums set in the bottom of the grain tank works well to slow the grain flow. Possibly a hard thing to do with a million dollar X9 🙈😂

I've never harvested lentils but do quite a bit of pinto beans. Same thing, builds up like concrete in the auger if they're 13% or higher. We have broken plenty of shear bolts on the unload auger drive and have learned now that you just have to pull the covers off the bottom of the gearbox and drop all the crop on a tarp. Now we will fill the grain tank with water and run it through the auger if we are having problems. Seems to work pretty good on our JD S770. I see you already have a block off plate on the hole in the upper left corner of the grain tank which helps.

Try a 9250 or the new combine Case is coming out with.

The chopper rotary knives are disrupting the air flow and stopping material from getting into the chopper from the shoe. Take the ramp out of the chopper and run your stationary knife back in at least 50%.

Have friend who has a new X9. He had a issue with shear pins. Tech found that on the swing part, factory didn't assemble it right. Friend solved the issue by shimming the end swing auger. I thing the issue was that the end wasn't going far enough into the long part.

German Streamer and KZfaqr twitchfarming Has a 8700 since three years and i think this year He had the most breakdowns since. If i recall correctly There were four Times in the whole season where He had to stop completely. The rotors ran out of lubricant, a Belt in the Header Broke, a piece of Metal from the Header broke and got through the combine, completely shredding the Chopper knifes so These had to be replaced and one of the belts for the unloading got old and hang through. So also no unloading There. But that Was it. It would be so awesome if the claas Marketing Team would Do you a Demo.

Mike, you or your dealer needs to check the engagement of the drive cog on the folding auger. The X 9 combines sometimes are not checked for proper engagement on the folding auger drive cog so sometimes it just is not turned and the inner auger just rams the crop into the folding auger (which is not turning) and it bends the flighting. Easy way to tell if this is the issue is it will break the shear bolt when the auger is unfolded but will not if you unload with the auger folded.

Hey no slamming the door😅 i have to remind myself every time haha now when i get in the 9RX 590 I gently close the door and then realize there is no soft closing door on it😂

I love the hammer. Well, I mean crescent wrench no I mean the the the punch no the vice grip it’s 3-3 tools in one.

Mike, thanks for anothe one of your excellent videos. Any idea as to the weight of grain that would be in the full length of that X9 unload auger-?

Great video Mike and Lee

Nice trailer type industrial air compressor can usually blow augers to free up stuff. even at 0:03:40 I'm betting its a problem with green paint.

Mike, you have all the fun. 😂😂

Good luck 👍

We have 3 x9 1000 do same thing in beans we just put chopper in low for time being worked fine never had issue we read a forum from deere says debris can get caught up in knives and gets flung back up on sieves and plug

Mike that sheer pin has been broken for a while by the way it looks I hope and pray harvest goes smoothly for you I know you had some hiccups already I hope the rest goes smoothly and you have a great bounty but keep up the good videos and good work

So - they told me to start farming! It`ll be fun, they said.... ;D ;D No, really, I reckognize all of your struggles, Mike - crossing fingers that the rest of your season will be less troublesome.

Tough lentils are a good test of the machine.

Mike needs a Colossus 9000 Flat Map version.

Gotta love the sound of these machines.

Guess I have yet to see an issue running a 16 row corn head in wet corn either sheer a pin or plug the unloading auger to the cart, but as someone pointed out you seem to find the exception Stay safe!

These issues are inexcusable from what’s supposed to be Deeres flagship combine.

There is always something to make farming interesting. 😮

I see a fleet of s series combines in your future

Allll mmmaaannnnn c'monnnnnn lol, always something mike, always something, well I hope you got out of there, or is there a video coming with the storm hitting, lol, you have awesome days, an then there's days where it fights you the whole dang day, thanks for sharing mike,

hey.. just to let you know mike.. claas has a sensor between the chopper and the rotors to say if the chopper is plugged.. its kinda pointless though as a claas chopper never plugs in all the years of running them even in extremely green material.. yeah that x9 looks like an expensive pile of crap lol.. some guys are having frames breaking as well

A lot of the problems only came about when the manufacturers switched to rotary machines. The old drum type machines do not usually have these problems,they can handle a bit of green like weeds etc

I started driving combine§ in 1977 on MF 510, 520, 525, 620, In 1984 the first New Holland 8055, then 8060 and 8070s, there was worlds between them, qualitywise, Why New Holland has so low sales in the US? For me, in europe they are still the best machines…

Well, nothing runs like a deere!

clean unload auger with 2 inch water pump -- hose placed in top end of auger -- 2 or 3 pump tanks of gas beside a dugout will get it done

Super lavoro molto bravi💪💪

Like the way you break it and plug it and somebody else sorts it out while you film 😂😂

We had same problems with New Hollands.

Magnifique x9 1000 et la coupe et le transbordeur et le 9560 est bien équipés 😮😅😊😂

You'd think an X9 wouldn't say no. 😊

🤣 OMG! Mike is pissed !

Is your 690 prone to plugging, or is it just these large combines?

I thought the X9's came with a clutch to shut off the hopper drags so you could empty the auger? Or is that an option that you don't have on that one?

Larson's lined the auger like yours with a hdpe type plastic it stopped that buildup I think could be wrong...Great Vid👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

That looked like Larsons. From black bean season. They put Maywest auger liners in there 790s.

Is the short swing empty.

Mike you need to demo Claas lexion.

Get some new holland 10.90s on the farm 😉

What's that at 4:48? Automatic belt tensioner?

Hey Mike, does it have to be Green? Stubble jumper from SW Sask.

I'd love to see you try a claas 8900. Lots of those used just north of you in watson / quill lake area. Everyone seems to love them

you must love jds lol great video

In my Case 2366 i have bigger bolts for 30% of the capacity of that augers

30 year old italian combine has a sensor for plugin (non-rotary). You would think 1m Deere would have one also....

Combines don’t like weedy green shit. Seems like a good ol 25’ head and slow down is a very good idea. 🤔 I don’t know enough about lentils but it really seems like it’s yet another crop that needs to see the swather first. Glad you caught that plug when u did. Pushing those rotors apart is expensive.

Id love to see if a Claas would be any better but its not my money.

Oh dear . . . Claas is the the way to go . . 👍👍

These combines need a ladder mounted to them from the factory 😅

Morning

I was waiting for this video ever since I heard you got X9s (we met at Wheatbelt last winter). I've heard nothing but horror stories from every customer I have with these. I think they'll be remembered as one of the worst combines ever made in 5-10 years. For what it's worth I'd highly recommend looking at either the 1090 New Hollands or the 8900 Lexion.

I've noticed that cutting lentils you're getting a lot of build up of material similar to that Chet Larson was talking about when cutting black beans. You shouldn't have to on a brand new combine but you might find it beneficial to install plastic auger liners to prevent the build up of gunk. I realise you receive recommendations from many viewers, all of which are 'experts' in mechanical engineering & good farming practices, but I hope you'll take my advice in good faith & hopefully achieve smooth running augers & a whole combine free of sheared bolts & smelly burning belts. Lastly, enjoy your trip down memory lane & as you bask in a hypnotic, nostalgic, nightmare of unplugging Fendt Ideal combines, take a second & think of me Not fighting harvest with every bone in your body, good luck my friend, good f*cking luck!!!

Back in the day Deere used to make the simper combines... Today as the machines got bigger, I guess they're all the same complexity, give or take.

What is with these new combines having issues with chopper pluggings? X9 and the ideals before? Heck ive never plugged a CR chopper even in tough flax yet... like is lacking in tough condition testing. Everything has it's problems, but flagshhip combines ya think that wouldn't be much of an issue.

so green ones are not reliable soo no better ideal combine try a class 8900 combine

Gotta try a claas we’ve demoed a 1100 x9 and 8800 lexion and that lexion will almost lap it

She much have been tuff on those last passes!!!

Watching your videos tells me one thing never buy a ideal or a johndeere to much down time I guess we will just have to stay with our 8250 caseih combines

No matter what the product, $ 1,000 window for a house or a $1,000,000.00 dollar combine, A person cannot get the engineers to listen to them. About 20 times a year I yell out that all engineers need to get a swift kick in the nuts, then maybe they would listen.

Why don’t you shut combine down before climbing in the grain tank

Man that cab is quiet. Cant even tell if the unload is on..

You'd think an X9 wouldn't say no. . Mike needs a Colossus 9000 Flat Map version..

A bad for mike, is good day for youtube lol!

Never thought JD green was worth the money

Never changed an auger shear pin? You've been lucky.

Yo, but it did not catch fire so, thas nice.

But Mike, that was too intense, waiting for the auger to clean out.

Should be safety first. Working on a combine with the engine running in my mind is a no no. hands in augers, taking off belts, pulling straw out of choppers. I just cringe when people don things like that. My Uncle reached up to touch a pully to see if it was hot. Without thinking he reached for a moving pully with the other hand. His hand got wedged between a flat belt and the pully and literally burned off part of his hand before his son could get the motor turned off.

Need a case

What are you going to do when you run out of spare shear pins and have to take the combine to the dealer to get some new ones?

Oh, the flashbacks :D

$1M just doesn’t buy what it used to.

You should be talking with the combine manufacturer over why the straw from the lentils built up. Nobody wants to be watching a combine on fire in the middle of a field. You need to figure out why it wasn't feeding it out properly, combines are supposed to feed the straw out, not build it up inside until it reaches critical mass. Who would want to be sitting on top of a toaster fire waiting to happen?

Mike I am a student engineer myself, in my opinion in internship there should be a part of irl practice so you can see the pains you develop

Nothing runs like a Deere Mike!! Why don't you invest in some decent equipment once...like New Holland or CaseIH???????

Next choice sir.?

But with the look of your bubble up auger housing you can tell the conditions are way, way to wet. There’s not a combine in the world that would work well in condition like your in. I saw it at the dealership the mass amount a failures in conditions like that with New Holland & Massey combines. If your unload auger is looking like your bubble up augur and it will with time, we has to remove the complete auger, remove the flighting and then we could properly wash out the augur tubing.

Ron from Hartung family farms you watching this?