Rockpicker
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A local around here still runs a red cab 760 over a 100 acres. He put his land into CRP a long time ago so it doesn't get used much. We bought a brand new 760 back in the late 70s and ran it for for 3 years. Here are a few pluses. The cabs were great on them especially when used to a 510. They had great capacity. We traded two 510 gassers for the 760. It would out cut the 510s and use less fuel. It had the vary belt drive system, 24ft header, and a 354 perkins. Power was never a problem. Some negatives. Every year we always inspect our combines, service them, replace worn parts, and do other routine maintenance. But after all that we still had bearings go out. Granted, they were cheap and easy to replace but it got old after awhile. We had to start checking them every 4-5 hrs. Never had to do that on the 510s or later combines we owned. Also, the electric variable speed drive for the reel was a joke. For a top of the line combine in the 70s, Massey could have done better. In fact the whole header was sort of a joke compared to the JD 200 series at the time. Finally, the metal work seemed to be of lesser quality then competitive combines. Don't know if Massey had a bad run in the foundry or not but on our 760 the auger flighting wore paper thin and the bottom of the feederhouse was almost wore through by the time we traded it. The combine we traded for had almost the same amount of hrs but the metal was hardly worn. Overall, we had less problems with ours then some of other other farmers who had them. When I could go all day I could get some serious acres cut. I think the 760 design was great design but poorly executed. I still have a 510 diesel that I use for our oats and it works good. Sorry about the picture but its the only one I have on the computer right now. I do have some of the 760 in the field but don't have them scanned.