Dallas Center IA 515-720-2463 | I think you are a few years younger than our friend John from Oblong and now Robertson. John and me are the same age.
If you do a real good rebuild job on the 2166, will it last you as long as you want to farm?
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On my combine I did a rebuild in 1998, spent lots of money. And I think it was a better combine that when I got the thing - Four years old at the time.
It was money well spend.
But five years later I was starting to have a lot of problems.
Started to hire the beans done. Saying of mine - 'If the age of your combine, plus your own age is over 70, you have no business combining soybeans.'
Very glad I farmed the beans out. Rather just pick corn anyway. And if I just pick corn maybe the thing will last me until I retire.
With just corn, the amount of combine problems went way down.
But a small fire pretty much ended the life of my old machine. Not a whole bunch of money to fix, but is it worth it?
Had been think about a less than 15 year old probably class 5 rotary and 630 or 830 cornhead. Probably R52 Gleaner or 1660.
But after finding out how cheap I could hire my corn picked. My older brother did it for a few years, but at 73 he decided his own is enough.
If your rebuilt 2166 will last until you quit, I think I would go for it. Maybe with somebody else doing the beans in the later years.
If there is a Mike Jr to think about and he wants to farm, my reasonning does not make as much sense.
Edited by Bobby Greif 10/3/2010 09:58
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