IH 1440 Down 

We had 2 1440. Pretty good old combine for the money. Used them for years.We did have the rear break and had to weld it back up. A lot of the time turning fast on theend of the field breaks the front axles. Good video.-Tom

Great video. The commentary was excellent. Much luck to you when harvest can begin..

Hi ! I cut up and scrapped a 760 Massey for a guy after it burned in the field. Interestingly, I found the source of the fire while I dismembered it. Two fuel lines above the engine were crossed and one had sawed through the other. That big fan created a great wind tunnel for the fire that started on the hot manifolds. Anyhow, this 760 had a BUNCH of stress cracks on the sidesheets down by the clean grain auger. Those sidesheets were triple thick in some places and STILL broke all the way through. They''d been welded but only one sheet deep, so they were broken again. That combine was walking dead. Made a LOT of scrap, though! BTW, I'm an IH guy. I have Ms and an H.

Been there, done that unfortunately. Bought a 1640 four years ago, and first fall with it this same axle broke at the end of the final drive. We are in flat ground, running a 2206 head...it had a 20' 1020 when it happened, pulling up to the cart to unload. The next summer we just went ahead and replaced the right side final drive, and it's a good thing because it was pretty stressed too. Case seems to have A LOT of problems when it comes to axles and rims. Heck, my buddy has an 8230 that's only a few years old that they've welded on the rims numerous times.

Always thought I'd like to run a 1440 but never got one. Have a 750 like u had and its been holding up well.

That would make you want to check your shorts. Good to hear nobody got hurt other than pride maybe & it was repairable, pricey but repairable. I have to agree, trying to work with family, yours or the in-laws, can get you in some very interesting situations to say the least. Stay safe.

I have a friend that had a 1440 with a six row narrow head. The only problem I remember him having was breaking spindles on the rear axle about every year.

On our farm we actually owned both a Massey 750 and a 1460 case international. The case international was Miles better than the Massey based on how fast you can drive it would take the grain faster and was just a big upgrade for us when we went to the international. The weak link on a Case International 1460 is the rear axle. We actually broke the rear axle in that combine two different times. The first time was in the field with a hopper beans on it. We could not get an axel and was busy at the time so Dad welded it. It held for two years. The second time it broke was going down the road in the combine was empty. After that we put a brand new axle on it and never broke it again

That happened to me driving down the road, same exact side too, really freaked me out 😲

That sucks big time! I have to say the 1440 rotor and engine will take the material but they are not built stout enough for a six row head. Guy that does my combining tried one and he couldn't keep the tail on the ground. Was dangerous to road it. He broke out a rear rim this year turning but had a bin full and turned on a terrace. It is amazing how the big machines will handle the weight when loaded and with duals or tracks to boot.

Hi love your videos

what interstate is that at the end of the video? is that I-81? funny as i seen them trucks going on it.

A guy I use to work for in the 90's had a 1440 with a six row. Ran it pretty much its hole life with a 6row and never had any issues at all. As a matter a fact ever Case IH he had after that was not as good as that combine. He finally switched to green. Not too many steep hills around here. I know all the 1400 series combines where know for breaking rear axle spindles. I know a guy with a 1460 has broken several.

My inlaws ran one with a 6 row for years. As far as weight only 200lbs difference between a 20ft 1020(4000 lb) and 1063 4200 lbs. That axle was likely cracked before and gave out. The inlaws replaced theirs doing corn on frozen ground with a full bin racing to the truck. Lol. As for a MF 750 they are a great grain machine but they didn't take the corn and beans very long around here. Been running a 1440 for 20 yrs been a great machine. The only reason I would replace it is for lateral tilt. I don't have any corn but if I did it would be six row.

We broke 2 axles on a 1660 with a 4 row. Pretty normal for IH

I got a friend that they ran a 1440 for years with a 6 row. Never had any trouble. Worst things that happens to the IH machine here is the back axle will give out every now and then. But u have seen how flat we are lol

Is your in-laws farm the one with the John Deere 7810 you showed a while ago?

The 863 heads are heavy they have cast iron gearboxes. I run a 1063 head on my 1440 it has Aluminum gearboxes.

Pretty happy that's not my combine 😅

The difference between a 1460 and 1440. The 40 had 815 planetaries and the 915 planetaries. The 60 had a turbo. Threshing capacity was the same. In Illinois alot of 40's sold and turbos were added to save money. Had a 60 series with a 6 row. Just had to really slow down when we were in 180 plus bushel corn or you carried corn out the back.

Ooo wee, Ouch!

We had a 7720 John Deere that broke the axle like that ! Not a fun fix out in middle of field .

That same thing happened to my 1480 with 6 row 30

I sleeved my axles for that same reason!

Yikes! That will ruin your day! Glad no one was hurt. If it was on a side hill it might have rolled.

We had CaseIH 1400 combine out to test drive in Australia n we have hills not steep as. But 1400 didn’t have enough power in hills that why Pa didn’t upgrade his combine. But Australia had very limited run on 1400, same 1600 it wasn’t until 2100 that we did have was best n run 35ft Draper header no problems at all. We don’t grow corn but surely 35ft would weigh same 6 row?

Seen this same thing in 1982

Had our rear end break on ore 1460 at pivot point

I run two john deere 7700 combine one is 1977 and other one is 1979 both got around 5500-6000 hour both are nice combine a/c work good I put about $1500-2000 in parts ever year someday soon I will upgrade to 9600

We had a 1440 but a 8 row planter and grandpal got tired of the 4 row so he bought a m&w turbo and a IH fuel pump from a 466 off a cotton picker and we put it on a 8 row and it had a mud hog 4wd kit on it sold it to a neighbor who loves it

That was a bad day!!

Keeping up with the jones

I dont know ton about combines but what your saying i noticed the massey combines are all still being worked not as just parade days colectables. But for combining. I see the 30 year old gleaners ih and jd are like looking at dinosaur but the mf combines still used hard its like they built more of bollet proof and the other makers wher more throwaway from my reaserch or even new holands they wore right out after time .only from what i read and hear from talk mf use to make a good combine in the dAy

WOW

I'm still not clear if farms with his father in law or not lol

That had to be hard getting it out of the field, $$$$ 👍

poor casey

That is a long way to drive

I'm gonna go have to wake up my 3 year old daughter for a hug 😞😞

What a let down

Just drove my 1440 home 3.5 hours it sucked

Oops that's not good

Man that is awful.