Combines BUYING A 1660

We just bought a 1660 this past spring with the same hours that you have, it also has a cummins engine. The onely thing we had was bearings in the tailings, clean grain elevator, and a new tailings elevator chain. Other then that the machine ran withought a problem through wheat and beans. Also got a 1020 97 the same, other then a sickle drive belt no problems. Got the machine from Vanderbrinks in Sparta.

Two years ago we bought a 1989 1660 with the DT466 and 2100 hours. In two wheat and Milo seasons our repairs have been - %500.00

Bought 88 1660 two years ago w_3500 hrs on it. here's a list of what we've done. all new augers new cleangrain and tailings chain new feederhouse chain. new elephant ears rebuilt concaves afew new rasp bars repaired clean grain auger trough new tires new unloading auger elbow new tires afew new hydraulic hoses new boot at bottom of vertical unloading auger 1020 head (olderwobble box) new knife and guards new drive belt new spring steel bar overhauled automatic header flotation I bought a great machine. The owner just didn't maintain it like he should the last couple of years that he had it. Now that I've gotten it in shape it should last me serveral years. I haven't had any major problems that have kept me out of the field so far.

Normal things like elev. chains and sprockets,augers, belts.Anything that moves and half the stuff that doesn't move. Exclusive to an Axial-flow,though, would be things like the elephant ears and wear bars on the ears;very critical to move the crop away from the feeder chain and into the concaves.There is a lot of friction in that area,and those parts get rounded off.Once the square edge is gone,efficiency drops off fast.Sometimes they can be rebuilt with a welder if caught soon enough. What kind of rotor is in itIJ If it is a standard rotor,the flat separator bars at the back are critical to move the crop.Again they need a square edge to work efficiently. I am assuming you are new to rotors,so think of the rotor spinning the crop around the inside of the cage.The crop next to the rotor is moving the same speed as the rotor,but the concaves etc. are slowing down the outside of the crop-mat.This can lead to tumbling and roping.The point is that the rotor needs good parts on it that escort the crop with authority.It's a difference of night and day in tough stemmy crops.You won't be sorry spending a little more in this area.

I bought a 91 model 1660 with 2100 hours last June. It had the elephant ears surfaces dressed up and new wear strips installed. It also had two new concave sections on it. Before I put it to work I replaced the straw chopper rotating and stationary knives. After the wheat I had the vertical and horizontal unloader augers replaced. Both were thin at the leading edges. Worked fine in corn and soybean crops. It now has close to 2300 hours and I am replacing both elevator chains, sprockets, and bearings. The other thing I intend to do this winter is to replace all the cylinder rasp bar sections on the specialty rotor. I don't know of anything else that needs doing.

I asked a few days ago about repairing the floor of my feeder house on a 1660 and got no replys. at 2222 hrs,actually before that,,,i have a hole worn in the front end of the feeder floor,,none of you folks mentioned that as a repair, so I`m assuming this does not happen very much and I wonder why then mine wore a hole there.