Was the Fendt Ideal big a mistake? Should we get something else
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Mr. Bob and family y’all don’t have to justify anything about y’all’s farming business with anyone. Y’all have built a very large farm that anyone in the world would be proud of. Thanks for taking us along. See y’all next video.
It's only as good as the dealer ! No matter the color
That's why I won't by red in our area.
💯 no matter what agricultural business you're in , our local agco dealer is 👌 but I'm a Massey man since I was a kid and driving on my own since about 4 to 5 years of age
So true
You are absolutely right.
Greetings Brown family, respect and support your perspective!
Love the colour of your combine! Amazing how well your dad has adapted to no steering wheel. Wish you continued success !!
Your dad has to be one of the best operators. Flukes happen to the best of us but watching him move the bean header around is fun to see. Much respect. Thanks for the content.
Bob, Brian great job defending Fendt, not defensive just factual. I'm a 78-yr old farmer and owned most of the colors during my time. All machines break regardless of the color of the paint. On our farm we are color blind. We pick the color based on price and the dealer support. We have looked, but never found the perfect machine. Stay the course. Great family channel, everyone in our family watches down to the 5-yr old great grandson. Keep um rolling.
I also follow the channel that you referenced having engine issues with a Green Machine. They are also good people; good family channel and they take care of their equipment just like you do. Bad Stuff just happens to good people and any color of machine.
Really pleased you're having a good run with the combine, all machines can be , well machines 😂.
Enjoy the content.
Great video. People hate on AGCO products (especially, it seems, Fendt Ideal Combines). The later model Ideals are not the same combines as the first model years that were produced. AGCO has worked very closely with their dealers and the customers to address issues and concerns in order to improve production and machine reliability.
I can’t understand the naysayers of your combine. You have been blessed with a great machine! Your fall colors are amazing. Glad to see beans nearing an end. Good luck with corn and stay safe.
You guys are doing great with a new machine. You are right, color plays no favorites when it comes to mechanical issues. Keep up the great work.
THANK S FOR BOB CAM. VERY INTERESTING 😊
100 % glad that you are happy with your machine I think you have made the right choice in getting it and from here way down under and only seen one here working was impressed with it keep up with the great channel
Good to hear on the reliability issue. We tested one last fall and got along good with it, except we had an issue with it in beans trying to get to the end of the field when started to light rain. On the earlier models. Farmer 30 miles east had numerous issues and updates. This year he traded it for two Gleaners. Had some factory issues with them. Loose bolts, gearbox etc.. Find out at end of season how that turned out. Also tested a Claas last fall. Really liked it and it's features. We will be getting a newer combine before next fall. Don't know which one yet, but it won't be a Deere or a Gleaner.
Your videos help me to relive my childhood growing up on an Utah dairy farm. Miss the planting, cultivating, and harvest of the crops on the farm. Of course the equipment has changed dramatically from the 60’s and 70’s. Would be nice to spend some days helping again.
That is why company’s strive to make better equipment because they listen to farmers like yourself to help make changes to improve the equipment . Keep up the good work. Really enjoy the videos.
I'm glad you're running a Fendt so that we can see what all the hubbub is about. The double joystick steering is beyond my skill set but you all seem to have adapted well. Great Bob cam by the way!
We’re happy with our 2x 9t Fendt’s - 1 machine was a dealer demo unit w/ just over 150 hrs on it (engine, Sep hrs 85) & the other was a new unit. Bought for our custom operation, we had more header issues (HoneyBee) than with the combines but even those were relatively minor - broke a belt & broke a couple of cutter bar teeth. When you’re trying to pickup wheat with the header basically on the dirt crap happens. Beans aren’t much different!
We run John Deere as well, X9s - MacDon heads. No different - they had their issues too but ya just work thru ‘em.
Good to hear your dad's thoughts on new machine. Lots of years of experience. Thought on if the tracks ride ruff, maybe rotate them side to side lol
Nice to see a Honey Bee header on the go, and appreciated. They are built near the next town to here.
Good old Saskatchewan built headers. The honey brothers have quite a history
I was impressed how fast you got bin parts. Fendt appears to be working well! Thanks for being willing to share what you are doing. Takes a thick hide to put it out there like you do. Keep it up!
Thanks for taking the time to post the video. You always have a good variety of things to show and discuss
I have followed the Brown family for some time. This year they have really gained my total respect. They farm hard, follow their family school and sports activities and share the way life is when you work with machinery and the weather man. There are darn few days when something doesn’t go wrong and how you react to those things tells me a lot about why some are successful and some are not. I think the Brown family is a winner.
Love the videos, really like watching that 50’ bean head. We have terraces and lots of hills and steep contours here or I would definitely make the decision you did with the single combine. I think Fendt went the correct direction with the 2 rotor machine for many reasons. Single rotors like to toss the crop mat heavier on one side of the shoe, also gives you more room above to crest a larger grain bin. The reasons go on and on. I think Fendt is a great machine but because of our terraces and slopes we will definitely stay with Gleaners (accelerator rolls) on this farm. Keep up the good work, always fun here on this channel!
Brian We demoed the one and a few issues but in general liked the machine. We will have a fair amount of wheat to harvest next season and we have already leased a 2024 Ideal 9 for next harvest. It will have around 300 hours on it. Also we will be raising more acres of soybeans, normal and double crop. We really liked the grain sample out of the Ideal machine. About 25% of our 2025 regular crop soybeans will be seed beans under contract. The Ideal should help us get some seed quality premiums.
I will say that I really doubt that the Ideal will beat our CIH in corn. So our plan is to run the Ideal in the small grains and the CIH in corn. The main reason is our local AGCO dealer is still local only. Both JD and CIH are now part of a large chain of stores. They do not seem to really care as much as they did when they were smaller.
I think the Fendt ideal is working fine Brian.
Don’t be over working that Chevy truck towing that Kenworth.
Ford are better for that work.😂
Great video as always and Mrs Brown needs to work on her smile. 😎
Will you add a crary wind system? Not sure if you said if you would or not. Think it would be worth it?? Enjoy the content and how real your channel is. Good stuff
I have watched the big fendt from start of harvest seems to eat up the acres with very few problems , hard to believe you can put that much crop thru a combine with very good results.Good machine,good videos.
Brian, that field/farm up on the hill there, looks just gorgeous. It's like this flat pancake field in between a bunch of little mountains. I really enjoy watching You, Bob, BJ and Kayla doing your day to day farming, lets hope for some good rains next year and for some pleasant surprising corn yields this year. I'm shocked at what you guys can pull off those fields with the small amount of rain you gotten, those fields are in good hands.
Service is everything!
Nice video. The only thing I would add to that Ideal combine is a feeder house fan so you don’t have to look through that dust cloud coming from the front of the feeder house all harvest long.
Brian don’t worry about what other people say you do what is right for you guys keep up the good videos
I’m so glad you aren’t having trouble. I was worried, I just know if I had the trouble Mike Mitchell had , I wouldn’t have been that patient. 6 or 7 new combines choked down , a couple times a day, taking over an hour to clean out. I would have had to be sedated probably. Of course, those were new out and I’ve never even seen a lintel in the field, much less thrashing them. Maybe there tough . Where I live , down rice would be the toughest to thrash. Hope it continues to do well for you.
Brian, all machinery can do a great job until it doesn't. You have had a good run with this combine and crops are running well. You have some beautiful backgrounds of color. Continued good yields of this season.
Well I will put my 2 cents in on this combine. As long as you are happy with the machine that is all that matters. Have An Awesome Day.😁👍👍
YOU DONT NEED TO DEFEND YOUR COMBINE TO ANYONE!!!!!! ESPECIALLY ON HERE!!!!!
Breakdowns are interesting - the insides of JD's engine as shown on Larson's, their other major breakdowns - the only reason I watch. Lots of days just to watch the engine amazed at how you can see from one side to the other and the damaged crank. Dad hitting a bridge - pretty boring. I was 21 when I hooked trees at the edge of a road with a header while roading the day before photographers were to arrive for a photo shoot. You guys did quite well. You did have feeder chain problems - you don't remember the old days when Gleaner's whole advertising was centered on NO FEEDER CHAINS - and then the N series came with not one but 2 sets of feeder chains and the Marketing Manager retired. So great season, no fire department, lots of dust from the feeder (we tried to suck that dust into the feeder house at Gleaner but dust happens). No tractors down for the count and renting an AGCO tractor from a neighbor. You're doing super boringly well.
Great Autumn colours you have during your " fall" hello from the UK 🇬🇧. 😊
Down corn is a drag, literally! Fendt Combines look great, so if you're pleased with the dealer service your getting, its a win/win! Crazy how you buy it and the original dealer and they stop carrying all AG equipment? I can only assume that is based on sales revenue as compared to construction equipment, their main focus? I'm new to the channel, great video!
Thanks for the awesome video Brian and family. Fantastic video and was super interesting.
I always am amazed at where some of your fields are located. Nothing wrong with that, just not used to that. Our Iowa farms are flat and relatively not too much hill country. I can see where your travel time takes a bit getting to some of these areas. Most of them are quite beautiful looking with the trees and landscapes. Some really nice areas. Just not used to your lay of the land. Every area in farming in the different states is different. You do nice work traveling to all of these areas. My compliments to you.
Congratulations to Bob and Brian for speaking up about the combine. I have seen some of your comments you get and I do not know why people do that.
I have always felt your combine was a good choice and I appreciate Bob speaking up about how he feels about it. Your service rep has been really good to you folks. Most of your down time has been self damage and not the machines fault, just like Bob said. Overall your machine has done real well. I watch six other farm RUclips channels and others have issues also. Larsons lost a complete engine. Another IH machine had major internal issues. So they all have issues that develop. ZK the Deere technician has worked on some heavy duty breakdowns also. That is farming. Big equipment takes a beating working in our fields, just the way it is.
Thanks Bob for speaking up on behalf of your machine, overall doing very good.
Hang in there. Not all of us throw negativity at you. No reason too, farming is hard enough the way it is. Appreciate what you do as a farmer!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like the way you started the video Brian. I thought Kayla was going to hit you up side the head there-like your happy Happy line!!!!!!!
About it I guess. Thanks for everything. You all take care and be safe.
The Iowa farm boy. Steve.
Brian, only you guys can really judge your machine. If you like the machine and have a good dealer you picked the right one. They all break down, the difference is service.
Great video! Some people like drama! There's good and bad things about social media. Sometimes too much info and people airing their dirty laindry. Good thing is i found your channel and love it!
I think that you are having good luck with the new combine. Like you said minor issues, but that's to be expected with all the electronics in the combine.
Red here. Great dealer. Solid equipment. Love our Quads.
It’s always a learning curve with updated equipment especially when you change brands.
It looks to me like your getting a lot more done with that one big combine, I think your right everyone just wants it to break down Have agood rest of your harvest
Yes Mike Mitchell did influenza me on the Fendt machine, but now I see they are good but I don't farm anymore we had a New Idea with a 4 row head and a 13 ft reel. with a V6 gasoline engine and burned 2 of them up. Great Vid 👍👍👍👍👍👍
If you look into the issues with the Mitchell’s Ideal combines, most of them were related to no one really understanding the machine. The Mitchell’s themselves or the dealer that sold them. It was unfair for Fendt to get a bad reputation from that.
Good job Brain, you’re getting close to being done harvesting this year
All that matters is that if y'all like the combine and the dealer support. And It sounds like y'all do. Just my two cents worth. Love the videos. keep them coming.😊
Bob cam is a really good segment of the video. Well done Bob.
Bless you, Kayla! Some of my best teachers were substitutes, and they were usually prettier. The latter may have made have given me a better opinion of them.... Thanks, young lady for doing that.
subbing (supply teaching in uk) gives you the opportunity to work in a load of different schools - which may lead to the PERFECT job ??
All I can go on is the videos, and it seems the combine has been a great experience. Yes, a couple of fixes, but you fixed them in short order. No criticism from me. OBTW, makes me happy to see Ms. Kayla get some screen time. A pretty girl adds sunshine to our day.
Hi there thanks for the short update on the ideal combine. I am sure that if it was not up to the mark dad Bob would be saying it as it was.. he saying it is good .Basically only they accidents that have caused any issues. Larsons got a brand new JD 790 it completely blew its engine to bits.
Have a great rest of harvest have been following you guys for around 4 years. I was a contractor many years ago and I am fully aware of what can happen
Bob and Brian both made good points on combine no matter what color it is . I would say you have made the right choice for your situation.
Good morning. Have a great day.
Bob you are correct. You have Travis as a tech. The best one I know. I still think he should be the baler guru. All brands have trouble anymore and it's all about dealer support. I catch crap all the time about my Mahindra tractor. It's our second one. AES is an awesome dealer and have always been there to help us. Our new Kubota hay mower had trouble. Bane Welker sent a tech on a Sunday Labor Day weekend. While it was down they let me use another mower and a new Kubota M7 154. Can't beat that.
Dealship response and proximity is an important decision in any equipment choice. JD and IH do seem to have an edge in after market parts. Probably not a deciding factor in a purchase
Great video Brian keep them coming I love seeing you guys in the field
Good morning Kayla. You do a great job on Brian's videos.
I was kinda bummed that you sold your Gleaner that's why I started watching but still do enjoy
Brian had more serious break downs with the Gleaner then the Fendt. I'm glad they're intelligently honest enough to admit where some other breakdowns were of their own doing. Get a new feeder chain and maybe a drum if needed and it will probably be pretty problem-free next year after all they have learned. It's the 4th and 5th year that you figure out how well built the combines really are.
I like the combine Brian, you have done well with it this season 👍
I think that Dad has done a fantastic job with the Joy Sticks. Don’t think I would challenge him gaming 😊😂
It would be nice to see difference between gleanor and fendt for crop changes. Gleanor is simple did agco follow up with their fendt as they have made one of the best machines in gleanor for 40+ years
I think that combine has done a good job for you. The guys have been fighting down corn over here also.Wish we had the rain you got with huricane.
14:29: "seeing the seasons change" soooo with you on that one Brian. with the less flat countryside we have here (isle of grain) you can see that annual miracle even more betterer.
Great video as usual. Thanks for sharing it!
Spent 40+ years in the auto business. I ALWAYS told people to wait at least 2 years before buying a new model because no matter how much testing there would be problems to be worked over the next few years. I have no doubt it's the same with heavy equipment. Your combine seems to be doing better than most manufacturers and you're happy with your support , doesn't get any better than that.
You can reinvent the wheel,a combine is a combine,some use a drum and walkers,some use a drum and rotors,some just use the rotors but sieves are sieves, all down to local dealer back up
Just a thought but maybe train your Dad to hit the highway button on your Fendt combine while on the road. It locks out hopper expansion and several other buttons that woulld cause issues on the road.
Awesome Video and Much Love as Always Brian!!!
Bob and Brian nailed it! Any piece of eq will break!!!
Enjoy the channel
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Your combine is fine. And you have good support. Everything breaks. That’s why there are mechanics!
The only thing I would change about your combine is the steering lol. I’d rather have a steering wheel but to each their own on that. But if it works you like it might as well love it.
Happy to hear about your excellent service support - that would have been the only question in my mind about this machine after the original dealer changeover.
For years I used to ride a motobike (all over Europe) and there is one thing you learn; to give space to farm equipment. The same goes for when you're in a car (no matter the size of the car).
Big game I can see, Brian with the one big machine as opposed to two smaller ones is I'm seeing you doing tillage and also planting weeds which you wouldn't have been able to do if you were stuck in a combined like last year
Glad the machine is performing as you hoped!
Bob always take time to look and appreciate the beautiful autumn colors.
We have the ideal 7 (a big machine for our country) and it’s considered a monster. No complaints so far.
watching the full video cause of the intro👍🏽
Got to keep getting new gear. Technology is your friend. Back in 1974 my grandfather passed. He left my Dad, an only child, a modest amount. Dad decided to buy a new tractor. $4750 I believe. 55 hp 2wd Leyland. Anyway my younger brother was working on the farm and was discing new ground. Suddenly the tractor erupted into flames from the front. The battery clamp had come loose, arced on the metal diesel feed line from the fuel tank. The diesel pooled on the rubber mat over the battery. My brother was quick thinking and headed for a pond. He almost made it but the tractor stopped running. The fuel line was cut and he was stranded, only about 50 feet from dunking the fire. The tractor burnt to the ground, tyres right off it it was such a hot fire. Fortunately a new tractor turned up soon after. There was a fight of insurance v warranty etc!. The replacement was a great tractor and worked hard until the farm was sold in 1981.
Great way to say it Brian! Everything runs good until it doesn’t…
Brian, y'all ever consider getting a smaller older combine to get those hard to get to fields. The goat paths!
Thanks for the video.
That little shed would be awesome for a house, gorgeos view😅
I really like the Fendt especially the stick drive.
Love your videos. Steve. Wheat farmer in New Zealand
I agree with other comments this is your first full season wheat, soybeans, and corn it's going to be a learning curve. As your dad said they all have problems. Larson's lost an engine on a 360 hour John Deere this year. Hopefully like your dad said once you get the bugs worked out it will turn into a great machine. It's awesome to see how quickly your father learned to operate the machine. Seems like you got more seat time it the Gleaner last year, lol.
Great video. Thank you guys
Glad you like the Fendt that’s all that matters
Clear talking from the bossman so now we know btw not everybody tells everything, you make a choice and its youre choice and everyone needs some luck, i always say after 4 seasons we talk again, stay safe you all greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer
Really enjoying the videos Brian,claas seems to be market leader here in Europe,so being an MF man,its nice to see someone saying positive things about the ideal combines,machines now adays are meant to break down,even if its a lawnmower,so keep up the good work,get the harvest home,and all safe and sound
Thank you for posting.
You're welcome
@@BriansFarmingVideos Brian, a 60 foot Honeybee head on your combine in beans would be even more productive than the 50 footer.
We have had great luck with our johndeere combines. Try out x7
All I can say with any new equipment your gonna have problems it's just a learning curve and usually it's self induced problems like you and Bob both said. Also dealer support is the most important piece when buying and owning new equipment.
I've seen johne deere combines that threw parts threw the motor Bob I've got one right know you stick up head in it
It´s like with any equipment, you gotta run what works for you and what you feel comfortable with and what makes the most sense. Tools being used get dull or break, totally normal. Turns out Fendt´s don´t like canola and mustard, so be it. With varying grain sizes you have to swap around concaves a lot, so we run Claas and NH.
Also obviously makes sense to pick a dealer that´s close to you and has good service.
Thank God BJ found that, rusted, soon-to-be broken hitch! Holy crap!
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They all break down ! Keep the Ideal , work the kinks out and keep on going!
I know the two you're referring to because I watch both of their channels.