[madpammy]

What to do? I found a 1460 WITH AN 820 20' flex platform for $15,000.00. 1460 has 5200 hours, excellent condition. Good rotor, many new parts, chopper, rock trap, stone retarder drum, new screen, new sieves, meticulous records of repairs, good tires, shiny paint. cross flow fan, new unloading auger tube, augers good, no slop in hydro shaft, newer hydraulic hoses, new seals in planetary, 3rd lift cylinder, etc. Cab good condition, don't know anything about the motor except it had oil and filters changed religiously. My question is. Is 15,000.00 too much?

md

 

[nielreal]

I just bought a 1660 with a 1015 header with 2400 hours in nice shape for 15000.

 

[madpammy]

Where did you find that 1660? All I can find, the combine itself is in the $20,000 range.

 

[adk247]

good luck trying to find a good 1660 under $20000 that isnt a pile of junk

 

[nielreal]

I bought the 1660 in Alberta and it is an 1986 but is really in nice shape.

 

[herby04]

15K can be cheap or expensive depending on how badly you need it. I think they go for 8K and no head up this way

 

[nozzle]

Not a bad price, not a great price either, the motor and pumps, unless they were replaced or rebuilt are kind of at the far end of their useful lives. Check the sieve bushings and see the article on this page for their replacement.

Look at it like this, old as it is, its still current threshing technology, you can update certain things like the sieves. If all you are doing is a couple of hundred acres, it should be a good investment.

 

[robmgrig]

I say that's a good price if it's in as good shape as you say it is. Always better to spend a little more if the machine has obviously been treated well. You could find one cheaper and wind up putting several thousand dollars in it easily. Check the coupler that goes from the pto to the hydrostat for free play. That's a common failure that will leave you stranded when the splines strip

 

[nielreal]

I think someone is messing with these posts. LOL

 

[boog]

If everything you say is new is new then there's more parts in it than the $15,000 they are asking. That makes me a little leary of it. Another thing, with those kind of hours I would be concerned about the rotor cage. Neighbor dropped a ton of money into his 1460 a few years ago & the rotor cage collapsed before harvest was over that fall. Combine had about the same hours.