Corn Harvest 1987 

Back when videos were called movies and diesels were allowed to blow a little black smoke. Good memories!

Wow that was just awesome to go back to 1987. You guys had to be big time back then.

1987 was a tough year! Out of control inflation, crazy high interest rates, Lot of foreclosures, bankruptcies and people losing multi generational farms. It was the very start of the mega farms. That said very glad you shared this video. Great trip back into the past!

8820 one of the best combines Deere ever built!! Spent many many hours in one of them and a 6622 also. Miss those old days.

Awesome video. This is my favorite era of farming as far as having fond memories as a boy and loving that era of jd equipment …I realize they were actually some of the toughest x to farm

You know you're getting old when you look at this and don't see "vintage", you just see a normal day when you were growing up lol

Holy shit, talk about bringing back memories! Simpler times.

Incredable machines for the time and to see em work like that!! Awesome footage

Man, if I’d seen this when I was 8 back then, my eyes would be popping more then they are now.

This is a gem in retro terms...

Great video of good times. The mid eighties to mid nineties were in my view best times. The technology and machinery were there to make life easier but they were also simple enough to be affordable and repairable. And I was young then to which was also better

Been there done that .How I wish we could go back in time

She's hard working woman God Bless 🙏 you! And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.

yes that's true, those were tough times in certain contexts, but i think they were the cooler times. Compared to now? The mid-80s were an absolute dream. Not so much of this digital crap and this fake-stuff. No mobilephones. So much was so much more real. I personally miss that time and those ingenious machines where you didn't need a notebook to fix something. Yes, somehow it was all better... I love these kind of videos. Thanks for uploading!

I love seeing the data collection by the grain cart operator. A little different today.

The good old days when there was no DEF tanks & Reagan was our president instead of the bafoon we have now

Probably all would still run today if they were maintained!!!☝️☝️☝️😃

I was 13 that year awesome video

love the old videos.

No electronics no def

I love these ol operations. You got to love how they number all the tractors and hoppers. What, do you get them confused? Big operations

Awesome!

Great video where was this taken? Amazing how short the corn was compared to what I’ve seen the last 20 years!

This is really cool, I take it they might be custom cutters. Having a fleet of titan 2 series combines meant you were serious. I might be talking out of my ass but nice footage.

And not one glimpse of the trucks you all were running... Still a very cool video.

They were very good combine I've run the 66

Dang these boys were big time!

Yea I remember 1987 and wish I could forget it. These are probably out of state harvesters picking corn for a BANK that repossed the farm!

Dude is writing in a book not playing on his phone or making a video himself.

Cool video, same year my grampa had his farm sale

Is that non GMO corn? Love these old classic videos, pure gold!!

Back when everybody was broke but still digging dirt

love the video hope you have more like it

Great video! What yield were you getting back then?

That is some might wet corn, why not wait we never picked above 18 %

Yes sir

Back when we Filmed with Potatoes!

Looks like high moisture the way the piles heap in the trailer

now that's awesome

Good Ol' Spudball. How's he getting along these days?

Nothin but John Deere equipment.

What size headers were the 8820s running

Yella toppers👍👍

They could have easily run front wheel assist 4960’s or 4850’ on those grain carts for a way smother ride and plenty of power leftover.

GPS whats that.

How many acres back then?

Before DEF lol..

How long you going to fart around? I'm gone!

Nice video