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Posted by P Backus on May 04, 2005 at 20:10:11 from (69.128.32.152):
In Reply to: Combine posted by Avery on May 04, 2005 at 04:14:47:
One can work land or plow or plant with an H and equally aged equipment just fine, but when it comes to harvesting, that's another matter. Yes, I realize that they used those machines fifty years ago and they worked fine. Unless you are doing it strictly for fun, it will be an exercise in frustration. Old combines didn't have the ability to chuff the occasional weed through without blocking up. When it does block up, there's no reverser; it's 45 minutes of peeling feed out of the cylinder. With soybeans, you really do need a flex head. If you just try to use a rigid platform and watch it closly, you will get mud balls the shape of soybeans in the grain tank. Usually you can pay for custom harvest with the amount of grain you would lose with an old machine without a flex head, and maybe not as efficient as it used to be, maybe a few leaks in the tin, maybe the settings aren't just right, etc. If you want to do it for fun, go for it. Just be aware that you may be making up new words before long. I've been down that road. I hated to pay $25/acre for custom and figured that for my few acres I could make it work. It was a good machine, too. However, there's a reason that a 25 yr old combine sells for peanuts, but a 25 yr old tractor is just getting started. Sorry so long! Paul
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