Re: What is the best combine you have ever owned??
I don't really have a "best" pick, just certain machines that stick in my mind for different reasons.
1968 730 Canadian Special JD our first SP. Our only used machine purchased at an auction sale.
Cleanest sample until this year.
1978 TR70 NH revolutionary, grain losses bye bye.
1997 TX68 NH thee most infuriating one, straw would bridge over the chopper, would make your mother say sh*t.
2004 9860 STS JD best threshing drive in the industry. Still is.
We have always been a 1 combine operation except 07 when I rented a NH CR 9070, and I ran them all.
Demo's that didn't result in purchase? MF 860, JD CTS, CI 2388, MF 9895/A85, CI 8010, NH CR 9070.
Oddly enough never did demo Lex 590R but did run friend's unit.
I guess I've been actively running combines for about 43 years (yes, started at 12)
and have run roughly 30 different machines.
Hmm kinda nostalgic reflecting back like this, never done that before.
Don