Time to start 2023 soybean harvest! But with the wrong combine 😆

Starting my 2023 soybean harvest but decided to use my old combine. The field wasn’t great, so might as well use the combine that is equally not as great!

[@randybennett5417]

You are not about junking, you are about resurrecting and restoring.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

100%!! Nailed it!

[@Oldtruckguy37]

Those old girls would RUN in beans! I had a 7700. Fix her up!!!

[@timwinemiller8615]

Good sounding old machine

[@mikeduffy7271]

You are why I bought a used lawnmower 😁. 10 dollar eBay carb and it’s running perfectly. Seriously.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Great job! Glad I could be a good influence 😉

[@ButlerFam]

I commented on that combine last week and now its out in the field this week. Lol. I got my JD7700 out yesterday to get started on my 35 acres of beans. A lot of work but those are good machines.

[@dirtyeric]

Really enjoy your enthusiasm for these older girls getting the job done. Beans were looking pretty nice.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks! These oldies keep me going!

[@terryhobdy5727]

Well another good video I enjoyed it. Im glad everything is going well.

[@douglasgraves4673]

J.T. watching your video's brings back beautiful images growing up on the farm . I worked from age 10 to 18 . I thank you for the memories.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

You are very welcome!

[@cocochesneau1189]

good job jt the 6600 combine not ready for the cemetery!!!

[@RichardLewis-fl9mp]

Grew up on a 6600, Dad purchased new in 73. Ran that machine through the late 80's.

[@billyhaddock5540]

Congrats JT, on getting the old combine to get ur soybean harvest.

[@stevemccoy8138]

Looks like a good combine to me. Keep on Farming. 😊

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks, will do!

[@CircleTFarms419]

Great video JT, I have to eat like that everyday it seems like 😂

[@josephhartman8073]

Thanks for the ride along, I spent a lot of time and covered a lot of acres in a 6600 just like that. I am getting close to 80 now but would still like tearing into a field of corn or beans.

[@rodneyshuler6655]

Ruby sounds great JT. Don't give up on her just yet

[@davewallen1540]

I am a IH kinda guy... But that "ole battleaxe" sounds great!!

[@jondavidmcnabb]

Ruby is bringing in the money and she just worked with little issues. Keep her working.

[@pleasantviewfarms2084]

Great video. It doesn’t take new equipment to get high yields. I plant corn and beans both with my JD7000 planter and I constantly get 65-75 bushel beans and 200+ corn. Harvest with a 4420 as well

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right on! It’s all about a good plan and program. The old stuff will make good money!

[@pleasantviewfarms2084]

@@jtsbarnngrill6873 technology I feel is comfort. The old equipment can still keep up with the new stuff. You just don’t have the comfort. But with added comfort comes added price. Keep up the videos.

[@ronzezulka6646]

Nice,,,beans are adding up!

[@jonathantarrant2449]

My brothers farm with a jd7700 and a jd 6620. The 7700 still out there leading the way.

[@kenwillis8487]

Awesome to see you running the old forgotten machines! Some might think your too cheap to buy newer and some might think your just running the old stuff for the views on KZbin! I think your a genius. Fix up the old machines and make them reliable to perform without making you time broke or money broke, that way you don’t have payments eating into your profits! Run the old stuff and pocket that money that others are intent on giving the bank to rent there equipment!

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

That’s spot on! With or without KZbin I’d be doing the same as I am now. The old stuff has character, and as long as shoup keeps making parts I’ll keep running them 😉

[@rustybottoms8859]

Enjoy watching you get it done with the older machines. I’m a cattle farmer in the Ozarks so I know nothing about combines but I’ve always had an unhealthy want for a combine. I could do a small amount of wheat just for kicks. Until then I’ll live vicariously through you.😊. Keep up the great content.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks! I will! There’s just something about a combine.. I understand how you feel 😉

[@karlfischer1011]

​@@jtsbarnngrill6873I've always been fascinated by combines. When I was little, I threw an epic tantrum at bedtime because the opening credits of Dallas were on TV and I wanted to watch the "combine show!" I believe they show 2 combines for 1.5 seconds. Turns out the show was NOT about combines...Thankfully i have your channel twe...thi...forty years later!

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I believe that is also a 6600 running sorghum. I watch a little of the Ewing family 😉

[@brandonhoad9033]

​@@karlfischer1011howdy. Buy a mf 540 , that'll cure you if wanting a combine,(💩)!😅😅

[@rirebel6029]

Combine is definitely on my " want list " and so us a sawmill ... got to have them someday lol

[@America-First2024]

For “an old parts combine” she sounds great and looks great! Even better? Your inputs are already paid for.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Exactly!

[@wornoutwrench8128]

I'm a retired logger, I know nothing about farming. I do like watching farming channels like millennial farmer and the brown family. Funny to see the differences between new monster combines and old "junk" Nice to see the old junk making some money and not have to send 1/2 the profit from the field to the bank as a payment. I spent years rebuilding old logging junk, machines that were built in the 70's and 80's, nothing to have 30-40,000 hours on the frames, Pretty easy to drop $200K into a machine when the cost to replace is $1.5 Million and the new ones really don't have much over the old.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

At the end of the day they’ll get it done. This way I get to keep a few bucks in my pocket!

[@bobtuckosh9870]

I say fix the combine up a little, make you a good spare machine

[@adriandelossantos3927]

Nice 6600 When I was 9 years old I learn how to drive the 6600

[@andywilkinson3792]

Nice one . J.t looked like you had the throttle through the window and a few beers the way the back wheels were shimmering around. L.o.l hope you got all in before the rain. From Andy in uk

[@wiltfarms65]

Love the older stuff working. Great job. Your R O I is higher than with newer machines.

[@jonathanwalker7638]

It’s good to see someone not hid the facts and figures and let us watchers see just how much things cost in the real world.

[@glennkrosp3710]

I had a 6600 at one time, it was a good machine!

[@corydriver7634]

Nice, I’m glad you got better than expected on the production. How did the good ground yield or have you not cut it yet? It’s heart warming to see a guy can still have a viable operation with old machinery. 🇺🇸💪🏻

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I have not got to the better side yet, but hopefully late next week. We are having a wet week here again. I’ll keep you posted!

[@kurtreinhardt6789]

Thanks for taking us along JT- Ole girl seems to be running decent for you

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

She’s always been a great runner if nothing else!

[@jaapbruijn1300]

Try that with a modern combine. Sitting in a barn during one winter and they won‘t start the next season.

[@kevinmalda3182]

Or need a laptop to diagnose electrical/ system error codes.

[@AndrewHCann]

Excellent video JT :) think strange to my late dad & his brother had 1968 624 A International PTO broken down and John Deere not sure number of Handmill but ran of PTO but both damage because of frozen pick cobs of corn damage both plus seize up bearings in 1993 year! So hand make chop feed for home farm plus one rent one for 200 head of cows plus calfs ! So waited for get parts on tractor PTO and Handmill and use 3 men torn in 1968 McCormick- International 105C combine gas motor funny part made chop feed from grain head only we did not have corn head at all ! Then I found my one work boss at farm had Same model of John Deere Handmill but belt drive so we bought and brought home farm use old 1950 Cockshutt COOP 40 tractor belt driver on make chop feed for 3 months ! Fix up old John Deere handmill when parts in and 1968 International tractor on spare time ! My dad and his brother ask paid for John Deere handmill one my boss sold me and told ! They said did super and sold with home farm in 1997 and paid me too money I spend for them ! Both them told year's later when left farm in person I always had creative ideas always!

[@dannyv2335]

Combines are just pure wizardry to me.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

There is a lot of sorcery in there lol.

[@northdakotaham1752]

​@@jtsbarnngrill6873lol! That hopper just magically fills up. Don't ask how! 😂

[@karlfischer1011]

​@@jtsbarnngrill6873sorcery and ancient torture devices!

[@northdakotaham1752]

The old 6600 here with 918 headed and McDon reel has been gone for about 15 years. Was in running condition when it was sold on the consignment auction for $2400. Its next destination: A rebuild and headed to South America! Replaced by a slightly newer 7720T with 922 header which is still being used here. Other than belts and an occassional bearing, very reliable.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Bingo! It’s a pretty tough old machine and still runs like a top

[@northdakotaham1752]

@@jtsbarnngrill6873 I like a few things about the 6600 over the 7720...one thing being the location of the throttle.

[@farmerk14]

JT you court make a 3 hour video and we would watch every second. I don’t usually get to run the combine that’s dads job. I’m grain cart and semi driver. I’m just happy to have the equipment we are farming with. Thank you for making the KZbins you do.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks for watching! I appreciate it!

[@ronzimmerman8968]

That old GMC is my favorite truck on KZbin.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

😊

[@lonetnier2733]

You goofy shit I love it..... pumping the throttle made me bust a gut. Keep up the great work studley.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

😆😆😆. Will do!

[@douglasmayherjr.5733]

Great Video, J.T. Sometimes he who cares less wins when it comes to equipment. The other option is you made the old 6600 jealous and it had something to prove. Looks like you had some nice beans. We used to be in the 30 to 50 bushel range with soybeans in the late nineties. If I remember we were selling around $5 per bushel. The last clip is the truest video on KZbin. Thanks for the Video.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks! Good ol Buford speaks the truth 😆

[@Optimous_Primal]

Wow that old girl has still got plenty of life left in her yet!

[@wb6162]

Imagine how different the world would be if Honda made the combines and John Deere made the 4 wheelers

[@mattcase1156]

She’s a beaut Clark!!!

[@prevost8686]

👍

[@randybennett5417]

Shoot, paint and put a cab kit inside it and you got a great combine.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I think that will be in its future.

[@Rudy_316]

I love all the new content you post❤

[@jonathantarrant2449]

Gus the grain hauler looks great, from 20ft out, up close not quite as good. Quick and dirty paint job still looks good though.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

A bath and wax wouldn’t hurt either lol

[@davidfist7801]

Loved watching this video. Combines seem like incredibly complicated machines with about a million parts to break!

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

There is a lot going on.. many moving parts. As long as they’re in harmony all is good 😉

[@stepark3437]

And the best part is I pretty sure there's no payments on the combine or truck and no DEF. Thanks for the video.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Bingo! Those are all paid for 😉. And no computer to get confused!

[@rongrose3746]

Clean sample there !!

[@frede5656]

Hey, l know that elevator! Now l am going to have to keep an eye out for that truck even though l am a ' sitting there when they open' kind of guy, given the distance for me. Good videos, l share a lot of the same philosophy.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right on! My truck is easy to pick out 😉

[@paulpaul8953]

Michael Jackson !

[@heatherhartman7992]

Yes JT you should fix that, but as a soybean eating machine

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right on! That may be in its future

[@dubbledub4588]

The cultivation stuff isn't my favorite, I must admit. Love all the fixing and mechanic work, but watching a piece of equipment work back and forth through a plot of land just ain't my thing. That being said, I enjoy the commentary and always get a kick out of the funny out-tro's. Say hi to Fluffy for me.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Well, I’m glad you like most of it 😉. Usually it’s a bet with myself if said piece of equipment will make it the whole way lol. I’ll pet fluffy on the head for ya

[@RickAdams-j1s]

Don't let the salvage yard win keep the old girl alive

[@karlfischer1011]

There's nicer machines in the salvage yard than some guys can afford to run. 💸

[@poorfarm-nn6ii]

Kewl stuff.

[@pippaul4279]

Yes but good .how's shot coc coming on .that be grt .beautiful day here in nz .cheers 🍻

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Slow but sure. Got all the sleeves in but one. They shorted the o-rings so I’m waiting patiently again lol

[@mgrillo2863]

i quote that satb scene almost every time i go into a bbq place here in ga, and no one ever knows wtf im talking about

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Legendary 😆

[@660r2003]

the old girl might deserve a shine up after that performance, i may have to start ignoring some of my crap as well if it makes it work better :)

[@chadtosh6831]

Be careful, combines have a jealous streak, just like a woman they know when you’ve been out with another!!! That new one could give you grief over this, blowing belts and dropping hydraulic oil. Lmao 🤣

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I had to go start the 4420 after that just to let her know she wasn’t forgotten about 😉

[@Farmer1277]

I wish we could have started beans last week but we finished corn silage, then high moisture is ready. Combine broke and then we had a lot of repairs on the silo unloader. But it's been pretty wet over here on the west side of the big pond as well.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I hear that. Got another inch here over the weekend. Might be another week before I can get finished up

[@duanekabanuk3974]

Let us know next week what it did. So far you still grossed over $500 an acre. The numbers are interesting. I'm almost ready to plant test strips, just wonder what the numbers will be.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I’ll keep you informed!

[@northdakotaham1752]

MJ!! ...loved that part!! I think we can all agree that Michael Jackson never had to pump a gas pedal on an old truck!.....or did he? 🤔

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

😆😆. I’ll bet he didn’t

[@northdakotaham1752]

@@jtsbarnngrill6873 agreed! 😆

[@briannelson4493]

One thing about beans the dirt and grit wears out the insides faster than grain. I think you should keep it working for that very reason.

[@Farmer1277]

Well you're not supposed to put the cutter bar and reel into the dirt lol

[@brandonhoad9033]

Now you've got a bean combine and corn combine. That back rt wheel looked a little wobbly

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

The whole rear axle wobbles a little on that beast

[@brandonhoad9033]

@@jtsbarnngrill6873 I'll contact ya whenever I decide to give up farming and sell ya my MF 850 cheap

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Sounds good! I need a MF combine in my lineup!

[@johns8251]

It's been over 40 years since the 4400 left our farm, and I don't remember anymore, but did the 6600 unloading auger have to manually be put out?

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Mine has a hydraulic swing out.

[@centexan]

If you dont really need Ruby, fix her up enough to sell her to some farmer who can't afford newer.

[@bradenconway9066]

Sometimes the old girls just gotta go to work, we have a 7120 case ih combine and the macdon header blew up so we went to the old trusty 1660 and 1020 header, got 700 acres done with it and the 1020 blew up catastrophic failure so we put on the 30ft 1010 that we didn’t use in 12 years and got the last 120 acres done then another 30 acres for the neighbor. I only did 140 acres less with the old 1660 than the 7120 this year. Old is better

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right on! Sometimes the oldies are hard to beat!

[@andyhutch8262]

Paint old JD combine red, just about pass as an old Massey 500 (UK)

[@henryhallock7463]

Remember when 6600 JD was a monster. My god you had a cab, heat an maybe air conditioning. O my god you were a rich farmer.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I still feel like it’s a “big” machine. 😉

[@poorfarm-nn6ii]

Bushels!!

[@dertrommler2112]

If you keep both do like Oliver 66 Farmboy. Set one combine up for wheat/beans and the other for corn only. Less downtime making adjustments for different crops that way.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I think that will be my plan moving forward. I think he has 3 now?

[@dertrommler2112]

Yes, His 525 which he says is retired, his 7300 is his wheat/bean machine, and his 9700 which is set up for corn.

[@dougvaldivia3395]

its all depends on what its worth to you? if its does the job then can't whats the cost to replace? remember nothing runs like a deere lol.

[@cliffordarnoldussen]

You know what I think would be a cool thing if you could get your Massey in the stagger out both out the field together working land that would be cool

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

That would be awesome! I need an extra person to help now lol

[@Jamesen-262]

Did you put any fertilizer on it or herbicide

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Yes and yes

[@troypetrzelka3499]

Fix it great machines

[@mikesallewsky4185]

Awesome! Keep er going until it makes the decision to be a parts machine for you.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

For sure!

[@James-fu8fj]

Back up you have to have back up

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Indeed! I misread that first lol. Having a back up machine or 3 is never a bad idea lo

[@Massey-man]

Is your journey to the elevator very long JT ? Or fairly local for you.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

It’s not far at all. Convenient location 😉

[@narisse89]

I think you should do it up and spray unsave it just to do the beans and also do as a spare in case the outher 1brakes down

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Agree! That is a perfect bean machine

[@ronzezulka6646]

Thinking about restoring the 6600 Joe?

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I just might. Never hurts to have a extra good machine

[@ronzezulka6646]

@jtsbarnngrill6873 Parts from uses machines is pretty easy to find. New should also still be readily available. And ya can never have to many combines.

[@The1gamer35]

Nice John Deere harvester

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks 👍

[@ernest6962]

Get a 850 or 860 massey ferguson combines you will love it

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I would definitely if one comes available in my area

[@grantmagnuson4883]

Yep fix this combine up and use it for beans. It’s a great to have a hand on life soybean combine only.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I think that is going to happen!

[@christopherschneider3323]

Nothing wrong with using the old stuff. I don’t know if you watch Oliver66farmboy but I know he has mentioned thet he can make money by using old stuff on small acres and not having piles of debt in machinery. I imagine you are probably in the same boat. Love the old stuff, I work on newer Deere equipment now but I would mich rather farm with the old stuff as long as parts stay available

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I watch his channel as well. He is right on track. The old tractors are paid off after a season with money in my pocket besides.

[@gleanerk]

Combines like women, if you have two they’ll try to out do each other to get your attention. Only have one it’ll only do when it feels like it ! 6600 out in the cold and rain got the message! Better get her 💩together! 😂

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Nailed it! That’s why I have two here… they keep each other in check 😆

[@HerveChesneau-bb7qt]

Hi jt have a question your truck must be a technical control for the road ?

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Very technical.

[@kenwillis8487]

It also occurred to me that depending on how many acres you farm, it may not be feasible to run new equipment without either a huge investment upfront buying outright or ungodly amounts of monthly payments to rent equipment! I have heard that it’s not profitable to run a smaller farming operation with todays prices for machinery and fuel and maintenance! You sir found the loophole to that problem!

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Indeed I have 😉. I believe I have less invested in all 7 tractors and 2 combines than a used 9660 combine would cost me

[@northdakotaham1752]

I wish I had a dollar for every hour I have spent considering that subject. Meanwhile, the old equipment continues to get the job done.

[@nvrst]

Is that a hail damage on the bonnet of the truck?

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Most likely. It was like that long before I got it lol

[@ronzezulka6646]

Oops,,cab beans

[@dannyroach8743]

If it's green it's worth fixing up

[@adrianchetwynd1334]

What's with the see through auger?

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

It is supposed to let the weed seeds fall through and not get in the wagon

[@adrianchetwynd1334]

@@jtsbarnngrill6873 Never seen that before. Can we see a close up of it please.

[@andrewmills9353]

My IH 1440 has those screens with a cover plate over them… it also came with a long finger chaffer. I think it was what Gleaner would have called a “Corn Plus”. In other words, a combine “optimized” for shelling corn. “Corn and Soybean Special” combines didn’t come with those screens that I know of.

[@williammatzek4660]

The younger brother to the John Deere 55 combine. I did not see any wore out sheet metal , don't know how much was carrying over you didn't show the ground. That may be a good machine. Maybe it needs to be under a roof. I've run a 45 and 95 John Deere combines.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Sheet metal wise it’s in great condition. The original owner let a lot go on it that I’ve been piecing back over the years. Never hurts to have a spare

[@mythreesonsfarms]

Does the same job as a new one.

[@robertburey4704]

Fix it up... sounds like it runs good

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

She’s a excellent runner!

[@johnhawkins294]

Fix it up😊

[@farminwithfergusons]

herez a comment

[@dogthewheelman5876]

I run a3300 gas that is in good shape .

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Those are a neat little combine!

[@danielbeiersr3642]

Your left drive tire is half flat

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

No it isn’t? It was down a little when the hopper was over full, but so would you if you have 150+ bushels on your back

[@glennschlorf1285]

There aint nothing wrong with this one boss... if it starts it runs.... nothing wrong with running her if she works... just saying