Combines Massey Corn Heads

Model numbers are 60's and early 70's = 22,24,33,34,43,44,63c (centered) 63 (off set for 510's) 64, 83. The 3 is for 28 - 34 or 36 inch rows and the 4 means wide rows up to 40 or 42. I have all the books if you need the actual numbers. Model numbers for 70's and 80's and early 90's = 1133, 1134, 1143, 1144, 1163, 1164, 1183. later "Brazil" corn heads are the best. The snapping plates (as a rule) do not have a welded edge. Also there will be a sticker or plate that may have foreign writing (brazilianIJ) on the back of the head. Model n's for 90,s and up are 863 and 883. I am not familar with these later heads yet.

Massy built 1183's into the 90'sIJ Did they build a version that factory fit the rotorysIJ I have a 1183 but with bish adaptor. I thought when massy built the rotorys that the heads were the white design 9483 or 9463 untill the 883IJ I run both the 1183 and a white 708N think alot more of the 708N but reading down the page is see some people prefer the 1100 seriesIJ

I put an 1183 corn head on my 8820 JD. The combine worked well up to around 3.2 mph. When I sped the head up a bit to around 580 rpm I think it was too much for it in 200 bu. corn and one of my stalk rolls pulled forward out of its bearing holder. I replaced the holder and a set of gears and slowed down a little and finished up harvest that year and the next year I bought a JD 893 cornhead and never looked back. It is a far superior head. It is also a lot newer and more expensive head. I used to have the 1183 on my 760 and never had a problem with it. I could not go as fast in the 760 like I can in the 8820 but thats because the 8820 has more horsepower and more capacity. I wanted to buy a 860 but there wasn't any in good condition to be found in my part of the country so I went to the 8820.