Every series up the heads get bigger but the combines don’t slow down. If anything they speed up. Shows how much the engineering and thought process has improved combines over the years.
I like the 9500's. We had 2 of them back in the day. We now have 2- S690's. We grow corn, soybeans, wheat & oats. Thanks for the footage Jason. BTP rocks!!👍👍
We run 2 9770s and 1 9870. 2 of them have 635d heads and one has a 936d. We harvest wheat and canola with them. Those machines run really good (even in -20 (Celsius) combining in the snow.
I owned in this order a JD 7720, CIH 2144, CIH 2344, CIH 2588, CIH 7088, CIH 9120, JD 9870, JD S680. The best Deere in my opinion was the 9870. Simple and easy to operate. My favorite all time combine was the 7088. That was an awesome machine. After running both red and green combines I gotta say the red machines are ahead of the green ones in technology and engineering. I run all green tractors but if I was to buy a new combine tomorrow I would drive straight to a CASE-IH dealer
Nice video of 50 years of John Deere combines plus im a huge John Deere person and I'm looking foward to 2022 for celebrating 70 years of John Deere combines
We run a pair of S790s. Both have power fold grain tanks with 100 bushel extensions. One runs a 712FC and a macdon fd140 and the other runs a 735fd. They have a lot of capacity
Of all of the JD combines I've been around I've got to say that the 9650 is the one I miss the most. Can't beat an old walker machine, plus the blowers the on I was on made seeing what was going on easier. Currently the farm runs a 2014 S680 and a 2019 S780. We harvest rice and soybeans with these two wonderful machines.
I learned to drive on a 1960 John Deere 55 thrashing windrowed pinto beans. My grandpa bought it new. I own it now and still use it today. I believe that series(45, 55, 95 and 105) is my favorite and one of the best combines ever made. Of the newer ones in the video id have to go with the 9500 as my favorite.
We ran Massey Harris and Massey Ferguson for 60 years then went Green and ran 7720s and 8820s on the harvest run in the USA 🇺🇸 and Canada 🇨🇦 during the 80s and 9600s during the 90s at the time they were big combines now they look like kids toys compared to the new models can’t believe how much bigger and price of new equipment has gotten now Thanks for the old memories
My first owned was a 95. Of the ones you showed I have owned a 6600, a 6620, a 9500 and have spent time in a 9660 and a 9670. I presently own an S670 and it’s my favorite! Gotta love auto steer and the refrigerator! Along way from the 95 with a fan in the upper right corner blowing dirty air on you and the door (2 halves as I recall) open.
Great Video ,here in Europe we have had some different models starting with 730 in the 1960s then 970, 975 1075,1175 ,Z2066,Z2266,CTS,9780,C670 all from Zwiebrucken factory in Germany and rotary models from US 9880,S680,S780 ,now we are trailing X9 !!
I have spent some 4,000+ hours on the seat of a 6600 combine. Owned 4 different machines with the last 3 being sidehills. Currently own and operate a 7721 Titan 2, pulled with a John Deere 4630 powershift, and a Cockshutt 422 pulled by a Cockshutt 30 gas, cutting wheat and milo in southside Virginia.
The Titan series of combine is my favourite great memories of riding along with my uncle harvesting wheat that was awesome to see five decades of them all still working in the field
I remember riding with my daddy in a model 55 John Deere, when the combine eventually rusted out they took the motor off and made a irrigation pump out of it👍
I first learned how to run a combine when I was 8 years old on a JD 9600 cylinder walker combine with 6 row corn headers and 20 foot wheat tables. We used smaller wheat tables so we could easily transport them up and down the road without taking off the headers in small fields that were usually less than 40 acres. We upgraded to 9610s with 8 row corn headers and 22 foot wheat tables after that. Then, as the years went on, we had a 9650 and 9660. My Granddaddy has not upgraded combines in several years because acreage will vary each year and his current combine is in great shape. He will be 79-years-old this August and he still operates a 9770 STS (himself) with an 8 row corn header and a 30 foot wheat table. When we harvest corn, he uses an 8295R JD tractor with a 1,000 bushel Unverferth grain cart on large tires. He always WANTS to upgrade to an s790 and now the X9 series, but we constantly have to wait on semi trucks in August with corn harvesting, so it really doesn’t matter what we operate, because we rarely ever get to pull corn from sun up to sun down without waiting or having to quit early. My favorite of all the combines was probably the 9650 because that’s when I was in high school and Granddaddy expected me to run one in the summers. That was a good time in my life on the farm. My Granddaddy would say his favorite was the 8820. He’d harvest 2,000 acres of corn, 2000 acres of wheat and 2000 acres of grain sorghum with just ONE back in the late 1980’s. 🚜🌽🥜 Love your channel and videos. I want to take my Granddaddy to your friend, Matt’s farm sometime so he can see all of those combines in action. He loves your channel as well.
Great history to read. Nice line up of combines over the years. The 9770 STS is one of my favorites. The 8820 was a monster in its day. Where does your family farm?
I had several JD Combines 45,55,4420 and a 6620. All of them good with exception to the 6620, absolute junk. I've had several Gleaners M2, F2 and currently have an old K which is the best I've ever had. Nothing fancy, but reliable, does a very good job on wheat and corn. I really enjoyed the video, THANKS!
Nice to see how equipment has changed over the years and makes you think how fast the equipment has improved. Seems to me it was just a few years ago we used pull type combines
I have commented this on your videos before, but I have fond memories of riding along with my uncles during harvest with their 9500 combines. Thanks for the amazing content!!
favorite JD combine is the first combine i ran when moving here, 8820 Titan 2, the combine that's best value for money is the second one we owned, a 1997 9600 anniversary model. and the best combine/seeder combo is the 9560, it's the machine that changed us to NH.
@@bigtractorpower Jason sorry my friend you both bring great videos to us ...i was watching both of you at the same time ... sorry ...thanks for the video Jason keep up the great content
Great video as always BTP. It's so good to see all these green harvesting machines. The terminology is moving very fast. Can't wait for a video of the new X9.
Those are great combines. Unfortunately I have not filmed them in wheat so I did this video from 1970 to 2020. The 5 series was 1947 to 1968. Hopefully in time I will find the 5 series to film in wheat.
Big tractor power we run a S660 and we cut winter wheat corn sorbeins and headers are:a draper grain header and 8 row corn header corn number:830 and 30 inch row grain head:fd630 flex draper with 30 ft with
We run a 9400 with 11000 engine hours harvests year after year . Going to have to redo the budy seat , its worn out from so many riders hahaha😁 thanks for the cool videos 👍
They good looking Machines but where we are there the back up is poor but I do like the 9500 I think that was pretty much the blueprint to the design they are today!
Great content as usual bigtractorpower. Fun progression of JD combines. I would love a chance to drive any one of those beauties for a few passes.... I bet some folks watching this remember days when they couldn't wait to get out of one of these! I do have to say that the s790 looks really cool. Very futuristic I guess? Combines in general are cool looking machines IMO but there is something about the tracks and its size that just looks extra beastly. Thanks for the video!
Not a farmer but it is real interesting how and what happens after the head. Will always remember the tour when i was in college and we watched the paint line. And later I drove a simi and delivering parts to several colors
I seen a local farmer here in michigan with a john deere S550. When was that model put into service? What were its specifications? I'd like to see some footage of that machine.
I run a John Deere 9550 with duals and an 6 row corn head and a 25 ft platform I do corn and soybeans. What about the new X9 combine I didn’t know if you had seen one yet
The 9550 is a great combine. I like double model number machines. Watch for a 9550 harvesting oats here on BTP. I have been in the field with an X9 1100 harvesting wheat 😉. Impressive combine.
MY favorite John Deere combines?! The burned out ones in the salvage yard! Lololololol! Ok, just funnin' y'all! I like the 5 series. The 95 is tops in my book out of that generation of Deere combine.
since 1982 i have owned a mf 750,mf 860,2 jd 6620 sh one was a titan 2,1997 9500sh ,9760 sh it was my favorite and now we use s670 sh and 2yrs ago added a 470 cat lexion that we should of never bought,you cant even give them away.live and learn.
