Now that it seems we have a thread for the best and worst of everything. What's everyone's favorite combine? I guess I'd have to vote for the JD 9600 but what does everyone else think?
-Dano
-Dano
Best combine ever???
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I have not seen anyone mention the best made combine, tractor, or implement company ever made, and most all of us used them and were very proud of them. One might even say they were our first combine, tractor. ERTL built the best unlimited hours of service never broke down (unless that's what you wanted) very easy to work on, heck you could not even wear the tires off them!
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Lot of truth to that!
I don't know if there ever was a greatest combine ever made but the 2 most reliable to me was a 94 1688, and the 9600 with the 50th anniversary sticker.
I can't speak for New Holland or Lexion as they didn't show up until around 15 years ago around here and they come and go. And I am not very familiar with much of anything prior to about 1975
Your right wheat prices shot up for '96 but even so keep in mind most people would have sold the wheat they grew in '96 in '97 and many would have paid their combine off over several years. Rather than argue over exact dates or prices the idea is that the new machines are will harvest their value, in grain, in far fewer hours than the machines from decades ago.
I totally disagree with that statement as our MF 750 purchased new in 1973
cost $18000.00 cash and the wheat we harvested sold in 1974 for 4.16 per bushel needing to harvest only 4327 bushels which it did in 12 hours easily.
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Yes but no, it may have been 4.16 a bushel but them bushels didn't just emerge from thin air, they came at a cost
Wow. I stand corrected then. I think it wasn't until about 1982 when we bought our JD 7720 that we had a machine that could harvest 360 bushels of wheat per hour. It seams to me we paid around $110,000 but I really don't know what the wheat price was?
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I got what you were thinking before
Don't know if I agree that the new ones can pay for themselves quicker with crop or not, I don't think so but I don't really have anything to back that up with either so you may very well be right.
Got a question though, was a 7720 really $110,000 in 1982? Cause holy crap I would be hard pressed to cover my ground with a 7720 (probably wouldn't be possible most years) and I don't have near that invested in 2 good 9600's.
Also got a comment for SwFarmService (or SWhatever as he likes to be called, just kidding) the $4.16 wheat comes at a cost but what crop doesn't?
Sorry I was rude, just in a bad mood I guess, shouldn't have been like that.
Don't know if I agree that the new ones can pay for themselves quicker with crop or not, I don't think so but I don't really have anything to back that up with either so you may very well be right.
Got a question though, was a 7720 really $110,000 in 1982? Cause holy crap I would be hard pressed to cover my ground with a 7720 (probably wouldn't be possible most years) and I don't have near that invested in 2 good 9600's.
Also got a comment for SwFarmService (or SWhatever as he likes to be called, just kidding) the $4.16 wheat comes at a cost but what crop doesn't?
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Some people live in a strange world "not saying you do" but some people's math would be I cut this many Bu by cost of combine and price it is paid for, wish it worked that way but it don't that's why I put the yes and no cause I wasn't exactly sure what you were implying, cause yes if it saved you that many Bu over the last machine than yes, I will say wow, a 750 was a good investment then at 18,000 with prices over 4 bucks, them 750s must have been good combines, there was still a few floating around in the area a few years ago
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Our best....just traded in after 2 years of use, was a purchased used 590 R Lexion w sunnybrooke cyl....bought unseen, took a gamble w Richie bros farm sale north Edmonton....not 1 min down time and hungry and heavy crops etc...a gem...somebody just bought it 2 months after we traded it, congrats...
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For a real life change to man kind and harvesting , I would have to say the "Sunshine " harvesters . Back then it would have drawn a crowd when one pulled into gear instead of cutting sheaths .
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I run a few Kubota tractors and you get what you pay for ,don't get me wrong they are value for money . But if you wanted a noisy cheap looking cab that you cant hear the radio at top speed on the road and a arse end that bucks off the ground throwing you out of the seat . they would do a good header.
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A few farmers and rm's around here have tried kubota, not many do it twice. They seem to be the Cadillac of acreage and hobby farm equipment, but built alittle light for full on ag use.
Massey 760-860 were king in my area for that generation. Next era the red rotary and 9600 split 50/50. We ran 1680 and 2188 back then for there work in barley and canola. Respected the 9600-10, great machine. Ran them couple seasons on Custom harvest crews mostly doing wheat.
I think it's funny or maybe sad that in all the combines that have been mentioned, that only a couple that are a newer model. But I see why we run a 2388 and we have been switching through newer models of caseih and cr's and masseys to find one that works. Well the 2388 is the only one we can count on and we have spent less on it in 3000hrs than any of these new ones in a year. We have found that at the end of the year it will do as many acres as a class 9 of the newer ones just because it works every day all day. The quality is not there anymore but they are way better to run .
My vote is 1680 case 4500hrs and did not spend $20000 total on it to keep it rolling.
My vote is 1680 case 4500hrs and did not spend $20000 total on it to keep it rolling.
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John Deere 7720 is a pretty good combine from my experience, I've only ran a deere 4400 and 7720 combine and I would say both were real good machines. I just like the 7720 better.
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Well, to determine a best combine "ever", how little time would you suggest?
Perhaps a simple definition of no longer produced?
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Think ya nailed it there Don so as far as now goes the best combine is the one that is paid for and ready to hit the first dry crop IMO
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Best combine ever in rice was a John Deere 105. Plenty of power and cleaning ability. My uncle had 3 MF 410s and they were always broke down. One neighbor had an old Case I think it was a 960. Man that was a POS. It would run maybe 4 hours before it broke. Just a few thoughts bout the good old days. I loved sitting on the operator's platform feet hanging off and watching the reel and header work.
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