HARVEST Like a BOSS | 9700 Axial Combine

In this video Big Tractor Power spends time out in the field with a 248 hp 265 bu. bushel White Farm Equipment 9700 Axial HARVEST BOSS Combine harvesting soybeans. Viewers spend time in the field seeing this classic combine harvesting and learn about this big machines production history, specifications and original price tag. This video also takes viewers for a ride in the cab of the combine to talk with the farmer.
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[@jfiery]

We were mainly a Deere farm as far as tractors but the implements ran the gamut from Athens discs to New Holland balers and we had a White corn planter. I didn't know they made combines. Loved the old days when the industry wasn't so consolidated and you could see nearly every color of the rainbow out in the fields. Great video as usual.

[@kylekenan2321]

Totally agree. I have my preferences for each machine and implement too.

[@interman7715]

Crikey mate ,I can't believe you didn't know about White combines they were even very popular in Australia 😊

[@claytonhess5512]

White didn't make very many of them: they sold the IP rights of the design to Massey.

[@michaelkoop6731]

Nice old equipment still going strong. Like seeing the old stuff still doing what it was made to do.

[@kevingrahl7254]

Jake deserves a lot of credit. It looks like he put a lot of work into that combine

[@familytraditiontransportat7951]

Jake's a Helluva guy! One of my favorites to watch, don't farm myself but still learned a fair few things from him on equipment repair and on white and Oliver farm machinery. Keep it up Jake! Great video as well to you bigtractorpower! Always enjoyable

[@detroitdiesel2983]

I have a 9720 and a 2-155, so jake, you are not the only one!

[@prairiestrong1106]

White made great combines. Nice to see them again. As I kid I thought the 9700 was a Deere killer .

[@snowman5609]

Love the sound of that perkins from 1988 to1993 we run two massey 8590s they were and awesome Machine but in 1994 it was time to update after five years

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

One of the most beautiful Harvesters built. We run Gleaners on our farm, but if we had the time to restore a 9700, we would do it in a heartbeat!

[@terrellfarms1]

See Jake we like to watch your videos. Were waiting on you to post some new material. I miss your commentary.

[@johnkillian4874]

Love your vids too!! Great work!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Great video! It's good to see Jakes Whites get featured, he has some nice stuff.

[@garywest8901]

Beautiful machine Jake . Well maintained. Thanks for showing BTP. Never disappointed in your videos .

[@chadshafer8095]

One of my Favorite Combines of all time along with Gleaners.

[@davidziebell1693]

Hi big tractor power here on my farm in Queensland Australia we run two White combines an 8900 and an older 8600 and they’ve been pretty good combines I’ve had the opportunity to do some harvesting with our 8900 and I actually enjoyed it it’s good to still see some of the older equipment getting used these days just goes to show that the older stuff is still pretty reliable

[@davidboyce8121]

I bought a 8900 White combine dirt cheap because of the very faded red paint and it was the best piece of machinery I ever bought. A White mechanic told me to spray it with WD 40 penetrating oil and leave it alone out in the hot sun for a few days. The paint and decals all came back to original color for many years just like it was repainted. WD 40 worked also on a red Case tractor, same result. A man from Outlook Saskatchewan was buying 9700s and strenghtening the frame as the combine would flex when the hopper grain tank was getting full. He also took the rotor out and cleaned out all the fine dirt inside it and then welded up the holes in the rotor that the dirt was going through and corrected all the problems.

[@bigtractorpower]

Nice buy on the 8900. Great to hear it cleaned up well.

[@ericcole8628]

That machine was ahead of its time

[@jonkreiser7757]

Nice to see these older combines still in Action, Especially the odder ones. My mentor growing ups dad bought a 9700 White new in 79 and they ran it on there Farm up until 2017 and along the way they picked up two more. They ended up selling the 3-9700's tp a guy that already had 2-9700's 2-9720's and one 8590 MF. SO the guy now has 7 machines its quite a sight.

[@natethegreatone]

When our farm, way out here in Oregon, switch from Minneapolis Moline Uni-combines in like the late eighties or ninties, i think, we upgraded to white combines. We got a 8800. Over the next couple years we acumulated a couple more. Today we still have one 8900, two 8800 (would have three but lost it to fire) and one 8600. We retired them quite a while ago. But to put icing on the cake, we still use two 2-155's with fwa and a 2-135. So you ain't the only one with white combines and tractors.

[@interman7715]

White made awesome machinery.

[@motorcop555]

That’s a sweet ole combine! Glad to see it still being utilized and cared for.

[@mrourcanada8964]

That was an awesome combine to see working in the field measure of taking good care of it over the years

[@caml.5195]

I love white equipment!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

One of these days I’m gonna have one of those to round out the collection.

[@farmallskittle]

You definitely need more combines

[@davidwarnken4799]

I bought a new 9700 White in 1980. There was nothing even close in capacity at that time when it was running that is. I was constantly plagued with breakdowns and probably spent as much time working on it as time harvesting. Biggest issue was dealer network and the stocking of parts. I later bought another used 9700 just to have parts available. We ran the Whites until 1990 when I bought a Deere 9600. We were so bored because The Deere never broke down!

[@mrbojangles9841]

The fact is deere by that time had perfected the old straw walker design while other companies were building and improving rotaries. Then deere simply copied everyone elses rotary design after it proved superior to conventional. Not bad business but not very innovative.

[@rongrose3746]

Jake is such a great person ! Thank you for showing this !!

[@switzerblitzer2701]

Jake, I'm sure you know also your 9700 could handle a 30' header with ease. Would need a 5' or 6' auger extension too....I see that you're running a Case IH header. Really nice video!! That combine is a gem!

[@stevebrygadyr1675]

Hello, when I used to farm, I had a Cockshutt 555. It ate a lot of crop and kept up to a White 8800 until I got a full hopper and sounded great with the dual straight pipes!

[@tsint]

What a cool machine!

[@k.k.weatherby2198]

Beautiful looking machine!!!!!

[@davidcrawford1085]

I have a 8600 Harvest Boss many years since 1981, did small grains, soybeans, wheat and corn, did a excellent job for me and still running it today.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. Thank you for sharing.

[@SimonKL11]

That looks like a great combine👍😉 jake really takes care of his equipment😁👍 Well done👍

[@gavinhenderson3861]

I was just taking about wanting to find one of those combines today

[@millardhayes1884]

That combine is huge.

[@alanforrest6457]

My Uncle Les and cousin Ralph worked at White farm equipment in Brantford back in 60's and 70's

[@alanforrest6457]

I forgot it was Cockshutt farm equipment before White,

[@JamesTyreeII]

Neat! Never seen that one before

[@arcticman18]

I have a 9720, 4x4 model. Massey 8590 4x4. Ripon Wi.

[@bigtractorpower]

Wow that is very very cool. Both are so rare. I would like to film and feature your combines. Could you email me at [e-mail]. Building on this videos history with a 9720 and 8590 story would be exciting.

[@westaylor6]

Can’t wait to see old machines in the future working on beans and corn

[@bigtractorpower]

I like featuring the classics. Watch for a John Deere 105 soon.

[@ArmpitStudios]

Cool, I’d never seen a White combine. Great looking combination with the White tractor.

[@markreetz1001]

I don't believe I've ever seen that version of the white combine. That is really cool.

[@garlandhenry6792]

Really good video. Jake runs good equipment

[@jeffpaggett7274]

I grew up on a Cockshutt! Love it.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. I like the Sumac red is always great to see.

[@luisnunes7933]

Another kind of Red!

[@lowellwalter9420]

This thing was a beast in its day

[@justincase2830]

Great looking beans Jake!

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍

[@koenmarist7857]

Very very nice jason

[@christophercarey3232]

WHY ARE THERE NO ASMR VIDEOS LIKE THIS? Seriously, an hour long harvest is perfect ASMR.

[@user-qm3qb6us3v]

I like the Argo allis farm equipment that's what I collect in 1/64 scale I have over 1300 pieces I have been collecting since I was 12 yrs old I am soon to be 51 yrs old

[@markneddow8486]

Had both manufactures in Brantford during those years. It was a combine town with WFE/Cockshutt vs Massy Ferguson/Harris competing. The axial combine technology development was supported by the Canadian government. Massey was first approached to develop it but declined. White Farm picked it up and ran with it. Lots of local families helped work on making the big axial brute function. The Axial was super efficient machine. 7% grain loss was considered unprecedented. Good to see them still going!

[@bigtractorpower]

Brandtford has always interested me for their combine production. Thank you for sharing the additional history. I am working on a future video featuring the first rotary combines from each major manufacturer. It is interesting how manufactures seem to group production of harvesters together. It may be for a skilled workforce. International/Case IH and John Deere’s combine factories were separated by a chain link fence in East Moline IL through 2003. Case IH moved to Grand Island, NE in 2003 to build combines alongside New Hollands. Claas builds combines in Omaha, NE. In a 30 mile radius on the German/Belgium border Class, John Deere and New Holland build self propelled forage harvesters and combines.

[@markneddow8486]

@@bigtractorpower It was unfortunately for White farm that the 1981 recession hit when it did. 22% interest rates made the 9700 far too much for even the biggest farmers.

[@badenielsen]

Thats pretty dang cool. 👍

[@user-snowman5]

I don’t care what anyone says that’s a studly lookin machine beast for 1980 . I was four yrs old in 1980

[@bigtractorpower]

So was I. 😁👍

[@kerriwilson7732]

@@bigtractorpower you were what? 4 years old in 1980, or a studly beast regardless what anyone says?

[@andrewknapp3587]

White Mfg also did a very good job of building heavy tillage equipment. Plows disc's chisels etc..

[@bigtractorpower]

Yes they did. Often the best in many cases.

[@MrHyde-dt1sx]

Equipment a guy can work on himself

[@zimmermanservice7474]

I used to have a Massey Ferguson 8590. Same thing with some upgrades

[@nevinbontrager8828]

Love the sound! I can totally hear my 2805 roaring inside that thing! lol

[@bigtractorpower]

Cool. The Massey 2805 is on my top 5 tractor list to film. Could you email me at [e-mail]

[@rbharvesters7404]

I live in England not far from Oxford. A farming family local to me called Fountain had one of these imported in the 1980s as their wasn't anything big enough for them available on the UK market at time. I never got to see the machine and i wonder what happened to it.

[@khristopherwenger4856]

Yeah I watched Jake Ziegler a lot on Oliver equipment

[@paulofrancisco565]

Like 👏👏👍👍🇧🇷

[@billz410]

That thing is in amazing condition.

[@bigtractorpower]

This was a great find to capture 1980’s harvesting history.

[@Snowtruckdriver]

Interesting video. Do you ever run across any Massey Ferguson 510 model combines? I ran one for the summer of 1968 on a custom crew in Eastern Washington.

[@AdrianPerez-qj7lc]

Buenas tardes y white saco cosechadoras en el 2020 saludos de mty nl mex

[@matthewemanuel20]

Ran an 8900 for 17ish years in Nebraska, 8 row narrow in corn and a 20' platform in narrow row beans with a 2-155 series 3 on the Kinze grain cart.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. Nice harvest combo with the 2-155.

[@formerfarmer1718]

In ‘88 I bought one of the first Massy 8560s that was patterned after the 9700 after Massy bought the rights to the White rotary. The 8560 was a scaled down version of the White 9700 at 185 hp/185 bu tank. The 9700 was in a class all by itself back then. The console was virtually the same as my MF8560. Identical layout and function. That MF 8560 you show didn’t go very much further with that rotary screen on the radiator not turning!! Ask me how I know……..

[@Andy-From-England]

👍😀

[@mr.whatever2435]

That was pretty cool. I live in southern Illinois and have never seen a white combine in person

[@bigtractorpower]

With only 1,500 built 40 to 36 years ago it is a rare find today.

[@allenhollenbach4692]

@@bigtractorpower so how do you get wear parts?

[@kerriwilson7732]

@@bigtractorpower 1500 White 9700 rotary combines were built. White built other conventional combine models.

[@paulcasefarms9933]

When was this video taken? I am a subscriber of Jake's and He has not put up anything new in quite a while. Awesome machine and operator. Hope to see some new harvest videos from Jake soon!

[@MrLuke2623]

Odd looking but very cool combine. Seems like it was ahead of it's time.

[@bigtractorpower]

It was a monster for its day.

[@kerriwilson7732]

@@bigtractorpower it's a monster today as far as cubic inches of capacity, just underpowered.

[@artieshuster8013]

Used to have a White 8600 , switch to a New Holland TR. Corn & soybeans & oats

[@bobbyallison2980]

So here's a question. Do farms that keep older equipment like this, in good working condition, normally see better profits, since they likely outright own it? Or does fuel, efficiency(lack of), upkeep/maintenance, lack of GPS usage, etc etc, nullify that?

[@detroitdiesel2983]

Much more profit and often much less in repairs

[@chadshafer8095]

@@detroitdiesel2983 I never got your picture

[@kerriwilson7732]

Everyone has their own way of doing math.

[@detroitdiesel2983]

We run a 9700 and 2 9720’s in ND.

[@chadshafer8095]

Do you have pictures of your combines? I am always asking people to post them. I love these combines as they were ahead of their time.

[@detroitdiesel2983]

@@chadshafer8095 I have a couple, just not sure how to post them on here.

[@chadshafer8095]

@@detroitdiesel2983 , Send me them in a Private email on my facebook.

[@evanevans670]

Could you tell much difference between them?

[@detroitdiesel2983]

@@evanevans670 the 9720 has all the updates and improvements they made over the years. The 9720 has electric over hydraulic feeder house and reel lift, while the 9700 still has levers. No major differences otherwise.

[@alexpachecodemarinoslucas9476]

🚜🚜🌽🌽🌽👍♥️

[@georgebarnessr5472]

Often wonder if getting parts for these older combines. I guess aftermarket parts might be available but what about OEM.

[@weirdo1083]

Good old whitey hey.

[@AJmx2702001]

Cool to see the original White rotary combine at work but its sad to see the Current day version of it from massey is going away

[@nathiolifant6842]

I'm in early🙈😂

[@hunterwillingham7642]

My combine is a bit older than yours. It's a JD 1979

[@mattphillips4260]

hey jake where you guys been not seen you guys in my feed for long time

[@sharpshooter7127]

It sounds like it has a V-8 engine. I wouldn't think it would but it may

[@ricknelson7824]

It has a Perkins 640 v8 that is around 265 hp. I had 3 and the factory supplied parts upgrades for about 5 years. They sent 2 of the design engineers out with 2 machines that worked alongside us for 3 years. When a failure occurred you could talk to the actual designer and recommend changes and upgrades. Several issues were dealt with very well. Virtually unplugable unless the cam followers on the rotor drive started to fail. I put larger followers in and recontoured the basket to accommodate them, could change them out in about 30 minutes after I developed a technique that did not require full disassembly. A design that has been emulated by all major companies. Our custom cutter had JD and always had 2 experimental units with a factory tech along. The tech guy took a lot of notes and pictures and was truly amazed at the productivity. Worst part was that the elevators and augers would wear out in 3 years. We developed inserts to act as wear plates. Great rock trap and using Sund pickup header we could travel at insane speeds. 44-50 foot swath of 80 bushel per acre at 5-6 mph.

[@sharpshooter7127]

@@ricknelson7824 ok it sounded different than other machines and it sounded a lot like jasons 4786 IH tractor that's what made me question the engine. Thanks for the info

[@smajhound4048]

We own a latest model 5542 wfe and the latest model wfe 8700, have a 1550 cockshutt chore tractor. 2-105 standby tractor and the pulling tractor a 2-135. Our whole family has owned white and cockshutt for 3 generations of farming my grandfather was a mechanic and cockshutt and then the later white company. Our family has many small farms all residing. Lose together all running white ,cockshutt. Many 8900s and 8700s and our latest purchase was my dads brother who got a 9700 this last fall

[@kerriwilson7732]

For all her quirks, the 5542 could be set to perfection.

[@johnsonfishin999]

from the distance I would’ve thought this was an international paint is almost identical to an IH

[@michaelstark703]

With only 1500 examples I would think parts are a challenge

[@Buzzbox3rd]

Isnt this really a jazzed up Oliver?

[@kerriwilson7732]

Nope. Brantford Ontario's Cockshutt facilities.

[@rosstheoliverman]

That was a big horse in its day! It would make my 7300 White look like a toy. Great video as always!

[@bigtractorpower]

The 9700 was a monster. Only the N6 Gleaner was bigger in 1979.

[@rosstheoliverman]

@@bigtractorpower around here the Gleaners were king. There was a bunch of them. When I worked at the dealership there was a junk N6 out back. It looks so tiny compared to the modern stuff today!

[@mjlmbl]

Careful how you talk about deere.... they'll swear it was an biased comparison. Just like they did to kinze.

[@jeanboily7331]

I Have a 8650 white pulltype combine in quebec province.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very nice piece of harvesting history. What tractor do you run it with?

[@jeanboily7331]

Massey ferguson 3525

[@brettcolburn8871]

Actually sounds pretty quiet in the cab.

[@tiger5551]

Haven’t seen that before, then again I’m not on top of white like I am case or John Deere

[@matthewtaliaferro4902]

Why is it’s unloading auger is swung out all the time?

[@45Deere9500]

In a machine of that vintage, it’s likely that you have to hold a lever to swing the auger in or out, instead of pushing a button on today’s machine. If that’s the case, swinging the auger in and out all the time isn’t as handy to do . Also, with the length of the auger (or lack of length compared to today’s larger combines), there’s not that much weight hanging out there, bouncing around. It’s not near as likely to damage anything unlike a long auger in today’s big machines.

[@craigadair128]

They like to test the strength of utility poles bordering the field

[@josesilvanosilvano8934]

Am a tela rotativa no meio

[@patricka.7260]

This combine looks like someone poorly described what a 1400 series IH looks like to someone who didn’t know what a 1400 series looks like and told them to draw it.

[@michaelwashington2682]

Would have been nice if the video would not have been buffering

[@bradrutland1505]

That baby eat up a bean patch

[@bigtractorpower]

The 9700 was a monster in its day.

[@beaunugget4277]

We had a white 9700. If you like to work on combines, you would love it. It broke down every day. I was thrilled to get rid of it. I can’t believe there are any still running.

[@buckeyefarmboy107]

You don't see one of those everyday

[@lgpadilha]

It seems MF 32 looking at the front.

[@lorentrofimenkoff8273]

Restoring a 9700 on my farm anyone know a good parts supplier? I Want to bring it back from the dead

[@bigtractorpower]

I wish I did. These are awesome combines to keep going.

[@aaronwisneski7046]

Compared to a JD 8820, how much bigger is the WHITE? It seems huge compared to even a JD 9500 in my mind. Can someone give me a size idea?

[@hunterwillingham7642]

Maybe 5ft bigger or 5ins IDK

[@bigtractorpower]

It is considerably larger. In the video I mention it is 6,000 lbs now than an 8820. The 9700 is about 30ft long and the 8820 is 26ft.

[@kerriwilson7732]

Google threshing & cleaning area in cubic inches. That 9700 was gigantic.

[@dieseltehno8982]

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[@dirtthunder1638]

Great video! Haven't see much of Jake lately, good to see what he's up to. If you want to see a White 9700 and a Massy 8590 in corn? kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6HOnnxnl7SSmrM

[@Joy_stick790]

More like harvest like youre a poor.

[@hunterwillingham7642]

LOL

[@shaunault7538]

I ran one of them in my teens

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. The 9700 was a monster combine in its day.