Hello there I have a tr70 with 2000 engine hours and a tr85 with 1700 engine hours. Both machines are in great shap E-mail if interested for any details or questions or call shawn at (307)851-1680 days or (307)857-5482 evenings....
I think they're good machines. A 20' grain table seems too big for it, though. It will easily handle the 4 row head, and could be upgraded to a 6 row. Around her it would go for $4 to 5 grand without the heads. They might be worth a grand each.
I ran a 550 for 16 years. I never cut beans with it but I did cut allot of milo and wheat with a 20 ft platform. It handled dryland milo and wheat with 20 ft platform. it will handle 4 row corn header fine. I live in NE TX and there was no market for the machine and I utimatley traded with a JD dealer in Kentucky. My machine was belt drive and had more power than a hydro. We had too many problems with the unloading auger lower bearing and the sheet metal on the back end holding the chopper. Part also got to be too expensive. I have some spare parts if you buy the machine. If it is a silver cab I would not pay more than 4K for the machine with belt drive.
I ran a 550 with a 13-1_2 ft. head. 50 bushel beans would really make it hammer. A 20 ft. head would be way too big around here. I have a 750 hydro with a 15-1_2 ft. flex head for sale, if interested.
Haven't run one because they were too small for our area. But if they were anything like the 750_760_850_860 combines then you better run. You would be better off getting something more reliable such as a IH 1440, JD 6600_6620, or a Gleaner l unless you have small amount of acreage to cut that wouldn't give the 550 time to break down. I also think it is interesting comparing the comments you got on Machinery Talk as compared to the comments you are receiving on this board.
I can't comment about the 550 but we had 7 750's and 850's and found them very reliable.As we are contract harvesters (custom cutters)these machines were often in the same paddocks as other colours and they all broke down and the masseys' went just as long as the others.The main problem is that all these machines are getting some age on them now and for ease of working the gleaners would be my pick.john
Hey Rockpicker! I've been running Massey combines for 20 something years, everything from a 300 to a 750 and haven't found one yet that breaks down anymore than any other combine. I'd just like to know what exactly breaks down all the time.
You can go to ag.com and look in Machinery Talk under Massey 750_760 for my reply. I figure I would get some backlash on this forum but it don't matter. Anyways my reply was too long to type it up again on here so happy reading.