CIH 1660 soybean head

I Have a 1995 CIH 1660 Combine I bought last year and need a soybean head. I want a 20ft head I think, but not a 100% sure. My big question is what do you look all at when trying to buy a good head and what is a good price for one.
 
Age = hours. CaseIH made the 1020 for a lot of years. Find out what year the head was made by serial number. In general, buy as new a head as possible and you'll likely have the least wear and most recent changes and updates possible.

Otherwise just look it over and check out every part that moves or wears. High wear items......sickle and guards, bushings in the reel bats, tin pans under the auger, chain drive on the reel, chain drive on the auger, pto drive shafts are notorious for getting stiff if not constantly greased.

If you find one that looks nice and your getting serious, have them put it on a combine so you can see underneath. Check the poly under the skids, check the movement of all the floating parts, but most of all, have them run it and see what clangs and bangs when its all turning. This is when you'll notice a bent auger jumping up and down or a bad wobble box shaking the whole head.

Almost forgot, look inside the dividers and see how much welding or slop is in all the parts. They're notorious for not being designed strong enough to withstand any abuse.

As far as price I can't say. But you could do a search on Tractor House for a pretty good idea. Also check out Titan Machinery dealer website. They have about 50 stores and list all used equipment there. They'll probably list as many as Tractor House.
 
I agree completely about what Straw Boss said. The only things I would add is to only buy one that has an oil bath wobble box. I preferred the 20' on my 1660. It handles a 22.5' foot fine in wheat and milo but it was a little too big for real tough high yielding beans
 
Just an aside, when looking at Tractor House and similar remember those are DEALERS and have overhead. They are also more likely to stand behind what they sell you. As a rule then, you can expect them to be more expensive. When I buy equipment at auction or out of a barn somewhere I am taking all the risk and usually don't go much over half of the TH prices. Some will disagree with me on this but that is the way it works.
 

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