New F2 Combine

I know this won't impress you mid-west guys, but I was happy as a clam to get our newest addition home.  She's a slightly used F2, that has been well maintained, and was used last season.  I've been trying to find a small combine in good shape that can handle our small fields of 5-10 acres, rotating oats, corn, buckwheat, etc.  It's got a 4 row narrow corn, 4 row wide and 12 ft grain heads. 


Here she is with our 100+ year old Northern Spy apple tree behind her, that still gives us 80+ gallons cider each year.


I'm going to be asking for some help on this one, but hopefully I can wade through the manual before the oats come in, which is not too far away. 

Just for fun, here is a picute of our pond taken this spring.  The brown field in the back is a 12 acre field where I am tried to go no-till directly into an old hayfield.  With a rainbow like that in the field, I figured it had to be lucky.  Sure enough, we finally got some rain today after over a month without a drop.

I had some problems with nematodes and grubs with the corn, but I am learning.  For next year I am preparing another field ahead of time with tiller radishes, crimson clover and rye.  It is all a learning curve, but this combine will let me play with small acreages, and be able to do our own work without trying to find a custom combine.  

Tis the luck of the Irish for sure!  Good luck!

Is it too late to offer your buddy cash for his CII? Hate to see such a flagship combine as a CII get destroyed. I haven't seen one around here in years.

A.U. Good for you !! As time goes on I think there will be a big demand for combines of that size, even if your small scale operation does't work out you will never lose money on the F2 !!

Perfect size!