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| We have been using Case Ih corn heads for 30 years. The issues to look for in these corn heads are,The knives hace to be in close messh to each other ,like 1/8th inch close,check on the 883 if the rools have too much play.the squere drives could be wore out.not hard to fix.The knives do wear out and become rounded at the front,but they do go a long time before needing replacement.The drawback on the 883 maybe that the drive sproctket{top end} may have a schere bolt.Should this be the case a retrofit can be put in so that the top drive is a splined shaft and sproctket can be put in.CaseIh dealer would know this.When these older heads are in shape they are very trouble free and an excelent job.We have both a 883 and a 1083 haeds and do a lot of custom havesting and have no complaints on the jobs we do.Good Luck,hope this helps.
Old Guy in central MN. | |
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Cornhead bang for your buck
