Best combine we’ve ever owned, Our New Fendt Ideal 9
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Welcome to the first day of wheat harvest with our brand new Fendt Ideal 9 combine! We are beyond excited to kick off the season with this game-changing piece of machinery. Our previous combine could barely manage 50 acres a day on a good day, but with the Fendt Ideal 9, we’re now hitting an incredible 150 to 200 acres daily! The efficiency and power of this combine are on a whole new level.
One of the most impressive improvements is the grain loss-or lack thereof. With our old combine, we’d see so much wheat left on the ground, it almost looked like we had planted a new crop. But with the Fendt, finding a kernel on the ground is nearly impossible. This machine is a true game-changer for our farm, and we can’t wait to share this harvest journey with you.
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Glad to see people get their eyes open for Fendt. No one makes a tractor or combine like them.
It does work pretty good
@@RockyMountainFarmer we have been big fendt costumers here in norway. We actually test a few of their new tractors for them here in norway. Great company to work with.
For good reasons.
Might want to watch more of their videos. Like "More Breakdowns On Day 8 Of Harvest".
@@deeremeyer1749 why?
One things for certain... that is a beautiful looking machine.. Wow.
It sure it
First time actually seeing one of the Fendt combines operating. Last year while on vacation I watched several of the Claas combines work. Fascinating machines.
Some great questions and comments, thanks for taking the time to answer and making these videos. Always enjoy them, again thank you for feeding us.
Glad you like them! I try to answer all the comments
Good to see you have a top combine my favourite part of farming is watching harvest 👍👏
Well, keep watching because we have lots of videos coming. I’m glad you’re enjoying it.
Great video. That’s incredible all those acres in 11 days. I only have one request.. Raise that flag up like 3 more feet . You guys made us proud. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it.
Whoa! BEAST MODE!!! I love learning through your channel and I appreciate the genuine commentary. Some channels become a production and I appreciate the fact you just keep this channel real!
Well I’m glad you love the videos and that you’re learning some thing. I’m definitely not an actor I try to just film what we’re doing each day. Whether it’s good or bad.
@@RockyMountainFarmer Life is a bit of both at times...good and bad. Plans that work and plans that don't. Keep it up!
The beast is impressive!! Hope it treats you well through harvest.
It is very impressive so far it’s running great
I’m amazed at how quiet it is in the cab.
Yeah, it’s really quiet. I was surprised too.
That's quite a way from the combine I used to walk alongside and watch as a kid. It was a Massey-Harris, and I believe it was an 8-foot gate on the front; when they changed it and got a new one that was a 12-foot gate we were amazed. The first one must have been about 1956 or 58. No cab, the driver used to be thickly coated in dust by the end of the day if the weather had been dry and dusty. It would break down 3 or 4 times on a bad day, with the drum getting clogged or the walkers not shifting the straw out fast enough or the intake spirals or elevator belt getting clogged. The skill demanded of the driver, trying to cut the stalks as low as possible when the table height had to be set by hand and eye, was considerable. In those days the straw, when baled, was a valuable by-product and they sold all of it, especially the long wheat-straw. Later, you couldn't get decent money for it and they's burn it off where it lay in the fields, much to the annoyance of housewives in nearby towns who had washing out on the line.
Most of our local farmers now seem to use Claas, but this is the UK, and they are smaller than that beast. But then, fields are MUCH smaller, and you have to move the things along public roads, through little winding country lanes; a machine that size would be totally impractical. I'd still like to see one working, close-up, but I don't imagine it would be allowed. As a kid, I used to step up on the bottom step and get a ride; I had to get off if the foreman came around, but otherwise they trusted me to keep out of the way. The golden days of high summer and childhood.
That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing. We can get a decent amount for the straw bales now. I watch clarkson farm and this thing definitely would not fit most places there.
I wish you many enjoyable and problem free days with your new combine investment.
Thanks
Great Video. Great view out of the office window!😊
Glad you liked it
It's amazing I've been a John Deere man all my life, this combine has me thinking.😮
It’s pretty awesome.
You won't be alone, will you ? Isolation from competiton with global competitors slowly diminishes any edge regular buyers think you have, and Peterbilt and Kenworth are facing the same issues. Many of these machines are much more efficient, more economical to operate and service, more comfortable, etc .... European operators have a legal mandate to 'right to service', something that JD continue to deny their American customers. Sadly, the window for a sea change in improvement for operators may soon close with the tariff threats from the incoming Administration in Washington. Watch this space .....? Good luck with your future options, may you have more than one or two !
Very nice machine! First generation farmer here, glad your family have stayed true through the good times and bad. Glad to see your potato loss wasn’t a total loss and you were able to bail out the potato flake producer.
I’m glad we were able to salvage a lot of those potatoes too. It would’ve been horrible how we lost the entire cellar
Great video on agriculture technology! The potential for innovation in this field is incredible.
A great machine, solves many human problems.
I think so, too
I’ve watched Brian Brown Farming in Ohio and there Fent is Joy stick steering and on Tracks!
I’d Say Y’all Bought the Best!
Yeah, that is an option, but this was a demo so we just had to get what they had
Joystick controlling really is better you’ve got do much more view AND it’s so easy on the elbows as you can relax your arms on the armrest. Just takes a little getting used to.
Tracks are better in Northern Europe, Minnesota etc but maybe not in the Rockies or south.
Tracks used to be way more expensive too to maintain but nowadays tires are seriously expensive too.
@@RockyMountainFarmer i wish u and your family a reliable machine. In my opinion there is nothing wrong with a demo machine at all. its proberly been through a couple hands and i think the workshop has all the fine tuning done and hickups solved from beeing in the hands of those. 🌻🍀
Glad to hear your success, I think they are a great machine. Run Gleaners here, great machines as well just more simpler to maintain than the Fendt machine.
I heard they just revealed the new gleaner and they’re supposed to be pretty nice
Looks like an incredible machine!
It is!
great looking machine
Thanks
❤from Texas
Well, I hope you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.
Good video good to see y'all
I’m glad you enjoyed it
Nice Fendt
Thanks
got to demo an ideal 9 a couple years ago really nice combine have great dealer support and if decide to make change from s790s I think the ideal 9 will be a top contender
Yeah, you have to have good dealer support or it’s not worth buying anything which is why we can never buy a claas because there’s not a dealer anywhere near us. Closest one is three hours away.
never seen a wheel line before kinda cool looking.
There are lots of them out here
Love your new Ideal combine!
Thanks me too
They are very useful for farmers like me
Yes they are
@@RockyMountainFarmer good
We city folks aint ever seen nottin like this before
Should call the combine the rocky mountain ghost 😊😊🏴🏴 as it blends in with the dust
That’s pretty good thanks for watching
If you have a dealer in your area, check out the AF 11 by Case IH. It's a monster! Or, if you wanna see something really different, the Nexat is a crazy machine with crazy hopper capacity and a unique design.
Those nexat things are crazy
Another great video, glad you love the Fendt.
I’m glad you enjoyed it
Glad you have it. The first one that had so many sensor problems that I think that went back and redid All the sensors. Hopefully they don't have to send a tech out to live in your field. I Hope they've gone to a metal fuel tank also
So far it’s been working great
they are nice combines those ideal
It sure seems to be a nice combine
You have GORGEOUS grain trucks holy moley!! What brand is that!
The trucks are from a local company we use to haul it in. I think they are Kenworth and peterbuilt with trinity beds
Not bad !
Thanks
awesome!
Glad you think so!
Wow its amazing that you post video quickly hope that this will work great and what is the average per acre i enjoy this video
I’m not sure what our averages yet probably around 100 to 120 bushel is my guess
Glad to see the combine is working good for you.
Are the crops good this year?
From the ones that we got the demo to your machine there has been almost 200 little minor improvements and changes. And I thought the early models were pretty impressive
In wheat we could run away from the S-Series deere. I mean literally leave it in the dust.
In corn the Fendt had such a nice sample!
Great warranty and service plan behind the scenes to keep your machine nice.
Yeah, we have a five-year warranty and so far the crops have been pretty good. I think our average yield is probably around 120 bushel. Sure seems to be a great machine.
@@RockyMountainFarmer 120 bushel wheat?! That would be super fun to combine
Wow, that is a beast! I was surprised that it is black considering the heat during the summers, I would think a lighter color would help to keep it all cooler over all. Well, until the dust coated everything then I suppose it doesn't really matter, lol.
I saw that huge Fendt and I was reminded of a system I saw a few weeks ago, called a Nexat. I don't know if that machine can do potatoes though... If you haven't seen it in action yet, look it up(you probably already have though.) it's pretty different.
Was dust in the sensor the culprit or did one of the sensors go out?
I fell behind on your videos and was actually looking for an update on the water situation. I continue surfing through to see if you posted and update on it.
Love the vids!
I’m glad you’re loving the videos. I also thought black was a strange choice when their tractors are red, green and white but it looks nice. The problem with that sensor was it just wasn’t quite plugged in all the way so it was a simple fix. That nexat is huge, but I don’t know if it does potatoes.
That's one incredible combine! It does so much and so fast. Nothing beats having horsepower. I think it's the first combine I've seen that also acts like a swather.
It's so big, is there a general rule when you meet traffic on the more narrow roads?
Usually when we meet traffic, we try to get over as much as we can but for the most part they just have to get out of the way and as far as making windrows, every combine can actually do that but most people just shred it with the shredder on the back
@RockyMountainFarmer Well see, I just learned something new. I didn't know that other combines are able to make wind rows. I'm always ready to learn something new. 😊
I've always been interested in farming and been watching A few farming channels for 6-7 years. About a month ago I started playing Farming Sim 25 and it's been fun. I was looking at FS 25 videos and this one caught my eye because in the game I bought a used Massey Fergusson Ideal 8. I knew it was different from any MF combine I every seen and pretty advanced. I'm guessing Fendt and MF are working together. I had to look up the real MF Ideal 7,8 and 9 to see what size heads worked with them in real life. Seeing that this is actually built by Fendt makes sense. Of course I never heard of Fendt until I started playing the Sim and had to look them up to see if they were real or made up for the game. All I've ever seen was John Deere and Case really here in the US. Seems Fendt is moving into the US market as I've seen them being Demo'ed and bought on several farming channels.
Yeah, Massey and Fendt are both owned by Agco
I feel like a lot of people commenting here only come in touch with farming when they start up their PC and start playing farming simulator, a lot of these people do not understand that this is a business which is relying on how much money goes in and out. I'm really glad you and your family are happy about the purchase even though I feel like some people here are trying to ruin the fun for you 🙃. I'm just glad you've gotten one heck of a good price on the machine it seems and that it runs good, as it is supposed to! I would like to add, I think a 40ft header is alright when u guys average around 120bu/ac cause those numbers are impressive for me, because to my knowledge farms in North America usually average way less! (It getting irrigated is a different topic to me though, due to the lowering of water lvls etc. but if the government allows you to do so, I'd do the same.) Also it seems like you got a good ACGO/Fendt dealer near you and also guys from Fendt who know how to set up a combine properly, I'm just a lil sad you couldn't get the Ideal Drive (Joystick) due to it being a demo machine, from what I've heard it's a different way of working and less exhausting. Anyways great machine! I hope you'll have a lot of fun, a great harvest, a cool fridge 🥶 (very important :D!!!) at any time and hopefully no breakdowns and just minor repairs in the next 12 years!
🛠Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪🌾
There are some comments of people who use farming simulator, but I think a lot of the comments are just people wanting to learn more and as far as watering we use surface water, so we’re not draining the aquifer. And I agree a 40 foot header is just fine if we went with a bigger header we just have to go slower so it wouldn’t increase how much we can do. You have to have good dealer support in order to have any brand of machine. i’m really glad you’re enjoying the videos. Thanks for watching and commenting.
They're definitely better now after agco sorred the issues out
Yeah, this one ran great. We didn’t really have that many complaints.
@@RockyMountainFarmer fortunately the issues you had could occur on any branded machine
Brian farms bought one this year and they seem to like it
Yeah, it seems to be an amazing machine
Unloading auger and grain cart. Boom is weird
At the very least you could get a local agricultural mechanic to help you out for a lot less than being tied to a dealer monopoly.
The only ag mechanics are at the various dealerships
You and Chris are pretty good sized Men. I would see about shortening the ladder a few feet before I bent it crossing a ditch. Looks like the manufacturer would have made the ladder retractable like on a spray rig.
Well, the bottom step is flexible but also we don’t have any ditches or anything to cross that it would hit on, so I don’t think it will be a problem for us
Also available in red. And possibly a bit cheaper because of it. A question was asked about how you kill the crop. You answered that you stop irrigating, but I suggest that this answer is not quite correct. The crop is not killed and grain crops do not need to be. Grains are all members of the grasses or gramineae and are annuals. The seed grows into a plant that then produces a flower(s) of sorts that then becomes the head containing new seed/grain. Upon completion of filling those seeds, the plant dies off by itself and turns yellow. If you carried on watering, it would still do that. No intervention is required, unlike with Oil Seed Rape/Canola that needs spraying off or swathing first. (Cut and left in a swath to dry out before it is threshed. But that is done to ripen the seeds off evenly as the plants are very tall and the seeds at the top ripen well before the lower placed seed pods are. Similarly potatoes are sometimes sprayed off. This is done where the grower has a contract to supply potatoes of a certain size, so when they reach that size, they are sprayed off and left to let the skin set. If not sprayed, they will carry on growing untill the cold weather comes.
that’s one bad mamma jamma
It sure is
Hi always an education when I watch your awesome videos. What happens to the tailings that don’t get processed by the combine and is left behind in a straight line?
Well, I’m glad I’m teaching some thing the straw will get bailed up and sold to the dairy to be used as bedding for the cows
In Oklahoma we call the wheel line sprinklers a side roll.
Somebody commented that and I wasn’t sure what they were talking about but now that makes sense
Huge difference between a side roll and a pivot!
@@glennspreeman1634 I know he was referring to a side roll. We have plenty of pivots too. In now we don't hardly have any side sprinklers
To bad the issue with the wheel rotation sensor on first harvest. But you know, these machines get more and more complex as they get more efficient. More potential for faulty parts. What makes a combine good is not only fast harvesting with minimal losses its also about customer support. Hope Fendt treated you guys well and fixed the problem fast and for good.
Yep every problem we had. they were right out here to fix it. We were never down more than a couple hours.
came here from searching for farming simulator 25 🤣
But thanx to the game i know what they are doing
Hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching
What year was your combine build? I drove a 2020 Ideal 9 on tracks with 40 foot mc don. Many updates where made on the ideal the last few years. What do you think about the straw quality? I think it is the best I have ever seen out of a rotary combine
I think this is a 2022 it has been great. And the straw looks way better than our last combine. Especially with the dew on it.
The early ones were prone to fires but updates have resolved that issue. Other minor issues included the auger.
Need bigger grain carts soon
This one is doing just fine
so what combines have u had before this one ? good lookin machine. Neighbor got one a few yrs back, ran it one season and traded it to a x9 an still has it. may have been one of the early models with some issues
We used to have a new Holland, CR 9060
wow
Good looking machine. How many bushels per acre are you stripping? Is all your wheat growing country reticulated?
I think we are averaging around 120 bushels per acre and all of our land is irrigated.
Will you be bailing your straw and if so do you use large squares or rounds?😊
We will be bailing it, and they are big square bales
Do you have the grain on contract for fall delivery? Or do you have bins to store it.
It’s contracted and delivered directly to the mill
Grain and boom… I’ve never heard those 2 words used in that context before.
Yeah, I say things a little bit different
Short rows and side rolls.... Productivity killers.
Definitely true
That must be one of the slightly older machines with the unloading auger barely clearing the cart. The new machines apparently swing much higher
Could be I think this is a 2022 model that was a demo last year
Do you plant both hard red and soft white wheat?
We only plant hard, red spring We’re too busy in the fall to plant fall wheat
With what the machine lays in the back in a row can it be bailed to feed cows
They use it for bedding for cows
If you think the Fendt Ideal 9 is good. Then you need to try the Claas Lexion 8900
Can’t there are no dealers here
Just signed up 👍👍 You have got the best machine on the market 👍👍
I think so too. Welcome to the channel
can you get a clip of the grain coming in the bin on the harvester, from the window in the cab?
I tried to get a clip of it going in, but the window is so dirty. It didn’t work I may have to put my GoPro in there.
Why is it chucking all the swarf in to the rear wheels won’t that mess up the bearing and also sand blast effect on on the inner edge of the tyre
It’s just hitting the top of the tire
Time to invest in a bigger grain cart now
Yeah, we will see how this year goes. So far it’s working out just fine.
Apparently they've resolved the rear chopper issue so it quit breaking and plugging on a daily bases.
They must have because we haven’t had a problem. We also don’t chop our straw. We put it in windows and bail it.
@@RockyMountainFarmer good luck with the rest of harvest.
Great awesome video , different terms ive never heard of . Must be a western thing lol its doing what it was designed for ram it in and go 4 to 5 , mike mitchell didnt have good luck with them but so far brian brown has one with just joysticks
I’m glad you liked it. I feel like Mike Mitchell has problems with everything.
@@RockyMountainFarmer honestly hes too picky about things .
Have you ever flown a space craft as you stated
Nope but I can imagine
Growing up, we had a JD 45 bagger, with PTO, 5’ or 6’ cut.
How long do you think it would take to do 1600 acres?😀
Probably about six months
Wrong model, I think the 45 was self-propelled
Are you bailing the straw that the combine leaves?
Yes we are
Sweet! Work hard and you'll get stuff so that you produce more while working just as hard lol.
What part of Idaho yall in?
We are in Shelley in eastern Idaho
@@RockyMountainFarmer nice, I've been thru there a bunch of times when I drove semi OTR. Currently I'm in western Washington and have a DEEP desire to GTF outta here! Idaho is one of my target states to move to, just having a very difficult time convincing the wife to go
The reason why it is going so fast is the 40 ft header is kinda small for that combine it was designed for the 45 or 50 foot header if you had a 45 or 50 foot header you wouldn’t be going as fast
Well, we take all of the straw and bail it so this header is actually plugging up because we take so much straw if we had a 50 foot header we would be going way slower
Will the straw be baled?? That would be an amazing amount of bales!
Yes, it will all be bailed and there will be about 4000 bales
@@RockyMountainFarmerWas going to ask the same 😊
What was your old combine?
We had a new Holland
Nice Video. i am pretty new to this and i cant afford this in real life. why is it that the back tires of the harvester are mounted the other direction ( pointing the wrong way)? thanks for the answer. id like to understand
I was wondering the same thing. I’m not really sure. I’m sure there is a reason. I know they make an all wheel drive version so maybe it would have traction to get unstuck if you got stuck.
Its because the rear tires are a rolling tire(non powered). For a rolling tire, a tractor tire mounted backwards turns in mud better that way. Because the force "drags" the tire, versus "pulling" with a drive tire. This allows you to maintain steering in muddy conditions.
It never ends, bigger combine now you need a bigger cart, what did you have to do to fix the wheel sensor?
It actually was just not quite plugged in all the way
@@RockyMountainFarmer love the simple fixes!
Is that spring or winter wheat
It’s spring
Where does the wheat go to?
We take it to the mill directly
What a glorious monster!!
Not too sure about the funny green tractor. Time for a 1050 maybe
Yeah, it’s a pretty nice combine. It’s hard to justify a new tractor when we have one that’s paid off.
just curious to know how much this beauty cost
Brand new there around 700,000 but this was a demo so we got it for a lot less
@@RockyMountainFarmer really awesome deal dude much love from India
What’d you give for it? Full price? Lease? Or a gimme for your videos.
Well, a new one is 700,000 but because this was a demo we got it for quite a bit less but it’s finance for like 12 years
Who runs the combine ?
Currently, there are three of us who know how, but Christopher is in it most of the time
What are the wheel lines for
For irrigation
@@RockyMountainFarmer Iv never seen one, just pivots
Well I’m glad I could show you one
Do you guys bale up that straw?
Yes we do
Nice machine, your mostly green, what was the main decision you bought Fendt over jd.
The main reason was the price to get a comparable John Deere. It’s about $700,000 more.
@@RockyMountainFarmer Re do your math. That Agco combine isn't 700 k cheaper than a 800,000 dollar Deere.
@delbutler885 the deere is over a million
@@delbutler885 what kind of person are you telling someone to re-do his math? U don't even know what offer he got from JD or what exactly he paid for the Fendt Ideal. When he says the Fendt Ideal was 700k$ less than a comparable JD you should just go with instead of questioning his math and telling him to re-do it, what a weird answer you put out here.
@@Tranlockholy crap man he said they paid 700 k. A s790 is running 6-650 us dollars. X9 demos are about 7-800 k. So maybe 100 k less
What would one of those fromt tires cost?
I’m not sure
What was cure for the gps problem, watching from Northern Ireland 🇬🇧🇬🇧
The wheel sensor wasn’t plugged in all the way. Thanks for watching
You gotta get go pro mounts.
I have some I’m planning on using them in another episode, so keep watching
if u have 500 bushel on the combine and u r unloading on the go u should have another 25 or so bushel to unload.
True
I did not think 120 bushels an acre was possible. You guys have great ground.
Well around here that’s about average that’s what you get when you irrigate and not dryland farm. But we do have pretty good ground because we use manure to fertilize.
How does it compare to a John Deere 1100 combine?
The people I know who run a Deere are not that impressed by the Deere. And for the price it is a much better value.
@@RockyMountainFarmer and some of John Deere is moving to Mexico to?
True
Great awesome video , different terms ive never heard of . Must be a western thing lol
It probably is
What was your moisture? Looks dry.
It is definitely dry. I think we’re running about 9% moisture.
@@RockyMountainFarmer Great. Good for you.
First fendt combine west of the rockies sounds to me like service is going to be an issue. No fendt technicians in the area know how that combine works.
The dealer is 20 minutes from us, and they sent their technicians to a weeklong course on these specific combines so they are very well trained and how to fix them. Every little issue that we had during harvest they came out to the field and had it fixed within an hour.
What model was your New Holland combine ?
It was a CR9060
@@RockyMountainFarmer Good combine but not a fair comparison with the I9 due to age and size. The I9 is more like a CR9090 or a 9.90.
What made you get an I9 over a NH ?
Do you really need a Class 9 combine for 1700 acres, especially grain, not corn ?
15:30 I like to see pictures of cars selling well. Do you specialize in selling this harvesting machine?
Well, I’m not a salesman I am a farmer, so I don’t sell anything but crops
What is the cost of the new FENDT. Header and all.?🤔
Brand new I think it’s around 700,000. Which, for this size of combine is more affordable than any other brand.
No matter how fast you say it 700,000 is a lot of money 😮
Yeah, there’s not really affordable options out there anymore. Everything‘s getting so expensive.