Combines C2 shot looking to upgrade

I have a good M2 with a black 6-30 corn head. The cornhead is in excellent shape. The combine has a chopper and has many new parts. The reason I am selling is that I upgraded to a R60. I will take $6000 for both. I live in central Nebraska. Call if interested. 402-721-3859

I have a good M2 with a black 6-30 corn head. The cornhead is in excellent shape. The combine has a chopper and has many new parts. The reason I am selling is that I upgraded to a R60. I will take $6000 for both. I live in central Nebraska. Call if interested. 402-721-3859

I found a F2 at a local dealer that has 1370 sep hours on it. Very clean and straight by looking at the pictures. It is diesel and has A_C. Would this model have automatic header control for a flex headIJ It comes with a 4 row 38 corn head and a 13 rigid grain platform for $7000. Also has a tattle tail monitor. Too bad it doesn't have a 430 corn and a flex head or it would have been a perfect match..... Anything to watch out for on these F2's, wear points ectIJ We know where the wear points are on our C2 and it is pretty much everything Peaky sprockets on almost the whole combine. Razor sharp tin on our corn head, duct tape in certain areas on the combine..... Jason

I have been in your shoes. I went from a tired C2 many years ago to an F diesel and from the F to an M2 and from the M2 to an N6. Yield or yield potential should be your consideration on going into an M series or N series. My M2 was a great machine with a 6-30 head, but when my yield got higher than the machine was built to take I was forced to the N6. The M2_3 with a 6-30 has a yield capacity of about 180 bpa on level ground and is reduced greatly as you get into slopes. I found that above 180 bpa that I couldn't get the M2 to run slow enough to keep the grain in the shoe of the machine. I traded for an N6(1982) and it hasn't found a capacity problem as of yet. It went thru corn above 220 bpa this Fall without any sweat. What is your current yield and what will it possibly be in 5 years will determine your choice of M or N series. Good luck!

I didn't know they made a C2 diesel. My dad purchased one new in 1967 and ran it until 1978. It used to be one of the bigger machines in the neighborhood.

C2s were powered by a 262 gas (gas hog) or the 262 diesel (fuel miser). My C2 gas had a second 50 gal fuel tank mounted on the back so that I could run all day. The C2 was a good machine but the 262 was extremely hungry. I owned the gas 262 in the C2 and the diesel 262 in a D17. My F (301 diesel) used less than half the fuel of the 262 gas.