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se wi | http://sheboygan.craigslist.org/grd/4968525965.html Looks like a cherry. |
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| Wow that thing is sharp. Sure wish I had spare shed space and time for collecting old combines. |
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| I have a 205 in my shed that is that nice and also needs a needs a new home |
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SE WI | I'm still kicking myself for not buying the one on Hwy D north of Whitewater. That one came with a narrow and wide corn head AND a grain head. I think that one was $3500??? Probably not such a gem.
I lied, the Whitewater one was a 303 hydro. Still would have been a neat toy.
Found a couple more pics.
Edited by sflem849 5/5/2015 08:36
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Central Iowa | It looks better than many late model used combines. With the white cab it would be a 1968-70 model. It's also a hydro, which is a plus. |
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Central Iowa | I worked for IH in 1966-67. I remember a management sales meeting where the DSM was trying to increase sales. He was ranting and raving saying "You guys can sell tractors, planters and plows, why can't you sell combines?" I knew why, but being a young fresh out of college sales trainee, I did not have the guts to tell him. |
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Cleveland, MS. Own small farm near Booneville, MS | Prior to about 1971 or 72 when we bought our first combine my dad hired a guy to harvest soybeans who ran a 303 and a 403, both without cabs. After a day on one of those you couldn't tell if the driver was white, black, or purple. Mostly, he was just dirty.
The outward appearance of that one doesn't look a lot different than the 615 my brother bought new in the early '70s. |
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Pittstown, NJ | Why they all gotta be so far away????? that 303 would have been a user for me! believe it or not. Don't do a lot of acres and I have some ground on a road where the big boys can't go because the bridges are too narrow to get a big machine through, even without the head on. My old Gleaner K2 needs a backup. |
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Bremen, KS | I'd like to know why. Dad and grandad were dyed in the wool IH men, but never had an IH combine. |
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Central Iowa | I don't know what IH's market share for combines was during that time period (66-67), but it couldn't have been very large. Many IH farms (including our farm) had gone to MF or Gleaner, both of which both had strong dealerships in my area. It took the 8-915 series for IH to "bottom out" on market share. When the Axial Flow combines were finally released in 1977, IH had a huge resurgence and gained back a lot of old IH customers (including us). This resurgence came at the expense of MF and Gleaner. |
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Coldwater, Michigan | In my area a 403 was considered a "BIG" combine for it's time. Much too high priced for my dad. The few we saw in the area were custom combiner's.
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southwest in | Cardinal_Farms - 5/5/2015 13:40
I don't know what IH's market share for combines was during that time period (66-67), but it couldn't have been very large. Many IH farms (including our farm) had gone to MF or Gleaner, both of which both had strong dealerships in my area. It took the 8-915 series for IH to "bottom out" on market share. When the Axial Flow combines were finally released in 1977, IH had a huge resurgence and gained back a lot of old IH customers (including us). This resurgence came at the expense of MF and Gleaner. [/QUOT
so youre saying the 815/915 was the bottom for ih combines or the turn around?
ive never been around them, and have seen very few of them |
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| [/QUOT so youre saying the 815/915 was the bottom for ih combines or the turn around? ive never been around them, and have seen very few of them
Probably the bottom. 715s sold like hotcakes in this part of the world, and they stayed running on lots of farms for quite awhile. The 8/915 weren't as popular to start with and disappeared a lot faster in favor of the rotaries. |
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Central Iowa | The 715 sold very well around here and was a well regarded machine. It was basically an upgraded version of the 403. The 8-915s (especially the earlier versions) were not big sellers in my area. Even after the Axial Flows were introduced, IH continued to build the 715 because of it's popularity and was "value priced". |
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New London, Wisconsin | Nice looking 403! I had a 615 gas that was the new and improved, but nearly identical version of the 303. It was my first combine, I bought it when it was only 6 years old. I wanted a 715 diesel hydro but they were more than I could spend. The last year I had that 615, 1981, I did about 350 acres of corn with a two row wide head. That was one of the longest harvests of my life. The next year with 600 acres, I went to a one year old axial flow and thought I'd gone to heaven. |
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Iowa | I have a Deere 3300 in my shed. How does a 3300 compare to a 403? |
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Iowa | Cattle Feeder - 5/5/2015 06:59
I have a 205 in my shed that is that nice and also needs a needs a new home
I may stop in sometime and check it out. Sounds interesting. |
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| Jacob Bolson - 5/6/2015 18:16 I have a Deere 3300 in my shed. How does a 3300 compare to a 403?
Comparable to the 303/615 in size. |
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Cleveland, MS. Own small farm near Booneville, MS | In my admittedly limited experience I'm not sure that the JD 3300 would compare to an IH 615. I think it's more like JD and IH combine sizes in those years kind of fit in between each other. We ran a 4400 and a 615 together in the same field with me driving the 4400 and my brother on the 615. Both had 14' grain heads. The 4400 would outrun the 615 by about 1/2 mph. Based on that I don't believe a 3300 would keep up with a 615, but I never ran a 3300 so I'm not sure. I do believe that a 715 was more combine than a 4400. |
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Coldwater, Michigan | My dad had a 3300 at one time. They were selling them in our area with a 10 foot grain head. I saw one of those set up as a plot combine last fall. Man is that thing small! Dad put a 13 foot head on it and liked it better, but had to slow down. It fit his needs at the time. He traded a few years later for an F2 Gleaner. That was a lot more combine than the 3300. Later still for an L Gleaner.
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