Big Ben - 10/31/2016 22:43
Jon Hagen - 10/31/2016 20:04
So much threshing capacity for so little money, but their kind of lame for anything but harvesting windrows.
I harvested many thousands of acres with IH 914 and 1482 combines. When direct cutting with the small headers available, it's hard to load the big ones to capacity at any sane harvest speed.
We worked a 1480 SP and a 1482 PT direct cutting as long as both were on the same field. The SP combine would open the field and cut it into blocks that were easier to manage with the long clumsy tractor and PT combine.
We did a little direct cutting of wheat with a 1682 alongside a 9600 for a year. The PT worked great, and wasn't too difficult to keep full in 130+ bushel irrigated wheat. The PT combines are best in windrows though.
If I could pick up another 14 or 1682 locally as cheap as they're going in the northern plains, I'd set one up to combine edible beans.