My grandparents quit custom harvesting in 1980. Thirthy-six years custom harvesting using first Massey Harris and then Massey Ferguson Combines. Add the first three years wit the Case Pull Type for a grand total of 39 Years. They finished with 1979 MF 750 combines. They traded two for one for a new 1980 MF 750 at the end of that years harvest. I used that machine until I bought a 1987 MF 8590 Combine. Which was traded on my current 1998 MF 8780 Combine.
I try to custom harvest around 1,000 acres a year locally along with my crops. Some years that gets done and some I don't just depends on the price of the crops and quality of them. Granddad usually ran the machines for two years the traded them off. They would get around 750 hours per year so they would be traded off at approx. 1,500 hours.
You asked earlier about how long they ran the 21 combines. Granddad did run two of the MH 21 combines until 1951 when he bought all new 27's. I know that one year the had one brand new 27 with the 21 combines. The 21A that I have is almost completely shot. Those poor combines would of cut 2,000 acres per year for 7 years. It's a wonder they lasted that long. The 21 machines were converted to auger headers in late 1949 or 1950.
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