I have a 25hp chinese tractor which I am consistently and constantly impressed with. It is a DongFeng DF254, marketed in Britain as a Land Legend.
Anyhow, I'm intening to plant a small acreage, 5 acres each, of milling wheat and barley. I can harvest it with a fingerbar mower on the tractor, thresh in the barn etc, very old school. Another alternative is the small chinese combine harvesters which are made. They are the size of a compact tractor, some are tracked, others rubber tyred. The smallest is about a 6' cut. Tiny, but given the acreage I can sow, appropriately sized.
4LZ-1.8 Grain Harvester
4LZ-1.5 wheat Combine Harvester
Does anyone have any experience at all with these type of machines?
I know I could buy an old Claas Matador or similar, small full-size combine, but my experience of running 40 year old machines puts me off. They either 1)break down when it is most critical and inconvenient and parts take ages to get hold of, or 2) save the day when the modern kit breaks down. Some machines seem to have a bit of "hero" in them, but you can't tell until you've owned it for a dozen years or so.
Finding a good old machine might well prove to be the right way to go, but for now I'm just looking for information on stuff that is available brand new
Cheers, Ross
Anyhow, I'm intening to plant a small acreage, 5 acres each, of milling wheat and barley. I can harvest it with a fingerbar mower on the tractor, thresh in the barn etc, very old school. Another alternative is the small chinese combine harvesters which are made. They are the size of a compact tractor, some are tracked, others rubber tyred. The smallest is about a 6' cut. Tiny, but given the acreage I can sow, appropriately sized.
4LZ-1.8 Grain Harvester
4LZ-1.5 wheat Combine Harvester
Does anyone have any experience at all with these type of machines?
I know I could buy an old Claas Matador or similar, small full-size combine, but my experience of running 40 year old machines puts me off. They either 1)break down when it is most critical and inconvenient and parts take ages to get hold of, or 2) save the day when the modern kit breaks down. Some machines seem to have a bit of "hero" in them, but you can't tell until you've owned it for a dozen years or so.
Finding a good old machine might well prove to be the right way to go, but for now I'm just looking for information on stuff that is available brand new
Cheers, Ross
