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Kansas | While you don't see many anymore, I know there were a fair number of JD 95's around, but I don't think I have ever seen a 105 actually being used. I do know where there is one sitting in the weeds unused for years (no idea why it isn't, perhaps bad motor), but from the pics I've seen of them new (in literature) they look like JD had a pretty impressive machine. Were they just too big for their time or something or were they just more popular in other places? Looks like it would compete very well to the G Gleaner, 915 IH, 510 MF, and that big Oliver at the time. |
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South Plains of Texas | Look on " The Combine Forum" there are pics of a guy running his 105 that he uses every year. |
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SC Kansas | Got a neighbor that runs one with their 7720 and 8820 down our way. |
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North End I-15 | it was 10 years old when I bought it . Rebuilt it from one end to the other . Best machine JD built till the new STS series .
I ran it from 1975 to 89 , had other machines also . It was a 3 ring circus running a Case 1060 , Massey 92 and the 105 . all in the same field . The trucks were a 48 Chev , 50 Studebaker , 56 Ford , 53 dodge , 63 dodge , 74 LN ford . Last one bought new , all others well used.
The 105 had a 22' header and a 14' pickup . Good machine , easy to work on , good capasity . Parts were easy to get till the 90's then old age caught up with it. I had rebuilt it and had it in the shed for 10 years . Sold it in 1999 for $1500 . Hired custom harvesters from 89 untill 2000 . In 2000 there was no crop to speak of . Had I given the crop to the harvestor it would not have paid their bill. Sold the 105 one year too soon :<(
The fellow who bought it was real pleased with the machine . He was a small operater down on the river . It still sits long I -15 @ the bottom of the river hill. It had been shedded all it's life till I sold it.
sort of a sad site to see it sitting there .The fellow has sold his farm and moved away.
My wife called it "Ernie Deere" . I had rebuilt it many times . |
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Manitoba canada | When i bought this place in "96" the old guy was doing 600 acres with 2 105's and for a while i kept 1 of them alongside a MF750 ....The 750 was faster but when you took the breakdowns into consideration they covered the same ground......?
The guy that bought it is my neighbour and has 4 of them as one breaks down it becomes a donor...?
Amazing combine for reliability...pity it was gas..?
Edited by Bluepaint 12/2/2008 02:07
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| Several years ago I hauled three of them from Western Kansas to this part of Kansas for a friend of mine. Two of them were in good running condition and the third one he used for parts. He is down to one now that he runs with his 7700. |
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Chippewa County, MN | 105's are about like the IH 503. They were considered huge in there day. I don't remember the last time I saw a 503, but when I first saw one, we were running a 303 and thought it was a giant. Like parking a 55 next to the 105. |
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Henderson, Minnesota | Go to the Combine Forum on ytmag.com it's back a few pages there's a picture of my buddy Dave's 105 harvesting 190 bu corn. |
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South central, Mn. | I'm the guy that is still running a '69 105 Corn Special diesel/hydro. It has 4600 hrs. It has the JD 404 engine rated at 105 hp. It has a quick tach throat and run the more modern heads. With the bean head and run the variable speed reel, I mounted a self contained, 1 gal. hyd unit off an old Oliver or White bean head and then run a wire into the cab and a self centering toggle switch to run the reel either faster or slower........works great. I'm running 36 in. corn rows and 19 in. bean rows. I've been told the capacity of the 105 compares to a JD 6600/6620???
Edited by rustywheel 12/2/2008 08:27
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central - east central Minnesota - | Nice pic's Look at how nicely balanced that machine looks. Cab in the middle, grain tank behind and engine on the back. Looks like a pretty productive machine for you. Thanks for posting the pic's |
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| nice looking machine, how acres do you harvest? |
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Hagen Brothers farms,Goodrich ND | I have a 105 motor in a 4020, does that count ? ;-) Bought a decent 4020 row crop at auction for cheap with a shot motor. A local salvage yard had a totally rusted out, never seen a shed in it's life 105.
Motor had only 2400 hrs and runs like new. Virtually bolts in, even used the combine oil pan. I like the combine engines spin on oil filter. |
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Thumb of Michigan | There were a fair number of 105's in my area. First combine I got to drive was our 55, that was traded for a new 105 EB (edible bean). Nice to be able to get inside a cab, that was quite an improvement. The EB's were pretty similar to 105R's (rice) in the threshing dept, but if I remember right the final drives were heavier in the R's. There was a jockey who brought an awful lot of R's into the area in the mid to late 70's . Seemed like most of those were Diesels. Guys were rebuilding the tin and making them into very durable dry bean machines. We replaced the unloading auger on ours with a belt for dry beans, it really was a nice combine for that crop. I have a neighbor only recentley parked his 105's, finding parts and donor machines was getting to be too hard. They were quite a machine in there day. |
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Thumb of Michigan | Your combine is the Cadilac of 105's- diesel hydro was I think pretty rare, and was a very good upgrade.
Neighbor had a 95 diesel/hydro. Only downside was that there wasn't a notch between forward and reverse. With a heavy corn head and no weight on the backend, she could kind of get out of control when loading into a truck for example. Was that common (no notch) in all the hydros until the 00 series came out?
Anyway, looks like you have a very nice machine. |
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Sunburst Montana | Cousins/neighbors bought one brand new back in the mid 60s. Replaced 3 MH 90 or 92s with it. It was their only combine until the 80s when they bought another one. Up till about ~3-4 years ago, either one of them was used by one othe brothers to cut his 100 acres. But now both are retired. Last I checked, the 1st one had 4,500 hrs but the tach quit working some time back. 510 was no match for a 105 in terms of productivity and longetivity. |
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| At one time I ran three 105s. Two of them are still out in the bone yard. I also have service and repair manuals for them. If anyone can use the books I have, your welcome to them. One of the books is a hard cover manual that is very helpfull. I think ther is even a parts book and maybe a owners manual too...... |
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Henry, Illinois | Nice machine and pictures Dave! |
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South central, Mn. | ohoh - 12/2/2008 08:43
nice looking machine, how acres do you harvest?
I'm a small farmer, I have 90 acres of corn and 85 acres of soybeans. Plus 20 acres of oats I use it on, using a pickup head. |
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