Combines 1460 a Good CombineIJ

[ihman]

I have a 1981 1460 that i really like to run. I had a Gleaner f2 before and this machine will run circles around it except in soybeans. I have a standard rotor and would strongly recommend one with specialty rotor. look at the cage area very closely to make sure there are no cracks in it. These machines are pretty simple to work on and to operate. I've run mine for three yrs. and have had very little trouble(bearings, belts, chains, etc.) Also, be sure you get an electric over hydraulic machine, the early ones were just hydraulic only. Any specific questions you can e-mail me I'll be glad to tell you what i know. Good luck!

 

[cutter2388]

I would strongly reccomend going towards an axial flow whatever model it may be. They are as user friendly as any combine out there. The maintance is minimal and they are a very simple machine to work on and operate. Any combine will do the proper job for you if you set and run them properly. The 1460 is a little small in todays time but for your acreage it would be a great combine, it will still have some decent capacity to it. I have owned a 1440, a 1460, and a 1660, before making the jump up to my 2188 and 2388. The 1460 I had with a 6 row corn head done a superb job, and in pinto beans the smaller axial flow will hands down outperform the big ones as far as the gentle way of handling the beans. With my 2188 and 2388 i have to have 12 rows to keep those big dogs full... I dont think you will be dissapointed in an axial flow

 

[Thud]

not to knitpick but a 1460 better run circles around an f2,,, the 1460 is 2 classes bigger then the F2 . Just a thought though, as a pencil pushing farmer, might i suggest you have your acreage custom harvested for the first few years until you get you acreage built up and your debts paid down. We once put a pencil to it and found that its only really becomes economical to run your own machine once you get around the 900 acre range. That will of course be lower with a used machine but then again maintence costs will be higher .

 

[plowboy]

I agree with the previous post. 2-300 acres does not quite justify ownership; the responsibility of harvest and ownership can be a burden.

 

[NewFarmer]

What you guys have said must not be true where i am. This is because anyone around here with 100 acres has their OWN combine. Prices to have a fiekd harveste are amazingly high. The people harvesting are also farmers. They have the burden that anyone has. Also i am in the process of expanding past 350 acres in 2 years. This not where i am staying. I didnt go to college to be part time. So right now i am understanding that this would be a good investment. Within 5 years i will have the capabilities to operate 750 acres. 2 years after that i plan on adding a final 250 acres. From then on expansion would be slow. Right now i am just shifting through the gears to full time acreage. Thanks, NewFarmer

 

[Thud]

Are you in the process of taking over from your fatherIJIJ How do you plan to expand as such a rapid paceIJ I spent 2 years at an Ag college also..the first thing i found out after graduating and getting into farming is that much of what you learn about the financial aspects of farming in college look great on paper but dont work in reality. My suggestion is you take things slow, expansion is good but do it slowly and wiselyas you want to be in the business for the long hall.

 

[Ohio__Steve]

I think you have the right idea, and yes sometimes custom harvesting makes sense until you get a year that weather doesn't cooperate and you lose half a crop because it couldn't be taken off in time....a good 1460 should meet your needs for some time and have enough capacity to harvest that acreage..the technology is still up to date and they are relatively easy to get parts for and repair and with care you will deliver top quality grain...go for it, but make sure you are buying a good one..take an experienced operator with you to look at it as that will be more help then we can give in a few lines

 

[dfg]

New Farmer,