Hire it done. You'll cut the harvester a check when he's done and it's over with. No arguments over what to fix, who used it more, no arguments that the hydro went out cause someone's field is hillier, softer, muddier than the other person's, and no static from the two wives (yes, I've seen it).
Combines cost a bunch of money to keep maintained. A bearing goes out, wears the shaft, the shaft breaks, goes cockeyed, throws a chain off the sprocket, chain wraps and bends another shaft. You go to the salvage yard thinking you'll save money only to find every combine is missing that shaft cause they all break. Dealer wants $500 for a new one. This is a very real story.
If you still want to do your own harvest, buy one yourself and keep it in good shape. Do you have the knowledge it takes to run it right? There's a farmer around here who does his harvesting with an old 403 International, and the job his machine does puts a new combine to shame. He's a darned good mechanic and he knows how to run it right. Are you up to it? Jim
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