Massey 850 Combine

I know this isn't a tractor BUT, the son has a friends 850 combine to get his oats off. It's hydro static and has rear wheel assist. What would be the good/bad point of this model ? Years ago my first self-propelled was a Massey 300 gas that I was glad to see go down the road (after about 10yrs). We only have a few acres of oats,soys and corn. Most of the corn will be harvested as silage. I don't know who is the most excited about this machine,my son or my 5yr old grandson. They've spent most of the day just cleaning it up!!

A friend of mine said you need to be a pretty good mechanic to keep a Massey combine running

They are a bit harder to work on than some others and parts are harder to get, but a good sound machine. They are better in small grains than corn and beans but will work in them all.

We we're glad to see our 760 go down the road after 3 years. Still have a diesel 510 our neighbor pawned off of us just for the heck of it I guess. If you are doing small acreage you might be fine with 850. But those combines converted a lot of guys over to axial flows.

Massey makes the BEST demo derby combines....

Thanks for the input fellas! I too am a little reluctant about Masseys,but the son is quite taken with it. We lost a neighbor last year ago who was a great Massey man that could really make a Massey combine talk. His father before him was a Massey thresherman through and through,so I guess his love and knowledge of Masseys just came naturally. Not committed yet so we'll see. Thanks again,

I would pass on the deal.

RUN!! Most bearings are impossible to change without either taking half the machine apart or a cutting torch!! Not to mention most bearings are an odd size like 5/8. I owned a 300 and it took me 5 days to come to my senses!! It ended up where it belongs, melted and turned into something usefull!!

lots of folx that never ran a massey like to bash them ,as I have said many times . there are good and bad about any machine , proper maintenance and KNOWING THE MACHINE INSIDE AND OUT AND ITS CAPABILITIES is Paramont to successful running of a good combine ,don't let anyone tell You that the massey is junk ,, I would bet they are colorblind about a lot of othrr things too .I have been in jd 6600 that spill corn out the back every time you went uphill ,,And According to the owner THERE WAS NOT A DAMTHING TO DO ABOUT IT except slow down to a crawl til you got level again. ,. not sure if that is true,, I really think I could a screwed a 2 inch hi stop gate on the back of the sieve and fixt that problem ,,. my brother and I have run masseys since hi school days in the early 70s , around southern ind , they were as common as anything else going in the field .. in defense of Massey, my brother could go faster with a 510 than anyone in 70 bushel wheat ,do a clean job and get every grain in the bin with no trash ,..the neighbor kids that ran other machines pinned me down at the corner gas station one day ,,they told me their dads said my brother was going way too fast to do a good job in the name of slappin beans in before it rained ,.we grabbed some cold cokes and hopt in my marquis convertible and started doing field tours ,,.we could not find nary a grain left behind in the massey 510 fields, the gleaner had a few , but not many ,,and those gleaner fellas knew their machine real well and had it tuned rite ,,.. the deere was the worst , but not bad ,.for a guy that went from gleaner to massey , and then to deere , and still did not know how to set a combine rite ,. LOL,,. that was when I found out who was complaining the loudest about my speed demon brother, LOL I still have 3 massey 300 s in the dry ,..for 6 yrs now, I run a 750 massey ,2 yrs ago , we fought a bad injection pump most of the harvest season , thinking it was everthing but that ,400 bux at interstate injection , MADE me a very nice running combine. last yr it took me and another guy nearly two days to change the output shaft bearing ,, so , I can relate to those guys that say that MF actually stands for sumthin else other than massey ferguson ,,.I only run 120 acres in row crops ,, but I really like the massey in corn with a 6 row head is a smooth running outfit , I just bought a 20 ft floating graintable that I cant wait to see how well it does over my problematic current one that went thru a half million acres ,.. would I better off with a axial or a green combine ?,,. probably, but the learning curve for this old man is not what I want to go thru , and besides there are plenty used parts still available for a song as opposed to deere and caseih ,, SO I KNOW I Am way ahead on Money..