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Dave H (MI)

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Anyone familiar with these? I am looking for a head to pick soybeans so I want a flex head. I have an IH 820 flex head but the auto header height control does not work with my 1660 combine. So the plan is to sell the 820 head and buy a 1020. Now in the 800 series I see (and own) 810 heads that have a rigid cutter bar and are either used for small grains or get converted to pickup heads for swathed grain and then there are 820 heads that are flex heads. In looking at the 1000 series heads I am not seeing a 1010 that would match the 810. I am only seeing 1020 heads and some say they are grain tables and some say they are flex heads. So I guess my question would be...are all 1020 heads flex heads that can be locked into a rigid position like the old 820 OR did they make the 1020 head in both a fixed grain head and a flex head? Hope that makes sense.
 
All 1020's are flex and can be locked up for grains. All 1010 are rigid. I have been using a 30' 1020 for 12 years for both beans and grains. A 20' would be a perfect match for your 1660.
 
Now if I can just find an older one that I can afford! :)

I have never seen a 1010 head. I am wondering were not as many sold due to the limitations of a rigid cutter bar?
 
Make sure you look real close around the wobble boxes. A lot have broken in that area from years of vibration. Mine has been broken but fixed before I acquired it and works fine. Don't buy one with the little 1 1/2in knifes. Mine had it when I bought it and what a pain. They were half wore out so that didn't help. I replaced those with a sch system and man does that cut nice. Needed a different drive pully also that I got at a salvage yard for $50. The auto height is nice. I was pleasantly surprised it worked on the ol 1460 when I hooked it up.
 
My 1660 came with a pristine 1020, 20' head. I bought the pieces to lock up the bar. Even then I had trouble feeding short oats. I did a little hunting for a 1010 head, and found only a few out west.

I have since made every adjustment/improvement to the header, and combine, and feeding is greatly improved. This past summer I let the cutter bar down(flex) and used it that way in small grains successfully. Before putting the header away for the season(it never gets wet) I vacuum it clean, and spray it with fuel oil.
 
I had bearings go bad on the 820 head and replaced them last year. It seems to be almost a given anymore that if someone sent it to a consignment sale, it is minutes from a major failure. Last three pieces I bought at consignment were a disaster. I don't think I got four acres done on that 820 before it broke the head off the knife. Found the bearing for the shaft that the knife mounts on completely trashed. I didn't know what to look for then, but I have a pretty fair idea now!

Replaced the bearing, brazed the knife head back on, finished the beans. :)
 
I have an 810 head I use for oats. The reel is gone, the cutter bar is gone and a Sund pickup is mounted in front of the auger. It is really narrow...maybe 10'. Great condition as I keep it in the shed. I swath my oats with an old MF swather that can also be used as a mower conditioner. Works great although selling oats is a PITA. People with one steer like to buy it by the bag for feed. The straw was a good seller. The nicest thing about swathing a small field of oats here is that I can put the daughters in the combine and let them run the pickup head. Not real challenging and they had a lot of fun doing it.
 
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