428 Cockshutt Combine Sells For $1725..

1206SWMO

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This dandy 428 Cockshutt recently sold in Canada for $1725 US...Picture and sale price courtesy of Machinery Petes Facebook page..
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That's in real nice shape for its age. My dad bought a new 428 back in 1957 for $7,020. One drawback was the header auger spirals went right to the center of the feeder so the swath was wadded up and didnt utilize the full width of the feeder chain. When he traded it off in 1962 for a 431 he could see the retractable fingers in front of the feeder chain fed the swath a lot more even. The 431 was a big improvement over the 428, the cylinder was 10 inches wider.

Those "airplane tires" were designed for flotation. It wouldn't sink in mud, but it'd just sit there spinning uselessly on top so you still needed a tractor and a logging chain.
 
(quoted from post at 04:17:18 10/02/15)
One drawback was the header auger spirals went right to the center of the feeder so the swath was wadded up and didnt utilize the full width of the feeder chain..

I know a 80+ year old retired farmer who back in the day sold his Cockshutt and bought a JD 55 for that reason. The variable speed drive was a plus too. I think his Cockshutt was an older model like the SP 112.
 
We had two SP112's. They had their limitations, but they were made sturdier than MH combines and were tough machines. There were a few 428's around painted COOP orange that users liked.
 
I would say those are severe limitations not having a finger auger and variable speed tranny. Those reasons alone is why I would prefer a MH 27 over a SP 112. But with the 60 hp engine and top drive elevators, the Sp112 is the clear winner over the MH 21/21A. What is funny though is the Sp110 had a variable speed tranny. I know were there is a Co-op SP112 that I'm going to try and get.
 
This reminds me of long ago, early '60's probably, our neighbor had one of those with a 4 row corn head. It cut off the entire stock, had vertical rollers on the sides of the rows to help feed them in. Slow going for sure.
 
Exchange on the $ is very favorable to US $'s spent in Canada. I watched this combine sell for $2400 Canadian $'s to my neighbor. The straight attachment (Still new unassembled) sold for $400. This combine is back in the neighbourhood where it started out new. Sitting in my neighbour's yard as we speak. We have an unorganized old combine group where we spend an afternoon harvesting about 70 or so acres. This year we had 5 JD's, 45, 55, 65, 95, 105, S92, IH 403, 914, and next year this 428 will be in the group. The JD 65 has a pickup, so an older 15' Versatile pull type swather was in the field, driven by a 500 Case. Two wagons, pulled by a refurbished MF 97 FWA, a WD9, and a 52 Chevy one ton. I have a 403 and a S 92.
 
I was told that those diamond shaped tire thread, was for sand and the sidehills.Definately not for wet ground
 

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