3300 Combine

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Got a chance to buy a 3300 gas combine. It looks real straight, been inside all it's life. Has not run in several years. Has right at 2100 hours and comes with a 244 corn head and a 13' platform which look to be in good shape also. Will this thing be collectible at some point? Also, is there anything in particular that I should be looking at close before I bite. Seen quite a few 66 and 7700's and a few 44's but this is the first 3300 and it's kinda cute. Thought it might be a good conversation piece if nothing else.
 

Yes you should buy it. What do you think I'm going to say if I'm spending your money?
Gas or diesel? Early or late (rotary screen)?
I know a fairly big farmer who has one. Every fall he takes it to a corn test plot/field day/BBQ thing and he and friends have fun picking a little corn with it. Quite a conversation piece.
 
Ha Ha I like Richard's answer.

One word of caution. I'm in North Central Ohio. We have some hills here not like down south though but I have heard of more than a couple of those 3300 tipping over. So if you have any hills go for a different model that is wider.
 
It's an early gas model without the rotary screen. Wouldn't buy it to use just thought maybe it was somewhat rare. Haven't seen many of them. Is there anywhere to see how many were made? Also gas vs. diesel?
 
Yes they are collectable at least in my opinion. We bought an early gasser with a 343 header in Iowa. Hauled it all the way home back to our farm in MT. They fit nicely on a 24ft gooseneck. It was kind of the same thing you are going through. Lots of 77/6600s out here. Knew JD made a 4400 but none around here as that combine was too small for the wheat belt. Was floored when we spotted a 3300 in MN on a JD lot coming back from a family reunion in Kentucky. Decided we needed to get one and we did a few years later.
 
Some are more collectable than others, but all are worth saving.
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That is only the 2nd 100 series combine that I have seen with out a cab. First one was a 4400 and that was in 1985 at a farm sale, Man that thing looked so funny even back then. Bandit
 

A cute little unit and used to be considered enough combine for a family farm and a little custom work. If stuck in the mud it doesn't require a whole lot of tugging to pull it out. It may go farther in the mud with a set of rice tires than a modern monster combine with 4WD?
 
The little self propelled combines are very much "collectable". I've got a fully functional 1963 JD 40 combine in the shed. Hope is to someday get it painted and fully restored. We did have it out and in soy beans 3 years ago. I have no numbers to back up my opinion, but I'm betting the #40 is the rarest of the self propelled combines Deere sold. I've only ever seen 2 others.
 
They probably will be in the future, but not around my area. In West TN, closer to the TN river, row cropping is spread out and good ground is tough to come by. There isn't anyone around that I know of willing to tie up money to restore a combine. I'm sure it's different for people that live and made a living with a combine and have shed space. Most around here have another job and farming is done in the afternoons/weekends. Actually I know of a 3300 last season that was still in fields as the main combine. My Dad's first combine, in the late 70s was a John Deere 55. Most row croppers in my area haven't got passed the Red 1440/1460 models and John Deere 20 series combines yet. I know of a couple that have upgraded to the 2188/2388.
 
A new combine is an "expensive" investment now days...and if you don't keep a combine in a shed it soon turns to a pile of junk...
 

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