DanR - 11/1/2016 21:42

Neighbours ran 914 IHCs (an ok machine, a few character flaws, but no worse than anything else), JD 7721 (often referred to as part of the 'long green line', in reference to the volunteer grain in swaths the year after a harvest.....but I'd argue that was more about operator than machine). And there were a few 1482s around. In those days, few people had a primary tractor with PTO and powershift, so the rotaries got a bad reputation early on, as they were less forgiving of inconsistent feeding. We have plenty of rolling hills, and the volume of crop through the combine can change a lot between the low spots and the hill tops. The walker machines seemed to work more consistently in those conditions - the rotaries tended to throw over some grain if overloaded or underloaded, so that was a gear-grinding exercise to be shifting all the time....

danr