[saskfarmboy]

Im seriously looking at 2011 9870 with green light but being sold as is it has 940 sep hours i can't see anything externally wrong with it the price is right but its too far from home to go through it and local shop is too busy Looking for input on big ticket items to watch for ill try to get parts in the deal. It looks like ill have some time according to the ne sk forecast

 

[wavesofgrain]

What kind of crops has it been in? I'd look at feeder house floor, the feed floor under the accelerator, top rotor covers, clean grain elevator top, rotor elements, sieves and chaffer. Also the dog bones and pitman arm bearings. I change them every two years on our machines.

 

[gopherchoker]

I Realy hate when they sell combines as is. At least with a greenlighted you have greenlight warrantee. You have to get a pretty good discount. What's your downtime worth to you? Not saying don't buy it. Just be leery.

 

[megrizzly]

Green dealers, especially cough cough cervus cough have become more and more shady all due to greed. After discussing issues with many mechanics and salesman, they will do a greenlight inspection, but only repair the most crucial things, then pass it on as a full green light. Makes sense right? But when its your nickel, it seems like the combine is completely worn out with only 1 year use. Quit talking to the salesman and walk around the machine with the mechanic who did the work. Look at the work order of what was actually replaced on the machine. My last combine was purchased since it came with a green light, yet the feeder house chain was cheap china chain that broke on the first field.

I'd be leery as well. Greenlight and "as is" shouldn't be in the same ad.

 

[saskfarmboy]

good to know scary when sales dept does green light

 

[Ben Heide]

If you've got the time catch a flight or take a drive and check it out yourself. If it's good, you'll be set with a decent combine and have a road trip to get your mind off the weather. If you don't pick it up, you'll know why and won't kick yourself later.

There are always interesting things to see when you go places you've not been before, and I often learn a ton about the deal on the table with the first introductory hand shake.

 

[Dirt farmer]

Check for cracking across the conveyor auger plate, that's common at those hours. Request to see the "greenlight"work order!

 

[retoxtony]

Even if its a long ways away i would still try to go and personally look at it. Whats a few hundred in gas money or a plane ticket when your talking about a 250k combine? We've bought equipment sight unseen a few times and sometimes it works out, others not so much. But not sure if i would take the chance on something that expensive. Even having a greenlight done on it, i'm not sure if i would take the chance. Especially if the'ye like our local JD guys.

 

[greentech]

The price has to pretty good to buy sight unseen, or buying from someone you trust. Had a 2011 9770 in the shop here last month the was just under $30k. 1000 sep hours. And that's at $78\hr, not $120. Although 20k was parts and have to go Deere on most stuff. Not like a 9600 where you can go A&I on most parts.

Bank on 2-5k of parts and a week of work. That would be a rough average for a machine like that

 

[saskfarmboy]

i brought it home took it to local jd shop spent another 8000 i did 200 acres seemed to work good i think I'm happy

 

[gopherchoker]

glad its working good for you! Loved our 9870's. Cheap combine to run if you don't abuse it. We ran ours hard but they were always well looked after. in two years the only thing we had to fix that wasn't maintenance between the two was one pro-drive sensor, and an unloading auger chain. Maintenance wise , couple belts and chains, one shoe auger, and flipped feeder house sprockets. Traded them in the middle of harvest last year with 1000 sep hours ish.

One thing to check would be the tailings slip clutch. They tend to weld themselves to the shaft and no longer slip. Otherwise let er rip!

 

[saskfarmboy]

thanks ill check it

 

[phantom970]

i brought it home took it to local jd shop spent another 8000 i did 200 acres seemed to work good i think I'm happy

Geez, what the heck was $8k spent on at those low hours?
Bit of labour but really.......................

 

[saskfarmboy]

i could get into it but i won't it 14000 before that but our local jd shop is very thorough i feel pretty good about it now pretty scary though 22000 after 1000 hrs and had its green lights they say

 

[gopherchoker]

It's good to have a thorough dealer. When I was doing Greenlights was preatty easy to have 70 jobs on the quote.