In the late 1980s The wife and I decided to get debt free ASAP. So I had line of newer equipment that we owed money on. The prices of used equipment had started to go back up. So we sold some of the newer stuff and bought back good older stuff that we paid cash for.
One of the pieces that got sold was the 1985 JD 6620 SH combine. I was working in town so I had a hard time doing much custom work. So I had way too much combine for the acres I was doing. So I sold the JD 6620 SH.
I took the money left after paying off the note and bought a JD 95 combine. It was a 1970 model with diesel and hydro. I think I gave $2500 for it. It only had 1200 hours on it. It had never set outside in its life. So I rounded up a JD 443 corn head and made a JD 215 flex head work with a hydraulic pump driven off the feeder house for the reel.
I used that combine for 4 years. I never had very much trouble with it. The only reason I stepped up into a higher priced machine was the four row on the hill sides was too narrow. Just about up set it a few times.
So I bought another JD 6620 side hill combine. I then kept the JD 95 just to run soybeans/oats/wheat. I had all the screens for the bottom sieve for those crops. I will tell you it would clean soybeans like a seed cleaner would with screens in it over the adjustable chafer.
One day in about 1995 I was asked if I would sell the JD 95 to a neighbor. I priced it HIGH as I did not really want to sell it. I am thinking like $7500 with the heads. HE took it. DARN!!! HE still uses that machine yet today. HE only has maybe 100 acres of crops he combines after he is done chopping. It still looks like new and only has 3500 hours on it now. He brags on it every single time I see him. He loves it.
One of the pieces that got sold was the 1985 JD 6620 SH combine. I was working in town so I had a hard time doing much custom work. So I had way too much combine for the acres I was doing. So I sold the JD 6620 SH.
I took the money left after paying off the note and bought a JD 95 combine. It was a 1970 model with diesel and hydro. I think I gave $2500 for it. It only had 1200 hours on it. It had never set outside in its life. So I rounded up a JD 443 corn head and made a JD 215 flex head work with a hydraulic pump driven off the feeder house for the reel.
I used that combine for 4 years. I never had very much trouble with it. The only reason I stepped up into a higher priced machine was the four row on the hill sides was too narrow. Just about up set it a few times.
So I bought another JD 6620 side hill combine. I then kept the JD 95 just to run soybeans/oats/wheat. I had all the screens for the bottom sieve for those crops. I will tell you it would clean soybeans like a seed cleaner would with screens in it over the adjustable chafer.
One day in about 1995 I was asked if I would sell the JD 95 to a neighbor. I priced it HIGH as I did not really want to sell it. I am thinking like $7500 with the heads. HE took it. DARN!!! HE still uses that machine yet today. HE only has maybe 100 acres of crops he combines after he is done chopping. It still looks like new and only has 3500 hours on it now. He brags on it every single time I see him. He loves it.