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SHAMELESS 
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Posted: 26 Jul 2012 at 4:00am |
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see what ya'll think... i have a 1440 IH rotory combine, the rotor quit last year at the end of the season...(think it's the gear box) but not sure yet...the throat chain also jumped a few teeth and is running crooked....all this happened when i put a 20 ft head on to finish beans when my head shot craps! soooooo....i do have a parts machine....but i can buy another 1440 for $4000. i'm gittin to old for this heavy stuff anymore! i can lift the heavy stuff with my ag crane...the parts combine just has a blown engine, and a few parts missing that can be replaced again...what to do...what to do...
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MACK
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Posted: 26 Jul 2012 at 5:23am |
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Buy a gleaner. MACK
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allischalmers
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Posted: 26 Jul 2012 at 6:52am |
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Agreed...
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WD45,C,3 B's
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Allis dave
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Posted: 26 Jul 2012 at 7:19am |
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LOL This is like going to a car dealership and asking the salesmen what make of car to buy.
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Byron WC in SW Wi
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Posted: 26 Jul 2012 at 8:00am |
Wait for the new Kubota combine to come out. Anybody heard anything on them recently?
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Dipstick In
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Posted: 26 Jul 2012 at 8:21am |
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If the machine with the blown engine offers less repairs, wouldn't it seem to be less work to swap engines than fix all the wear in the present machine? I too am finding at 71 there is less desire to mechanic than 30-40 years ago. From your posts I think you may not need more experience, just more money at the end of the day!! hee hee! "sides that would give more time skinny-dippin" time!
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You don't really have to be smart if you know who is!
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WD45
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Posted: 26 Jul 2012 at 8:59am |
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Buy a 1660 in good shape.
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darrel in ND
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Posted: 26 Jul 2012 at 10:11am |
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retire, Darrel
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NEJim
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Posted: 26 Jul 2012 at 1:02pm |
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I've got some decent Gleaner R62's in Fremont.....Come on in some morning..
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SHAMELESS
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Posted: 27 Jul 2012 at 1:30am |
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used to run gleaners and deeres, didn't take to long to discover that gleaners were WAY ahead of the deeres....but then had 2 bad experiences with the local gleaner dealer, so that's why i went to IH for a combine!
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SHAMELESS
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Posted: 27 Jul 2012 at 1:34am |
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Byron...that reminds me...i saw a Kabota sitting along the road with a mower on it...looked to be almost a new one by the hood shape, with a cab...using it to mow road ditches...gads! the paint was really faded...BAD! they musta went to a cheaper paint now! i've seen some older ones that have set outside most of their life that still had better paint than this one did!
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