I saved a 3300 from the scrapper today

Hey all,

Dunno if it was the brightest thing I coulda done, but I saved a 3300 gas from the blue wrench today. Run into the owner at the hardware store and knew he had the combine, so I asked how he liked it. Told me he was gonna scrap it! I asked "What's wrong with it?" and he said "capacity." He also has a 4420.

I went and looked it over and gotta say it's in very good shape. The belts are excellent. The tailings elevator and a small spot in the tank has been patched, but no other patches and no places where it's thin. Tires are excellent. Elevator chains are getting loose and worn, but still very good. No huge sheet metal dents. Starts up and runs real nice. I can't believe he was gonna cut it up for lack of capacity...

We run it across the scale and it came in at 11800 lbs without head - $930 in scrap value @$155/ton. I gave him $1000 and $500 more for a 10 foot grain head he also had. Still need to nail down a good, cheap 343 head.

I have 27 acres of beans and 13 acres of corn this year. If it makes it through w/o any fixes, it'll owe me nothing.

One concern I have is that everyone around here has a "I tipped over a 3300 combine" story. This would have been when everyone was 4 row wide and running the tires in to get down two rows... Hopefully, I can turn out the tires since I'll have a 343 on it.

Pics to come.

I think you came out alright on the deal, plus you saved another good running machine from the flames.

That is excellent.

Farmerboy where are you located?I have a nice 343 head for sale in North Carolina.

Farmerboy what is your location , might know of a
good 343. here in central Ohio.

I'm in Southwestern Wisconsin. There's a fair amount around here. If I find a 443 head, he'll trade me for the 343 he has.

I run two 3300's on 150 acres of corn and beans. Diesel goes in corn, can run with 3 or 4 rows. Just depends how fast you want to drive or how good the crop is. I put 4400 wheels and tires on the diesel for a wider stance. I also have a nice gasser for beans, 10 ft. head with Hiniker floating cutter bar. Works great, just not a big operation.

The WI State Farmer had a 343 with an adapter plate for a forage harvester listed last week.You could probaly sell the adapter plate.

Will be awaiting the pictures...There used to be (3) 3300 JD's
in my neighborhood..

Hey Tom,

Called the ad. He'd sell it for $1500 w/o the adaptor. I may bite, but was hoping for a little less. The guy I bought the combine from said he bought his head off a farm sale for $900 and there was a second one on the sale that brought $500. The one he bought is in great shape and he claims the second one was in better shape. I'm gonna comb the sales for a little while.

That, and hope the previous owner finds a 443 for his 4420. If he gets a 443, he'll sell me his 343.