John Deere Combines: 7721 vs. 7720

[@Chevy4x4dawg]

Great video and comparison! For those that don't understand why there was PTO combines all way up to 90s, well at one time manufacturers actually cared about customers. For example the Northern plains farmers used alot of PTO pull type combines on windrow crops. While it was a small market the manufacturers filled it. Another example wheat land tractors. Fixed front axles and no 3 pt. That would be crazy in row crop areas, but was very common in wheat belt. Now it's just "take it or leave it" manufacturers...........

[@tf7274]

Saw a 7720 at the dealer last week for air conditioning service...we were looking at a bunch of S680's which are now being turned over for the 780's...when it drove by us I couldn't believe how smooth this combine sounded. I steered our 6620 on my dad's lap when I was 10 or so.

[@bigtractorpower]

The 7720 is one of the combine greats. The S700s make a 7720 look small now.

[@iowadairyboysFarms]

Surprised seeing me in the video! We used to run a 7720 before our 9500.

[@hturbo1007]

OMG. you're right at 4:10 cutting hay with the 4440.

[@bigtractorpower]

Great tractor. You never know where that footage might show up. Working on 100 years of Waterloo tractors. Watch for the 4440 in that one.

[@railfanjames7699]

bigtractorpower hi I'm wondering if the 7721 is an economy model.

[@truthandfreedom885]

Very well explained. Slightly older models we had a 7701 In combination without John here 4620 tractor and also had combine and combination with a 6600 self-propelled and later on a 7700 self-propelled. Over half of the crops in the '70s were small green windowed crop so the pull type combines help knock out some acres that I greatly reduced cost. My uncle did convert a 15 ft flex at over to fit on a 7701 by moving the throat over to miss the hitch. But this is before land rollers and there we're too many troubles with a combine swallowing rocks. So it didn't even use it a full season for all the trouble he went through. I still enjoy driving the 7701 a lot

[@scruffy6151]

Love them all. Field work was always the best part of farming or working for a farmers. Thank you for all you do BTP. Stay safe.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@69druth]

Good info keep em coming. Those 7720's are great machines. A farm near me was all organic and they had 2 and put a pile of material through them. Most of the time you couldn't really tell what the crop was.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool.

[@57PEEBEE]

Another great video from the boys at Big Tractor Power

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@kris7625]

We had two 7721 combines. One was pulled with a 4640 John Deere and the other with a 8450 John Deere

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool set up for harvesting.

[@birdsnestfishing698]

This was a great video I have always been interested in pull type combines

[@bigtractorpower]

The pull types are neat. I would like to find more. Thank you for watching.

[@austinedwards5851]

We still run a 7720 turbo and an 8820 turbo along side 2 9600s love running the old machines.

[@bigtractorpower]

That is an awesome line up. I would love to film that harvest fleet. Where do you farm?

[@rattlinurcage3]

We had a 6601 JD pull type pulled by a case 1070. Best combine we ever had on the farm !!

[@bigtractorpower]

That is a cool combo.

[@larry4082]

Nice video. Beautiful backdrop at the end.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@michaelshurtleff2465]

Either way both machines are neat ! Hope you can do more videos like this one Big Tractor Power !

[@TheStephenlarose]

When he mentions buying a tractor to run the 7721 with the money saved buying a pull-type, he mentions the 4430 and 4450. In reality any tractor smaller than 150 PTO HP would be too small to handle that combine.

[@379insk]

Were lots of 7721 pt combines here in Sk. A handfull were converted to run a 24' straight cut header.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool.

[@diesel8447]

Is that clean grain elevator on the 7720 leaking pretty bad or is it my eyes? 2:18

[@iafarmer]

Very neat! I’ve always wondered the difference in price and what the differences were. Never seen a 7721 around here

[@commonwealthfarms5342]

Another awesome and informative video neighbor....great job!!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@Masseydriver]

I always wondered what the difference between the Turbo and the Titan 2 was. Thanks for answering.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@Jorrie86]

Wish us smaller scale farmers could still buy a new pull type combine ... A self propelled combine is so much money for something that sits around 11 months of the year

[@AgrarfilmeNorddeutschland]

Nice compilation, thanks for posting!!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@ericlakota1847]

Like the pull type makes sense to me less oil change and tires and smaller to store for winter those big self propled combines need lot of corn to cover cost$$ 30,000savings was alot of money to save and put into other stuff if on flat land

[@littlerougue]

I didn't know pull behinds hung around that long that was a cool vid

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. Deere made a 9501 after the 7721 for the first few years of the 90s.

[@littlerougue]

wow so when is that video going up?

[@bigtractorpower]

If I can find a 9501 I would film it. I have not been around one to film yet.

[@bobsmith1814]

It was cool to see the pull type combine.

[@bigtractorpower]

It was a neat find to film.

[@Buzzbox3rd]

Wish they still made a pto machine

[@bigtractorpower]

It would be neat to see a modern pull type.

[@jacobcheney3987]

7720 brings back memories my uncle used to have one

[@bigtractorpower]

They are a great combine.

[@Sean-if7rp]

Big machines for their time

[@farminginmissouri4308]

Another great video!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@toppingben]

Would be interesting to see how the pull type functioned, how the unload was folded and engaged, header up and down, I assume the hitch swung, the cylinder speed adjustment,etc There must have been a series of switches to control theses functions?Maybe a monitor in the cab with warning lights and read outs?

[@bigtractorpower]

I would like to film that. I would like to find more pull types to film. I think there are some IH models in use in Wisconsin.

[@bdnmb6822]

The control box mounted in the tractor cab had all the same functions as the sp. Unloading auger was an electric clutch, all the same shaft monitors as the sp. Cylinder speed and adjustment from the cab. Header was electric clutch. We ran two 7721’s on a couple 4840 jds. Power shift was handy but still nothing like have a hydrostatic. They were identical to the sp as far the header/ separating, grain tank auger etc went. Cheaper to buy and less to go wrong.

[@TheStephenlarose]

@@bdnmb6822 My father farmed in Saskatchewan. In the 1990s he used a 4650 JD with Power Shift to run a 7721. A great combination. Before he used a 2775 Massey Ferguson, which was a piece of junk. One year the 2775 quit on him during harvest and he hooked up a 4020 to that combine...an interesting combination to say the least...

[@jasonprocai1020]

Great video, always curious on why the 7721 was around? Thank you

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@Alcir07]

beautiful harvester, here in Brazil it is very used.

[@jayroberts5705]

Do you have any videos of John Deer 95 combines? I used to harvest wheat every summer in one. Miss those machines ours had 20 foot headers on them.

[@bigtractorpower]

I do not. I am always looking. I have tracked down some 105 combines I hope to film in 2019. My neighbor had a 95EB when I grew up. Great combines.

[@massimopecile9666]

We got the 7720 here in italy, we keep it for only one year, but my parents say that where the best machine out there in the days

[@bigtractorpower]

Wow I did not the Titan series were sold in Italy. Thank you for sharing.

[@Northern_Farmer]

What was the last year for the pull type combine?

[@bigtractorpower]

1989/1988 time frame.

[@Northern_Farmer]

I thought there was a 90 series pull type to?

[@bigtractorpower]

I think the last Case IH was the 1482 in 1992 and the last John Deere was the 9501 in 1995.

[@bigtractorpower]

Yes. Sorry read it as last 7721. There was a 9501 offered through the mid 90s.

[@mrgoob76]

*Northern farmer* that would be the VERY evulsive john deere 9501...which i have ONLY seen pictures of either being sold... OR in the brochure. i have NEVER in the 20 years since it was new EVER found a picture of it in the field... or a video of it on youtube

[@lorenzotiraboschi6760]

Un video bellissimo, mi piace moltissimo. Complimenti. Grazie per la condivisione. 👍 264. Saluti dall'Italia. Ciao, Lorenzo.

[@MultiPowerlin]

We have had 2 7700 then 2 7720 then 2 8820 turbos which we still have then a 2008 9870sts

[@bigtractorpower]

Very nice history. Awesome combines.

[@jamesverburg5478]

Does anyone make a pull-type combine anymore?

[@marcosagustin3304]

Buen video 👍👍👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@jamieshields9521]

Love vid it make you think just cost of buying new pull type combine plus tractor would cost same as combine. If was farmer in 79 I would have brought pull type combine if I was harvesting wheat. I like to see International comparison of same, maybe even MF. In Australia in 79 you could have options of buying 3342 combine or 3342 pull type combine. I have find cost on MF combines but I think they were way cheaper then JD but not as big. Next model after 3342 were 860 which was same size as titan.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. I would like to find more pull types to film. IH, Massey and White had pull types as well as a big one from Versatile.

[@jasonprocai1020]

Can you tell me what the difference is between a 8120 vs a R model 8000 series in the same hp rating?

[@bigtractorpower]

That would make a good video. I will need to film some more of the series. I only have an 8300 and 8520 on video. I need to get an 8010 and 8030.

[@FarmerJohnKY]

Are you going to be at the National Farm Machinery Show this year? I'd love to meet you

[@bigtractorpower]

Yes

[@FarmerJohnKY]

bigtractorpower great! What day and what booth?

[@bigtractorpower]

No booth. Just filming. I have decided on a date yet. I will try to post when we get closer.

[@jacobblackburn6417]

if yout come here to idaville indiana in the fall, u can see a variety deere 7700 series

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool.

[@jdaxelmarine8439]

Hey bigtractorpower can you make a video on the John Deere 4000 series tractors please

[@bigtractorpower]

The 4000 or the 4010, 4020, 4430, 4440, 4450, 4455?

[@averysenior6571]

Didn't alot of guys run 6 row or even an 8 row on a 7720? That would be a huge advantage. Always love your videos.

[@bigtractorpower]

Yes 6 row was very common and 8 row was an option for the 7720. So far I have only filmed a 7720 with a 4 row. For this video showing the 7721 with 444 head this 7720 with the 4 row aided the story.

[@nolanbrodrecht400]

We have a titan I love it

[@bigtractorpower]

Cool. What model?

[@nolanbrodrecht400]

bigtractorpower 1988 7720

[@darinsherritt756]

Should do one comparing the 1482 and 1480 IH

[@darinsherritt756]

Still some 1482s kicking around western Canada, we bought one as our first combine this past year and may be running it this fall.

[@leinie6683]

couldnt the 7720 run a 6 or 8 row ? That wouldmake a big difference over the 7721

[@jasonnewell6834]

Leinie yes we had a neighbor that have a 843 corn head and Ben extensions

[@santafewarbonnetproductions]

i would like to see John deere 4440 v.s. 4450

[@bigtractorpower]

I have not filmed a 4430 yet but when I do I plan to do a video on the updates made from the 4430 to the 4440 to the 4450 to the 4450. The 7800 early in its development was slated to be a 4460.

[@gabewynne3025]

Wouldn’t it be pretty hard to combine corn with a pull type combine because you couldn’t really see the snouts in front of u

[@gonerydin4225]

That's what I was thinking. I really would not want to run that in corn.

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s like running a pull type forage harvester. You can see the snouts from the cab.

[@Lukasthefloof]

Wonder why john deere doesn't produce pull type combines anymore

[@bigtractorpower]

Small grain varieties improved and the need to swath small grains changed and direct cutting with a combine became more and more common. The last John Deere pull type was the 9501 in the early 1990’s. I have a 9501 combine featured in this video m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJywZWSEnbqHfa8

[@panchovillaz8004]

I like th. 7721. 🇲🇽

[@bigtractorpower]

Is a cool combine.

[@Lantbrukmedmerapågotland]

Nice 👍🏻

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@connorburch6139]

Nice

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@Fultonfalcons86]

I learned how to combine on the Titan 2 ........

[@ericlakota6512]

Thats not a varry big tractor pulling it right along i think its great seing you only run combine so meny hours a year back then it was half caust for pull behind

[@mackowen9337]

Wish combines were that cheap today. S670 probably run up to 359,000 with no headers. Pretty sad.

[@bigtractorpower]

It amazing. You can’t even buy a header today for what a combine cost 30 years ago.

[@lwilton]

Don't forget inflation. I could buy a meal for $3.00 30 years ago that will cost me $20 today.

[@connorburch6139]

We have a 9560sts

[@bigtractorpower]

Nice combine.

[@johnmurphy8259]

I would like to find a 7721 but you just don't see them.

[@billrundle7276]

My neighbor has one

[@ericlakota6512]

Half price and you and you didet need to change oil and radiator and if you have nice flat land pull type was probly ok if your main horse have enough power any way

[@emanuelplayerbr8226]

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