Combines CheapIJ

[greenstrat]

ahh, grasshopper.. you have asked the question noone (who has bought a combine in the last ten years) wants to face.

 

[Deerebines]

Ha ha ha! Try again! Those perkins are not that fuel efficient and they do not go that long without usually breaking a part. AND I can GUARANTEE you that they are not that nice to work on. Ask anyone who's had to replace the rear beater bearing during wheat harvest when it's 102 in the shade. That old fert is yanking your chain in all 3 departments and I'm telling you he's full of b.s. on all 3 accounts.

 

[Green_Envy]

I would have to agree with Deerebines. Where I live Massey used to rule, but because you couldn't keep them in the field everybody went to John Deere 8820's and the IH rotarys. People are now parting 760's for it's engine and hydro transmission. Not bashing Massey totally because our 760 had great capacity and a nice cab. It just that ours was wearing out too fast and we had to work on it almost everyday.

 

[greenstrat]

Maybe you haven't much experience with the perkins. My old 550 was same size separator as my 6620 and burned half the fuel. As for the beater bearing.. your supposed to change them before they shell out. Much easier when you don't have a customer breathing down your neck to get him done before the rain shows up. Deere's are not a lot easier to fix when the pressure is on, either. They will all run as long as you do enough preventive maintenence. looks to me like older Massey's were a match for any other color of like size. Depends on where you want to go for parts. GS

 

[Oni]

Deerebines Your comments have proven to me that your know little about Massey combines. I have OWNED Deere and IH combines over the years,ran them with a Massey. The Deere was always hardest to fix ,it cost more to buy and to keep in the field.Give me a Massey ,CIH, or Gleaner never again a Deere.

 

[dakota]

I don't know anything about Massey. But if somebody runs only a 15 feet platform and a four row corn head, he surely doesn't put much through the machine. On a 1660 CASEIH you can surely stick a 25 feet platform and a 6 row corn head. It wouldn't surprise me if someone has tried an 8 row corn head already. That is a lot more material going through. The 1680 is an even bigger machine, I have overhauled myself. They are easy to fix and last good with preventive maintenance. I guess a 750 Massey ought to be cheap. Nobody likes to buy a machine what was made before the manufacturer went broke because service gets too uncertain.

 

[Deerebines]

B.S. sunshine! We have ran masseys on this farm for as long as I can remember and I can gaurantee you a deere is a hell of alot easier to work on and simpler than those masseys. Easier on fuel. And, a Damm site more reliable. I know those masseys inside and out and those p.o.s. were not as wonderful as you'd like to believe otherwise they would have still been in business. What killed massey was absolutely no quality control and as long as people bought them they built them. Soon enough it caught up with them and now the only thing massey is the name. Someone else has built the machine for them for 10+ years now. Your disagreeing with me proves to me you have either (a) got very lucky or (b)let the mechanics do all your work for you. Those machines were an ok machine and that's it. Nothing to brag about at all......that's the truth!

 

[johnboy]

Deerebines,we ran seven 750's,850's the last had over 4000 hrs on it when traded.These machines were used for contracting and worked with other makes often and the only combine that ever beat them for fuel economy was the New Hollands with the mercedes motor.as far as reliability goes they had a few bugs but no more than any other machine and yes the rear beater bearing used to get replaced around the 1800 to 2000 hr mark between harvest usually.Yes the quality control left something to be desired sometimes against the Deere but in our conditions they harvested ropey crops far better. If we were just harvesting our crops we would have no problems going back to a late model 850 for the price and the capacity they are a bargan.john

 

[blvfarmboy]

Those Masseys would do their job and that's about it. About 12 years ago, we ran a 750 to pick corn and did our beans and milo with a 6600 JD. I remember being young and picking up cobs that were partially shelled and thrown out the back. It wasn't because the combine wasn't set right either. That combine was set by a guy who knew what he was doing around all kinds of equipment. It's like a buddy of mine says: "The number of the combine is it's dollar value when it comes to Masseys."

 

[300two860]

WOW what mouth full. That first sentence should have been a clue. First of all, I've ran a 750 with a 22' flex platform without any problem . YES a 15' is way too small for that machine. Two, it will handle a 6 row corn head (in 180+ corn ) just fine. As for parts and service... I only ran into 2 parts that were not readily attainable when I reworked my 860. those pieces could be had at a salvage yard though. I bet there all kinds of parts around for a yellow combine that is shipped over here from Europe!!!!! Maybe, I am just fortunate to have Schmidt machine a few hours away from here. ( For those of you who don't know- They are Massey combine parts fabricators).