Corn harvest in 1987 on our family farm in northern Illinois. Running three Deere 8820 combines with 8 row heads, and 3 grain carts on Deere 8630 tractors
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!
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
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
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!
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.
Correct on power, but we found that 4wd tractors cultivated ridges better than the 4X50 series, so we had more of them. And 87 was really wet up here. The 8x30 handled mud better,
@@j.p.faivrefarms it’s kinda hard to see on these old videos but now that you mention it, the fields to look a little muddy. Great videos! 8820’s were the second to best combines Deere made with the 9500 - 9610’s during their era