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Sunnyside, WA | My family bought a 709 new sometime in the late 70's or early 80's. Had an 818 combine, husking bed, and 767 chopper. Ran a 4 row wide corn head and a pickup head for oats. Never had any soybeans. Chopper had a hay pickup and 3 row wide or narrow corn head. Traded the 709 for an 801. One year later bought the 709 back because changing the main unit was a long job. 709 stayed on the chopper and the 801 switched between the combine and ear corn unit. Stopped filling the Harvestore silo with ground ear corn so the husking bed just sat and was never used again.
I remember the combine starting on fire at least once. Traded the 801 with the combine and husking unit plus heads for a Gleaner R50 in 1988. I never drove either since I was too young.
Traded the 709 for an 803C in 1991 I think. Had to order it since it seems the Uni idea had really slowed down. Traded choppers and headers at different times, but I don't remember when.
We really thought the 803C would out perform the 709, but it never did. Seems like the cutterhead was too narrow on the chopper and the extra hp didn't add much capacity.
My family bought a new pull type CIH chopper with kernal processor pulled by an 8940 and now an MX285. Runs circles around the 803C, which they still have to open corn fields. I drove the 709 some and the 803C quite a bit, but left before they ever had a pull type. The sp chopper was nice to drive, but a PITA to service or repair. | |
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