Combines Young Farmer looking For A Good Combine To Start Out With

Tom: I plan to harvest as many acres as I can get my hands on...probably a minimum of 200. Around here 36" rows are still common, because there is a lot of flood irrigation and ridge-till. Ridge-till is best done on 36" rows.

Get a 1440 or 1460 axial flow. They are getting real resonable in price and are not hard to learn to operate. John

1460 will handle a 6 row but if you want to

Speaking as a young farmer( relatively) myself , if i were a 19yr trying to get into farming i would be inclined to have my crops custom harvested for the first few years at least.If you use a sharp pencil you will quickly find that its going to take alot of acres to justify the purchase of a combine, even a pre-owned one. Consider that in most area custom rates range from $25-$35_acre and balance that against the payments you will have to make,maintenence costs,operating costs, insurance etc.Speaking for myself we found that we needed a minimum of 750acres to justify purchasing vs custom harvest.

dear blvfarmboy I have a nice l3 for sale it an 85 model with 1900 engine hours,a 24ft.head with abat reel and a pickup reel and a830 corn hd. I might seperate corn head. There are some 6 row wide in this area and are cheaper than the narrow ones. I am asking $18,500 for the complete package. I live near San antonio. Texas . I might be able to help with hauling cost. This machine ready to go to the field. Thanks

where in nebraska are you from. im from south central south dakota. I have a 7720 Titan II i run a 643 corn head and 925 flex. Keeping the machine full, results in cleaner grain in my opinion. I think you would be happier with a 7720 because you would like the extra capacity that you would have. Especially in 190 bu corn that is alot of trash going over the walkers. Parts are all expensive no matter what model it is. I wish you all the luck in farming as i am only 22 years old. I love the the titan, but for the difference in price i wouldnt get one. I would get a hydro though.

Unless you're in an area like I am in New Jersey, where you just can't get a reliable custom harvester.

I was at a neighbor's farm sale today and watched his 81 l-2 sale. The base machine brought $7900.00 and the 24 ft. grain head only brought $600.00. Now this was a very clean, well maintained machine, and with today's custom rates, it wouldn't take long to pay for it, especially if you could do a little custom work on the side. I personally think an l, l-2, or l-3 would be an excellent choice for a first combine. They have good capacity, and they are SO EASY to work on. Hope this helps! DAB

I would reccomend a good l2 or l3. Even an M2 or 3 will handle what you want. There was a real nice M2 on an auction recently that only went for $3,600 and was in real good condition. If you want to spend a little more money and go to a rotary, consider an R50. I would not go back further than this machine as the 50's were much more simple than any other rotary before it such as the N's and the R5, R6 and R60 and R70 and etc. The R50's were the forerunner of what Gleaner has today in design.

We run a 9650 and a 8 row cornhead, picking corn from 100 to 200 bushel per acre. An six row head on a 7720 would be just perfect.