Combines 1660 or1680 Needed For 8 row heads

[bobbythebrain]

we have a great selection of 1660's in the years your looking for and newer. We are in Iowa which isnt that far away from you, view our website at vetterequip.com to view these or anything else you may like.

 

[44mac]

If I remember correctly,the Case-Ih combine brochures from those years had a picture of a 60 with a 1083(8-30")on it, and also my cousin who had a 86' 1660 ,I remember seeing in the operator's manual that it could be put on but you needed rear weights or the weight of 4wd. As for your grain or flexhead like always it depends on your crops and condtions(yield+moisture etc.)We have a 44 machine(basically the same power as the earlier 60's, pre 89 1_2) that I use a 20' flex with aireel and the only problem I seem to have with power is if a client wants the cereal crops for straw. Then I run the head in flex position which puts everything through it including sometimes a little underseeding which makes it grunt a little bit.In beans there has never been a problem with power as in the ideal fields(pool-table flat ,no weeds,+20 acres)I could do 7 1_2 acres_hr at a round 4.0 -4.2 mph. I could not go faster as I didn't like the cutting job it was doing(cut stems leaning in direction of travel)not because of power. I know of a farm here where they use a 25' on a 2344. I would definitely go bigger(22.5) but for most of my work I can get through gates and leave my head on the combine for roading it which is value to me and the fields aren't that big here,so I'd be wasting more time taking head off + on ,strapping,unstrapping it to wagon,hooking and unhooking it to combine. My theory is to get as big a head as you can for your conditions and for what your machine can handle and SlOW DOWN.You'll do a better job and get more done with less wear and tear on head and machine especially if conditions aren't perfect,and how much perfect harvesting conditions do we see!