HARVESTING WHEAT & PLANTING SOYBEANS

In this video we spend time out in the field with a pair of CLAAS Lexion 760TT Combines harvesting wheat. These 385 bu. 503 hp class 9 combines are harvesting wheat with 40ft MacDon Draper Heads. Viewers will ride along in the cab and see the 29ft unloading auger of the combine pour out wheat at 3.8 bu. per second. Following behind the combines is a 460 hp CHALLENGER MT855B tracked tractors no-tilling a second crop of soybeans into the wheat stubble with a KINZE 3660 planter. Viewers ride along on the CHALLENGER tractor to see the GPS auto guidance at work.
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[@ScottPykare]

I gotta say Jason, you got an awesome job there. Knowing all those farms/farmers there in western Kentucky and getting to ride with them has got to be more than cool? I'm envious bud!! Thanks for the footage BTP!!👍👍😊

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. It is fun to see all the different styles farming and brands of machines used in the WKY region.

[@gskinner91]

Got a challenger 755 c with a kinze 3650 center fill planter probably the best planting tractors once you get used to them like the opererstor said you can put the planter anywhere you want its hard to go back to a front wheel assist after you get used to planting with a challenger track tractor thanks for the video bigtractorpower

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool planter set up. 👍👍

[@cynical-_-bunny7399]

Those Lexion’s are beautiful.

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍

[@juniortodon880]

É melhor que a Jd

[@RyTrapp0]

It's just too bad that they finally dropped the Cat-derived yellow for the Lexion combines in the US market now. They really stood out in the Challenger-esque yellow.

[@cynical-_-bunny7399]

RyTrapp0 Agreed. I prefer the yellow and black over the green and red.

[@anthonybanda8192]

We run a kinze 3800 planter with a challenger mt 855c. We plant double crop soybeans after winter wheat as well. The challenger mt tractors are nice machines with great maneuverability and plenty of power. We run 2 case quadtrac tractors as well a 580 for tillage and a 500 rowtrac for our other planter and grain cart. I prefer the challenger as it was my first tractor that I bought used to start farming after high school. We plant 800 to 1500 acres of double crops annually.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very nice line up. Thank you for sharing. I agree the Challenger over all is a nice solid tracked tractor. Great ride.

[@farmerallis]

Lexions have gotten very popular in my neck of the woods. They have great dealer support, too.

[@bigtractorpower]

They are a solid machine.

[@mrourcanada8964]

Well that Lexi and combine Can’t seem to slow down for even when the spots when the crop was down pretty impressive machine

[@davidcunningham7728]

rlp6l

[@markspeller5722]

Must say Jason your videos have been a great to see during lockdown 👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@baraktzfanya3980]

This video is a GREAT informative 1, and about other than JD equipment... Keep on!! (from Denmark).

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. I like covering all the brands.

[@andrzej6190]

We have a 2008 Claas Lexion 540 on our farm in Poland and its a great combine.

[@jackbannock3458]

These guys need to learn to slow the reel down and lift it up. Just smashing the wheat with the reel.

[@chadshafer8095]

Great Video. Love to see Lexion Combines & Challenger tractors.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@marianoponce247]

very nice choice wheat/soybeans in no till. I congratulate you.

[@rongrose3746]

Love the Lexions !

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍

[@nepaoutdoors8536]

They’re like the coolest looking combines

[@BigBoy-zp1gv]

Idk them jd x9s are pretty neat looking

[@daynebrown1611]

The Green Bastard they look even cooler cooler getting lapped by the lexion 8900

[@tiger5551]

Oh the joys of getting sprayed by combine chaff

[@bigtractorpower]

Gotta get the angles

[@danielaltman9945]

Main hay tractor is a 05’ Challenger MT535B with CVT. It’s been a very reliable machine and is excellent for baling.

[@ViciouslyFish]

Man you ate some dust getting some shots!

[@cliffh8486]

finally someone running the reel the correct speed.

[@bigtractorpower]

It is the sport most farms run here in 90 bu to 100 bu. wheat . It’s funny a few posts before you the viewer said the reel was too fast.

[@cliffh8486]

bigtractorpower I guess it’s a topic of discussion as anything is. However I worked for a custom harvester and with a Draper header the idea is to get the crop to feed horizontal and head first. Leads to better threshing. Not too much though you will get header loss. It’s always a balance. It seem when the reel is too slow the crop more or less just collects on the cutter bar and gets force fed at an angle.

[@RobertSmith-jr8bx]

Thank you for your videos you are the best big tractor power

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@markfuhrman2730]

Wondering why the straw wasn't baked. A time issue? Or they keep the straw on the ground for moisture retention?.

[@alexthomson719]

Top man really appreciate the time and effort you put into your videos this one is excellent going to watch it again thanks again 👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@garyfaulds2008]

That farmer looks like he had a fine looking crop of wheat being cut by those two combines. It most of yield very well .

[@bigtractorpower]

It was a good crop. High 90 bu range.

[@quochaiphanvtv]

Thank

[@SimonKL11]

We use a claas lexion 760 TT, it's a great machine👍 Challenger makes some great tractors👍😁 Great video👍

[@ssss1167]

Beautiful views !!!

[@JEDI-MAQUINAS]

Ai da gosto de ver top

[@-wellinton_coutinho-4544]

Seria mais top se eles troucessem essas máquinas pro Brasil até escritório da marca já tem só falta ela kkkkk

[@johnsibal9245]

man , u really need to have some protective gear filming behind those combines,. Really great to see CLAAS in action! but im a JD Fan

[@farmshoffman8475]

Very impressed to how they can go threw crops ,

[@bigtractorpower]

They move right along.

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[@thayhai1994]

Hai chiếc làm việc quá đã luôn

[@kevinfox5068]

What's the reason CLAAS have these to big 760 combines in a yellow livery instead of their more traditional livery, I was thinking Caterpillar are now in with CLAAS. Kevin Fox Essex, London.

[@billc3271]

I'll bet you itched after that combine pass :)

[@bigtractorpower]

I get covered in allot of straw each wheat season. The sun and wind are often on opposing sides.

[@Parents_of_Twins]

Apparently Versatile has or is coming out with a 620hp tractor in both delta track and standard format. I was wondering how long they would wait to match the top output of the other manufacturers. Looks like Challenger is happy to stay at 600hp for their highest horsepower offering. I'm sorry I know it doesn't have much to do with this video just thought it was interesting.

[@SlipShodBob]

Anyone would think that they get on well with their Cat/Claas dealer very well that or the dealer has one heck of a salesman.

[@nathankahuriagithu7894]

👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@tsint]

Controversial opinion, they look even better in Claas green 😎

[@bigtractorpower]

No controversy. The seed green paint looks good. I should be featuring a seed green 8600 in a few weeks.

[@randallmidgley7589]

@@bigtractorpower, we will look forward for that one, the new series are always good viewing, and from what I have heard, they are an impressive unit. Love your work.

[@Mariajimenez-cz1pm]

Q ermosas makinarias la verda

[@user-db8kj8so7f]

LOVE THIS VIDEO 👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@amarildoestopa3650]

Muito top esse vídeos

[@eraaspr1]

Thanks for another video. Question, does he do the headlands first or last? Does GPS know where to stop seeding or does the opetator have to stop by lifting the planter?

[@michaelaudy6415]

I wondered about headland planting as well only because of the way the twin tracks steer. In the video the operator points out how the mapping system shuts off rows so they don’t get overlap .

[@Mark-uq9km]

A lot of wheat gets grown and harvested in western KY. Is the harvest sold to make flour for human consumption or used for feed stock for animals?

[@bigtractorpower]

A majority of it is sold to MacDonalds for their breakfast biscuits.

[@Mark-uq9km]

@@bigtractorpower Fantastic! Thanks.

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍

[@codyludwig2811]

like talk about some nice equipment, Claas, Challenger and Kinze really seem to go together good oras Br99ks & Dunn would say Its only in America

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍🇺🇸

[@oldtireman4665]

Just how many Kentucky farms do you have access to?

[@sharpshooter7127]

Nice video BTP..... I bet you have to use a shop vac to clean out your sinuses after filming...lol👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Wheat is not too bad. Soybeans are the worst.

[@vanilakung7563]

Are those really class 9 combines, i thought Claas used model number plus 2 to sign there combines?

[@bigtractorpower]

The new system of identification started with model year 2020 Lexion. A year 2020 is the model number plus 2. The seed green 8700 replaced the 760 industrial yellow for this year. The 760 was built 2010 to 2019.

[@jarrettjamesgolf1176]

Great vid

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@theunsmalan6958]

👍 👍 Keep safe

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@wrbtministry5043]

I think my 1025R could pull the planter. Lol

[@BigBoy-zp1gv]

Ayyyyyye 1000r gang

[@jamiebunsell3299]

Do you plough the straw back in to the ground?

[@bigtractorpower]

The straw serves as a mulch for the second crop of soybeans this video shows being planted by the Challenger MT855B tractor and Kinze 3660 planter toward the end of the video. The planter runs right behind the combines. It’s all no till

[@tennesseefarmboy1536]

Awesome work on all your videos keep up the good work.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@robertschoenborn8413]

👍👍👍👍✌✌

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@matteomenthemoleta]

Hello

[@bigtractorpower]

Hi.

[@ЖораФилинов]

Одно слово много говорит класс

[@K1NgsT0n11]

at my farm we have a claas 585, john deere s790, and a case ih 8250

[@ManuSingh-yy1be]

Be careful while shooting Your walk between the combine and the tractor was scary

[@MrPummi88]

Claas is yellow in the US? Interesting.

[@Burtocd]

The previous generation Lexions were. The new 7000 and 8000 series Lexions that were released last year are green, white, and red now.

[@RyTrapp0]

Yes, the Lexion combines are anyway. This came from the relationship that Claas had with Caterpillar/Challenger some years back(note that this generation of Lexion is Caterpillar powered, as mentioned in the video). Claas even got their own rebrand of the Challenger two-track for a few years as well, in Claas-green white & red and all(known as "Claas Challenger" tractors, with 'Challenger' essentially used as a model name under the 'Claas' brand). Part of this relationship between the two companies was that Caterpillar got their own version of Lexion combines, and they even kept the same 'Lexion' model designation in spite of being sold as Caterpillars/Challengers instead of Claas. Since they were being sold under the Caterpillar or Challenger brand name, they obviously came in the Cat/Challenger company yellow paint. This relationship dissolved - don't quote me on this - I believe as soon as AGCO acquired the Challenger brand from Caterpillar, as AGCO quickly paired the Challenger brand with the premium Fendt brand(as such, there have been Fendt branded two-track Challenger tractors as well!), and today we see this relationship with the 900 & 1000-series wheeled tractors, which are sold as both Fendts and Challengers(otherwise basically the same). Anyway, all of this is to explain that, due to this well known relationship between 'big yellow' Caterpillar/Challenger and Claas here in North America, with the Lexion combines being the most well known product of this relationship, Claas decided to continue offering the Lexion combines in Cat/Challenger-esque yellow specifically for the North American market because the model had become synonymous with that yellow paint(there was a HUGE marketing push when they were introduced, so there was a LOT of exposure for big yellow Lexions in the mid-2000s) and a lot of US customers made the association. Not to mention, in spite of the business relationship between Challenger & Claas dissolving, that relationship got a lot of farmers into both Challenger tractors and Lexion combines, so many farmers continued buying both of these over the years in spite of the dealer network no longer having this brand overlap, so this was a strong argument for continuing the color for the North American market. Anyway, hope that wasn't too confusing. The history of the Challenger brand and the various business partnerships that they've been in and out over their relatively short history(less than half a century I believe? One of the younger major brands in the grand scheme) is quite complicated in its own right, so it can make simple questions like "why are Lexions yellow in NA?" require somewhat complicated explanations, lol. Unfortunately, Claas has officially dropped the yellow as of their current generation of Lexion combines though, so no more special color for the NA market, just standard Claas colors now. To bad too, a LOT of us Challenger fans really appreciated them keeping the yellow paint on the Lexions even after the end of the business partnership, that was a really cool move of them. Can't blame them though.

[@bobbysimpson6239]

I would say you’re brave to stand between tractor and combine while they’re moving,but,that would be the wrong word.

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[@bigtractorpower]

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[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

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[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for your enthusiasm.