x5 Series Combines

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Hey guys I've come to really like the 45,55,95,and 105 combines after being exposed to one this fall. Who's still running one of these machines? Roughly how many acres is one/would someone run through one of these machines? I have a 6 Row 30" Planter that I would like to use to plant corn, soybeans, and maybe some milo. Would a 95 run a 643 Corn Head or the older 635N head? If anyone has pictures of their machines it'd be neat to see them working.
 
Would a 95 handle it as long as I was willing to run slow? I'm not worried about needing to dump often. More will the combine handle the income of grain, and will it lift the head and have enough ponies to run it.
 
I still run these machines. I have a 105 diesel and two 95's. You can not put a 635 head on a 95 as the 635's will have the wider 105 feederhouse. I would buy a 95 and then go with a quick attach feederhouse and a 343 cornhead. This fall our corn went about 225 bu to the acre and a four row is plenty for a 95. I run a 444 with factory poly snoots. If I was 30 inch rows I would drop back to a three row. I use the 105 to harvest 40-50 acres of rye each year. I was told that if you do try a six row on a 95 you will need to use 105 lift cylinders to get it to lift. Most 95's are gas (mine both were)but there are plenty of 329 diesel engines out of 4400 and early 6600 combines that can be put in. You really do not want a gas as it takes two people to do any harvesting. One running the combine and another one hauling gas. A few years ago when gas was high priced I would almost have been better off to hire my combining done that buy the gas.LOL Parts are getting harder to get but there are still a good many available. We get our belts from Jay Dee belts as they are half the price of Deere belts. I do have a 55 and a 105 to rob parts off of. Good luck in your search. Tom
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I ran a JD 444 on a JD 95 for a few years and it would barely lift it. The JD 643 and JD 635 headers are much heavier. The combine itself is just not built to lift that heavy of a load. You could change lift cylinders and add rear weight an then break the final drives.
 
Back in the day, producers used to put a lot of acres through them. We used a diesel 105 until 2012, and did up to 250 acres of corn a year with it, hiring the rest done. We kept it so long because it was
dependable, cheap to fix, and simple. That, plus we harvest a lot of corn stalks for feed, and we had the 105 set up to straddle 30 in rows with factory axle extensions.

Over the years we used a 435W, a 635N, and a late model 643 head on the machine. It had no issue lifting any of them.

6 rows was a lot for the 105, especially in 250 bu plus corn. You dumped A LOT. The biggest limitation on flat ground was the clean grain elevator. You could also throw some over the back in certain
conditions as well.

The 635N was not available to fit on a 95. It could theoretically be done, as you could switch the mounts from a 435 head, but it would be a load.

If you get real serious, ours is still in the shed... parked in running condition. We 'graduated" to a 9500... more acres, and parts availability being the main factors. And then we got rid of the custom
guy, as well.
 
It would depend on how close you are to me as to how much I'm interested. When in comes to a 105 what do you guys think are important things to check? Is a parts 105 the only parts combine worth having or do a lot of 95 parts switch over? Also what should I expect to pay for a use able combine?

Will a feederhouse off of a 6600 or 7700 go on a 105 to make it quick attach?

coonie minnie you can contact me privately if you would rather talk about it that way.
 
I run a 45 on my little patch. Mine doesn't see nearly the amount of use as the others above. I've bought the quick attach feeder house and will be swapping the new style heads next year. It isn't pretty but it does the job and I have a lot of fun running it. I only cover about 22 acres of corn. Would do more if I could get the ground. Like others have said on parts. Like others have said Jay Dee for belts. Really if you could find a parts machine or two to have I would recommend it. If I can ever find one close to me I'll buy a parts 45 to have. Most of the ones around me have been scrapped long ago though. Good luck in whatever you decide and post pictures of what you end up with please. Here are a few of mine. Not pretty and needs a bath and wax in a bad way.
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?Officially? the biggest header of the 35 series JD advertises
for the 95 was the 435W. The 635 was only for the 105. JD
did make a 6 row corn header for 95 called the 612. But that
doesn?t mean a 95 can handle the crop from a 6 row header in
today?s yields. The 612 was only 20 inch spacing so I?m
guessing it didn?t weigh much more then a 435 wide.
 
A 635 weighs about 5000 pounds. When I
hauled mine to the scrap yard that's about
what it scaled out. I ran 500 acres of
corn and beans a year through a 105 for 19
years with a 635 and 15 foot bean head.
That 635 is a dinosaur you do not want.
 

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