Testing of the DON-1500 combine harvester in the USA. How DON Surpassed John Deere 7720 Titan II
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" I had to see this monster," said farmer Enid Joe Linhart, who drove to a field east of Medford to see the Soviet combine harvester in action. There are much more working parts in it than in our American combines.
In 1991, our specialists brought two BELARUS DON 1500 harvesters to the USA, Oklahoma. The demonstration of the equipment began with wheat harvesting, then it was planned to show DON 1500 on harvesting corn and sunflower.
"Linhart, who started farming in 1938, said he was skeptical about the additional moving parts of the combine. He said that the Soviet machine, in his opinion, does not work as smoothly as the American models.
Dennis Polinsky, representative of the Field service office of Belarus Machinery Inc (incorporated). In Milwaukee, he said that American farmers should pay attention to the fact that his company offers a lower price.
According to him, the asking price will be about 30 percent less than the average for a new American combine. Most American harvesters sell for about $110,000, while the Soviet one, now available for sale in the United States, will cost about $80,000.
Spare parts shouldn't be a problem, he said. Most dealers will transport spare parts, and those that are not in stock can be shipped overnight from Canada, he said.
He started working with Don on May 17 in Vernon, Texas.
He was in Oklahoma last week, harvesting wheat in the Thomas area before heading north to Nash.
"So far, this car hasn't broken down; it's a good reliable car," Hoffart said. "But there are a lot of mechanical parts in it. This is not the simplest machine; it is very complex.
"It's not as easy to manage it as American combines. The controls are not so convenient. "Lyle Combs from Thomas said that the presence of a Soviet combine harvester in his property added a new element to this year's harvest.
"DON is doing a decent job," Combs said. "It's heavy, but it's a nice car.
"I do not know what it will look like in the market. DON seems a bit complicated." Traktoroexport positions itself as the world's largest manufacturer of agricultural tractors.
According to him, the Soviet combine harvester is also a more reliable machine. Its frame is made of heavier steel than most American models.
Among the Soviet people traveling through the heart of America is Nikolai, the chief engineer of Rostselmash, who designed the Don 1500 combine harvester.
Nikolai also noticed that American farmers like a wider header than a 7-meter header on the Don. According to him, more wide-ranging harvesters are already being developed. Nikolai is sure that his car will impress American farmers."They can make a decision after we finish harvesting." The best way to convince American farmers to buy DON is to let them see it in action.
A little bit about the test results, the Don-1500 combine harvester worked 106 hours during harvesting on (334 hectares) of various crops:
good results in losses (3%), grain damage is low, the performance of the DON-1500 is 1.35 times higher than that of the John Deere 7720 Titan II combine harvester);
some controls are inconveniently located; illumination at night is good;
the adjustments of the combine are easy and simple, hatches and doors are provided for the maintenance of the combine, but cleaning the sieves was difficult and time-consuming;
the engine started badly at temperatures below 10 g.;
during the tests, several minor breakdowns occurred.
At the same time, the work of the combine itself, the quality of threshing is positively evaluated. Especially American farmers were struck by the PSP-10 sunflower harvesting complex.
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