Your idea and my idea of "simple" must be two different things. I find that maximizer very easy to work on. My old 6620 I used to have had it's moments it was a pain in the rear and made me invent new cuss words. The 860 and 750, I just cringed at the thought of working on them. Even now, mentioning working on it makes me think of all the repairs and work we did before harvest and what we did during harvest and how everyone wanted to throw a match to it. If I never ever owned one or worked on one. I'd think calling me a basher would be very fair. Since our farm owns 2 and worked on them both continuously through the years and know the ins and outs of them I think I can give a genuine honest answer when I say they are not as fabulous as you would like people to believe. Oh yea, they can cut crops. Sometimes they run plenty long and then the next harvest they break down every darn day. It's those harvest's I get sick and tired of and this past one was no exception. Massey had some good ideas, Just a crying shame they didn't have any quality control. That 750 when brand new had to go back to the dealership right away because half the bolts in the machine were missing. A friday or Monday buildIJ Hah, I've heard that story before too........As many of those red machines that were running around here compared to now and listening to those owners say the same things I'm saying now, Nu uh, I ain't buying this b.s. that we had poor maintenance or poor P.M. The massey company was just plainly ignorant to quality and that's the bottom line. Besides, you bragging about these rotaries, Good grief fellars, all they did was put the massey name on a WHITE combine! Yea, I know, the new ones are a bit different, but the same idea and background from the white. As for the Tractors, When a dealer I talked to recently has the agency for the MF tractors and the NH tractors and he tells me to leave the MF's alone because they are junk..........Well, don't take a rocket scientist to decide what to do. I'm sure they are not junk by any means, I'm sure what he meant is they do not measure up for the amount of money spent vs. a blue one. Who knows for sure. If you got one and you like it, boy, that's great. Just don't sit here and feed me these lines that those ole masseys were such gems. I know better. NOPE, don't want a color war. Don't argue a bit they have thier place. Just don't believe they deserve quite the credit your giving them. Trust me.....I could spend a day telling you what's wrong with the deere's too. They all got improvements to make for what they charge. Now off my soapbox.......Take care, if your machine does you a good job. Boy, am I glad one of us got fortunate. Take Care Deerebines.
