White 8600

gary in neb. · Feb 10, 2017

can anyone tell me anything about a white 8600? currently I run a massey 510 with a 4 row wide corn head. going to narrow rows next year and looking for a narrow head, but ran across a white 8600 that has a 6 row head on it. don't know if narrow or wide as of yet.
was told a 6 row head is too much for my 510 in good corn (150 on up) and my hobby farm grew from 20 acres to 195 acres this year.
Gary

Dieseltech · Feb 10, 2017

MF had six row thirty inch head for the 510, and years ago the MF dealer I worked for had a customer with an eight row twenty inch head on his 510. Just have to slow down, and have an empty cart or truck close by..

JD Seller · Feb 10, 2017

Your MF 510 will not run a 6 x 30 header. The final drives would not take the weight of the header for long. The White 8600 is not a bad machine. In there day they worked pretty good. Parts maybe an issue. White combines are not very popular so there are far fewer after market parts for them. Then AGCO rapes you on may ACGO only parts.

If your happy with MF then I would look for a MF 750-760 they would easily handle a six row header and parts are easier to find for them over the White machine. Truthfully my pick would be a JD 7700. They are not selling for much either and parts are easy to find for them.

Dieseltech · Feb 10, 2017

There were lots of 510s around here with 6X30 heads. If I recall when the later models started coming in with the larger drive tires 4X30 heads didn't work well on the 510 due to the combine overall width. The fellow with the 8X20 head on his 510 back in the early 70s used a chisel planter for one pass planting. Most still had wide rows back then.

1206SWMO · Feb 10, 2017

A neighbor ran a 510 Massey for years with a 6x30 corn head..He then went to a 750 MF and then a 7720 John Deere..

Jim in Sask · Feb 10, 2017

The 8600 has a 45-inch wide cylinder like the 510 - I think they'd be just about equal in capacity.

GreenEnvy · Feb 10, 2017

Here is a 8 row and 6 row on a 510. Also of note you could get up to a 24ft header on the later 510s.

OliverGuy · Feb 10, 2017

When I went from a 410 gasser to a nice 6600 I thought I'd made it, then I went to a 7720 and thought I was the king! Some of these older JD combines can go relatively cheap now and will handle a 6 row with ease. And will be easier to find parts.

mike2366 · Feb 11, 2017

(quoted from post at 21:24:26 02/10/17) Your MF 510 will not run a 6 x 30 header. The final drives would not take the weight of the header for long. The White 8600 is not a bad machine. In there day they worked pretty good. Parts maybe an issue. White combines are not very popular so there are far fewer after market parts for them. Then AGCO rapes you on may ACGO only parts.

If your happy with MF then I would look for a MF 750-760 they would easily handle a six row header and parts are easier to find for them over the White machine. Truthfully my pick would be a JD 7700. They are not selling for much either and parts are easy to find for them.

Have a good friend that runs an 1163 6 row 30" header on his 510 and gets along just fine, and in some really good corn at that...you will need 23.1x26 rubber on the front and a full rack on wieghts on the back though. Back in the day there were several guys running that same settup and got along just fine.

2002sliverado · Feb 11, 2017

I tend to agree with those comments on the challenge involved in finding parts for those White combines. Our neighbors had both an 8600 and an 8800. Both seemed to be good machines in their day. The 8800 was comparable in capacity to our 7700 Deere. I tend to think if you are looking for an increase in capacity, you are probably better off looking at a Deere or an IH/Case IH. A good 7700 is hard to beat, and that is the machine I learned to operate first. They do have a lot of moving parts and belts, probably comparable to the 510 in that respect. If you can find a 7700 that is not used up/worn out, it should be reasonably priced. I tend to bleed green, and we have a 9500 JD combine today. I do have a fair amount of respect for a 1460 IH combine. They are simple and can be retrofitted with the latest modifications that are available on the more modern models. A specialty rotor in a 1460 makes that combine a really good machine in soybeans.

WayneLee · Feb 11, 2017

One of my neighbors ran a 510 with a 6 row corn head and 18 foot bean head.

700KK · Feb 12, 2017

Someone said that AGCO rapes you on parts, but in my book its all of them.every time something breaks you think now how much .

hoolahbuster · Feb 12, 2017

I had 2 of these 8600 whites I had the hydro and the variable speed I liked the hydro better. The diesel set up had a Perkins 6 cyl in it and was very good on fuel,the other was a ind 318 Chrysler motor these sounded good but used a lot of fuel in my opinion poor exhaust system a lot of these machine burnt with the gassers in them. Also understand that these machines was built in a time when the yields we have today were unheard of I have plugged my clean grain Auger before, In heavy corn slow is your friend. Never had a whole lot of trouble with mine biggest was clean grain loss from under machine, there is a rubber flap on the sides of the clean grain pan mice chew this and causes grain loss. There is also one on the underside of feeder house. Check beater bearings good cause they are a bear to change. I might still have connections for parts I sold mine and all my parts to a man in KS, There is still a few of these in a combine salvage yard in MO last I knew.

Superpicker · Feb 12, 2017

Saw a 8600 with a 6 row 30" and a grain table sell yesterday in OH, and a 8700 with a same setup. Ran good and clean. $2900 for 8700 and I think 8600 was just a tad less.

GM Guy · Feb 13, 2017

Where in NE are you?

Do you plan on expanding acres any more?

What is your budget?

I would vote keep an eye out for a 1978 or newer M2 or L2 Gleaner myself.

gary in neb. · Feb 13, 2017

Northeast neb. round Norfolk. Son got into farming more thus the reason acres have grown. really don't want to much more or will run out of daylight to get stuff done since we also do 300 acres of hay.
budget is always low.

centash · Feb 13, 2017

I agree....study each model for a moment, then ask yourself on which you would rather change the traction drive belt or the thresher drive belt....let alone any bearings or gearboxes. Ben

Adam Suess · Feb 20, 2017

I have a 8600 hydro and run a 6-30 corn head on it. I have used it in 200 bu corn. It works ok. It's been a very reliable combine. Especially considering I have less than $1000 in it. So far I have no trouble finding parts for any of my 7 whites. Don't get a gleaner. I made that mistake.

GM Guy · Apr 28, 2017

Keep an eye out on craigslist, lots of cheap combines out there these days.

IMO for the best used parts inventory and a darn good combine overall, the Gleaner M2 and L2 are darn fine machines.

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