John Deere X9 1100 Combine Shipping – USA to New Zealand
Shipped USA → New Zealand

The X9 1100 was collected from the selling operation’s yard outside Fargo, North Dakota, where its dimensions and weight as a field-ready combine set the terms for everything that followed: a route to the Port of Los Angeles routed through North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California, with oversize permits secured for each state and the combine hauled on an RGN trailer. Before the combine could be transported to the wash facility, the 45-foot flex draper header was removed and the unloading auger folded to its transport position. Atlantic Project Cargo coordinated the mechanical preparation through a contracted equipment facility rather than performing the disassembly directly.

Oversized Route Planning – Five-state permitted route mapped from Fargo to the Port of Los Angeles.
Header Removal – 45-foot flex draper header removed ahead of transport.
Shipping Dimension Reduction – Combine brought within transportable and loadable dimensions before it left for the port.

A used combine presents a higher contamination risk than most other equipment types, simply because of how it’s built: the threshing area, feeder house, header mounting frame, and undercarriage all create places where soil, seed, and crop residue can sit out of sight. The X9 1100 was cleaned at a licensed wash facility near the port, with high-pressure hot-water washing, compressed air, and vacuuming applied to those areas through their service panels, without dismantling internal components. Because the shipment fell inside New Zealand’s September-to-April BMSB risk season, an MPI-approved offshore treatment was also arranged, with the treatment certificate folded into the documentation package required under the Vehicles, Machinery and Parts Import Health Standard.

Detailed Equipment Cleaning – High-pressure wash, compressed air, and vacuuming of the threshing area, feeder house, header mounting frame, and undercarriage.
Hard-to-Reach Areas – Cavities, guards, and undercarriage areas addressed through service access panels.
Pre-Export Verification – Cleanliness, BMSB offshore treatment scheduling, and documentation checked ahead of departure.

Once prepared, the combine was delivered to the Port of Los Angeles and loaded onto a 40-foot flat rack, with the header – loaded on its side on a second flat rack – blocked, braced, and lashed for the crossing. Both racks passed a National Cargo Bureau stowage inspection ahead of the vessel’s cutoff. Atlantic Project Cargo compiled the export documentation package – commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading, AES/EEI export filing, and the New Zealand biosecurity records – and the shipment moved by ocean freight, calling at Auckland before continuing coastal to Lyttelton, a transit of roughly 22 days. On arrival, the equipment was presented to Biosecurity New Zealand for inspection before release to the buyer’s Canterbury operation.

Flat Rack Loading – Combine and header positioned, secured, and NCB-inspected ahead of sailing.
Export & Ocean Freight – Export documentation completed and the shipment moved from Los Angeles to Lyttelton via Auckland.
Arrival Inspection – Equipment presented for Biosecurity New Zealand’s quarantine inspection on arrival.