United states firm John Deere has given its new X9 1100 combine and 12.1m HDX header a whopping £850,328 list price.

The combine alone is listed at £725,908 and the HDX header adds another £124,420. Although there will be huge on-farm discounts from this toll, information technology easily becomes the most expensive product combine available in the U.k..

The new-from-the-ground-up model has been in the blueprint phase since 2015 and was revealed to the public at Agritechnica 2019, with the showtime models landing in the UK this harvest. It is the highest output combine Deere has ever built, with a motility back to twin-rotors and a four.00 k² threshing expanse.

For more information, see our previous article on the X9, Huge John Deere X9 combine aims to conquer competition.

Elsewhere in JD's harvester line-up, information technology has confirmed that the smaller West-series models take been withdrawn from the UK, leaving the T, S and new X combines.

Cab

Equally you lot'd expect on a machine with such a lofty cost tag, the cab is suitably plush with plenty of leather and a seat that can heat, cool and massage.

I quirky addition is an electronically latching door, which ways there is no burly slam needed to guarantee a seal – merely a gentle pull to go a latch and the door will electronically lock in tight. However, it can take a chip of getting used to. The Greenstar receiver is also integrated into the cab roof.

JD X9 cab interior

Joystick in JD X9 cab

Screen

Cab screens in JD X9 cab

Deere has stuck with its well-known 4600 armrest mounted screen and has the option of a second screen in the X9.

The main monitor has hot keys for quick access to settings, while the higher mounted display tin exist set up upward to testify machine settings or guidance data, forth with the various cameras located on the combine.

The top screen is the new infotainment system that Deere has added onto its restyled tractors ranges recently. This DAB unit houses all music and phone settings and can also double upwardly as a photographic camera screen.

Headers

Headers on JD X9

The 12.1m HDX table on testify has a 4in double-cut pocketknife allowing the combine to travel at faster speeds. The ribbed Draper belts on either fly grab any small seeds that shell on bear on and ferry them to the key belt feeding the ane,720mm-wide feeder house.

Behind the belts is a 432mm cross auger that has fingers throughout its length to booty bushy crops onto the belts. The header sits on 4 wheels on the rear of the tabular array, which use pressure sensors to manage cutting top.

The HDX wings are independent and a parallelogram linkage on the front helps it flex to follow contours both front end to back and side to side.

Unloading auger

Adjustable spout on auger

At that place are three lengths of unloading auger – 7.9m, 8.3m, 8.7m, 9.4m – depending on the size of table, and an optional adjustable spout to aid get an even fill up on trailers. Unloading speed is said to be 186 litres/sec, with grain tank capacity for the 1100 at 16,200 litres.

Engine

X9 combine cutaway

X9 combine cutaway © John Deere

The thirteen.6-litre Deere Powertech engine runs a twin turbo setup on the 1100, and a unmarried turbo on the smaller 1000 model. It kicks out 700hp on the biggest version and can aid owners achieve a xx% fuel saving compared with previous generation combines, while significantly upping output.

In that location is besides a clever reversing fan that kicks in every 20 minutes to keep the radiator articulate. The Prodrive XL transmission plainly offers 30% more than torque than the S-series.

Spreaders

JD X9 spreaders

Dealing with the huge back pressure created by the hungry combine was a key consideration for the designers, so the spreader arrangement is split to discharge air from the top of the unit of measurement and chopped straw from the lesser section.

The chopper bract assembly is now dimpled, similar to a golf game ball, to improve the airflow and reduce power demands, nosotros're told.

Threshing and separation

Close-up of JD X9 belts and internals

Only four components now transmit ability to the auto, which is down from seven on the S-series. In that location are 2 less bondage on the combine, with belts being preferred for better ability transfer. The X9 has a 23% wider torso than an S-series to cope with the extra throughput.

The sieve area is 7m2 while the ane,720mm feeder firm width is never reduced throughout the whole machine, significant the crop doesn't become pinched at any point.

Operators can opposite the auto at full conversation and crop has 270deg angle of feeding as it enters the twin 3,510mm rotors for seven revolutions.

Elsewhere, there is agile concave isolation, which in heavy crops maintains the clearance from front to back along the concaves for fifty-fifty threshing. Deere claims the combine will sit comfortably at 100t/hour with 1% grain loss.

Tracks

JD X9 tracks

The track units are the same every bit used on Deere's S-series machines, and were 1 of the few parts carried over from these models.

Large grain window

View of grain window in cab

JD has added a super-wide grain window in the cab, and so operators tin can get a decent view of the sample coming into the tank.