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    Posted: 04 Mar 2015 at 2:57am
to Gleaners! dang have ya been following prices on the heads lately! I need a IH cornhead real bad...and anything close is outta the price ranges I can ever afford! PfffffT! sad that you can buy the whole combine cheaper than just one head! I know it's the wrong time of year...but have been looking since mine broke on that steel post someone lost tied to a corn stalk last year!
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I don't know much about corn heads, nor the prices they fetch, but a fence post ruined the whole head? The blacksmiths near the Blair bridge can't fix her up, Shameless?
I still gots my A/C but it's clear out in the barn now.
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I know what you mean about the prices ! I bought my Gleaner A just for the front tires as they fit the D-14s. It was too good of condition to scrap,so now it does 300' of rye every year.Yes three hundred feet, that's all.
Wife thought I was nuts buying it, yeah, she's right, they're always right...
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nope Les...they don't have a clue about corn heads...the steel post went clear in to the top of the row, took the gear box and chains, and bent a bunch of stuff. last time I had a welding job down at that place it took them almost a year to do it! I kept checking with them, finally had to go buy another machine while waiting for them! Cargill has them tied up all the time! the shop foreman there told me they get right at $200,000. each month from Cargill!
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this was the last thing I really needed for 35 acres of corn this year! pffft! and no the neighbors don't have time to do it either...already tried! one person that does custom work runs a JD, and I've seen what he leaves in the fields! his motto is git in, git done, git out!
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Out here, the premium for John Deere and International stuff is nuts!

Is there an adapter that you could run to use a different head? I don't know if it would save anything, but it's a thought.
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A good Gleaner head isn't cheap either..... A good 6 row Hugger head that is field ready will bring $8-10k around here.  I just watched a 4 row Hugger sell for $4500 at an auction and that needed new snapping roll blades!  Keep your chin up Shameless, the right deal will come along!

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Originally posted by jaybmiller jaybmiller wrote:

Wife thought I was nuts buying it, yeah, she's right, they're always right...
Jay



Funny how life gets easier when we figure that out! Even if they are wrong, they are still right.
If it weren't for the last minute, I wouldn't get anything done!
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Fence posts and corn heads tend to not get along. It took my tenant half a day to fix his leased corn head after a hire hand harvested a post with an end row. His hired hands (both of them) took it apart while he drove 100 miles each way to get the parts. Then it worked good on my farm.

Sometimes structural patches can be made of stock angle and channel and be bolted in place when welding isn't handy. And some tin work is more decoration than function, and working tin work can be adjusted with hammer and wooden post or anvil to get it to a functional shape though it might not look great.

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Originally posted by SHAMELESS SHAMELESS wrote:

this was the last thing I really needed for 35 acres of corn this year! pffft! and no the neighbors don't have time to do it either...already tried! one person that does custom work runs a JD, and I've seen what he leaves in the fields! his motto is git in, git done, git out!


That's why those big green STS machines are known a "Single-Trip-Seeders" Around here they generally have a crop ready and growing before they spray it off with roundup.
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Single Trip Seeders, that's funny right there, I don't care who ya' are
Life is tough,but it's tougher when you're stupid. - John Wayne
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well...that head brought over $8000. on that auction, have watched others go cheaper but are usually in another state! I did buy the combine tho, less than $3000. with new motor and hydro....
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You got what, 6 months to find one? Don't worry shameless. The guys on this forum and I have been talkin, and we decided we'll come out and pick it for ya by hand if we have too............
I still gots my A/C but it's clear out in the barn now.
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What combine did you end up with?

You'll find a head. At least you have some time.
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bought another 1440 iH, it'll be a back up machine if needed...paid for it what it would cost me to have just one service call out from the dealer! WooHoo...thanks Les! I guess if I don't find one, i'll just try to rebuild mine! either way..it's gonna cost lots!
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I know were a real good F2f coming up in western Illinois i a couple weeks
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After attending that auction this morning and watching a K2 bring $15000 I will be more than glad to sell you our F2 with a 438 parts head and 430 working head for like $30000. If your intrested LOL
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