Top 10 Classic Combine Harvesters of 2021

Big Tractor Power counts down the top 10 classic combine and harvester finds of 2021.
Combines and Harvesters Featured:
10: JOHN DEERE 95 Combine on tracks
09: JOHN DEERE 5400 Forage Harvester
08: Massey Ferguson 550 Combine
07: JOHN DEERE 8820 Titan II Combine
06: International 1460 Axial Flow Combine
05: JOHN DEERE 65 Combine
04: JOHN DEERE 9501 Combine
03: Allis-Chalmers 880 Cotton Stripper
02: JOHN DEERE 400 Hay Cuber
01: International 1482 Axial-Flow Combine
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[@milandjurdjevich3046]

I enjoyed the pull type combines with the 1482 being my favorite. My first combine was a John Deere 40 self propelled which served me well when I ran it. It is highly appreciated to see these machines in action. Thank you for your time putting this together.

[@johnkauppi7078]

Yeah I like them too as the most troubles in SP havesters is in the drive trains.

[@Ticky66MN]

Your #2...JD hay cube was all new to me. Hope to learn more about that one. Thanks!

[@dadasaurusrex5461]

That 9501 and the Titan II were absolute monsters in thier time. Beautiful to see them running. The Titan IIs will always be my favorite combine. They still look awesome. The farm neighboring ours had one and I loved watching it.

[@carlosalbertoorozcorizo9720]

Titán series my favorite too

[@sweethomevirginia7746]

Thank you for taking the time to find and film the old classics. Please film more old machinery as you get time and opportunity. What treasures!

[@chrisreinhart6765]

The 860 massey brought back memories of the 1980s. I worked on a farm with one and when running the buggy the combine couldn't disappear behind a hill on you, just had to look for the smoke trail.

[@jamesritter2976]

I love those old pull behind harvesters. Especially the early smaller ones.

[@johnthompson4162]

1480 by far and wide!!!! Been through some bad weather, lodged crops and down corn, it stood strong!!!!!!!!!!!! The 1480 is a good machine. John T.

[@oldscout7]

LOVE seeing these golden oldies still afield! What great fun and a refreshing alternative to the usual end to old combines, [which I refuse to attend].

[@randyronny7735]

I have fond memories of our 1st self-propelled combine, the Massey Harris model 57. No cab and a lot of chaff still comes to mind.

[@mdsabbjryhumain9394]

8goi

[@joescheller6680]

You learned fast as an operater of open station combine to have your shirt tails pulled out at all times

[@randyronny7735]

I also made sure that my collar was buttoned tight.

[@samhanson5554]

Well, when I was in my early teenage years, we had an International Harvester 140 with a motor on it that we pulled with an M Farmall! And then we went up to an International Harvester 150 with the power take off on it! I did a lot of combining with the 150 pulling it with an International Harvester 1066! We farmed just outside of Evansville Minnesota! 🤠 And then my Dad bought a 77 case combine (power take-off) which we pulled with our International Harvester 560! Good Memories! 😎👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Great harvesting history some really nice harvesting teams

[@samhanson5554]

@@bigtractorpower - My Dad just passed away at 97+ years old! He was a great influence in the community and the farmers that lived around him, and most importantly, to his wife and children! 🙏🏻 👍 And we still have the International 150 combine! 😎

[@yoitzadam]

love the classic equipment

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@Rob-zx8lm]

In 1958 my old man bought a Massey Fergusson Special, bagger combine. 280 lbs sacks @ aged16 soon build strength. A life time ago!

[@AndreiTupolev]

That John Deere 9501 is enormous. It looks like something out of Transformers on its two wheels. And imagine spending a whole day operating the John Deere hay cuber with that two-stroke diesel blaring away at full revs behind your ears all day

[@fordsfarms1297]

Great job finding all those pull type machines!! That 8820 was a nice machine too. I again can't pick a favorite. Those Massey's was walking good too. 👍

[@troybell453]

i love seeing the old equipment working

[@pagrainfarmer]

Thanks for the video of the classic combines. I love watching them work. I still run an old JD 4400. Economical to run and really gets my corn and soybeans clean.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. I filmed a 4400 this fall that will be in a future video. Very solid combine.

[@pagrainfarmer]

@@bigtractorpower Yeah, it's just the right size for my operation. I don't need one of the bohemoth's that they make today. I'll look forward to the video.

[@jamesbinkley4325]

I really like to see the pull type combines also the John Deere hay cuber didn't know they made one great job

[@4930driver]

There is some of those Deere cubers in Riverton Wyoming

[@davidrobertson376]

I am in South Australia and remember a cuber working on our neibours farm in the 1970s. they had trouble with moisture. Needing some moisture to form the cube but too much and the stack would heat up. I think they were planning to export to racing stables in Japan.

[@clinkerclint]

8820 Titan II was the 1970 Chevelle LS6 of it's day. My absolute favorite.

[@josephhicks1006]

The hay cuber is so foreign, and the AC cotton stripper was delightful to view. The AC was working on an angle, much like today’s farmers cut wheat and soybeans on angles here in NW Indiana. My pops used a JD 30 pull-type for soybeans and any wheat.

[@qingdaotaihaotyrefactory7534]

Great job finding all those pull type machines!! That 8820 was a nice machine too. I again can't pick a favorite. Those Massey's was walking good too

[@HisNameIsRobertPaulson01]

I’m not even a farmer and I’m amazed by these machines even though I don’t know what they are doing.

[@carlwolf4865]

Love the 1482 and the 1566 black stripe, would love to see a international harvester 91 my grandpa had one back in the early 80’s as I was growing up... another great year of videos please keep up the good work... 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@craigsimon935]

What size of tires does that 1566 have - it looks like it is really running uphill. I am much more of a fan of keeping them level. But what a great tractor and combine.

[@joemorse257]

Liked the 65. I've always been a fan of that series. Surprising that the 95 didn't need any extra weight on the back end with the 410 head.

[@3406Accert]

I think the best combine setup #5 because when you're done harvesting, you store the pull type combine in the shed and Continue too use the track crawler dozer year round & get super constructive usage out of the pull machine, the ag outfits should go back to this type of combine setup instead of the useless $900K self propelled combines that spend more time dry rotting away parked, this multi machine setup is the best by far. Especially for the little farmer or the overhuge farm. Alberta Canada

[@jascollinscork]

Great video……. Love a bit of vintage machinery!!! The trailed JDs are great but the international is my favourite!!! Especially because we had none of these in 🇮🇪!! My neighbour used to have a vintage binder and thrasher pulled by vintage Ford tractors!! And I used help him out….. great road trips were had!!!

[@bigtractorpower]

The pull types were neat finds this past year. They were strong sellers for IH and JD in the northern wheat belt at one time. It allowed farms to use a tractor to plant and harvest. Very cool about the thresher and Ford tractors.

[@Mottercar]

Would love to see Tillage,Harvesters and planting teams from the 1970's. Love the channel and appreciate your hard work putting these videos together.Respect and support from the UK.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you. I can work on that. I just posted a John Deere 8820 combine and 8850 tractor working on harvest and tillage a few days ago.

[@michaeldouglas1243]

Born and raised on farm and lived on one my entire life, I have never heard nor seen a hay cuber. Great video jason.

[@bigtractorpower]

The hay cuber was a big seller in the south west. John Deere made the only self propelled but Massey Ferguson, Farmhand and Lundell made pull types.

[@johncarv3778]

I would have loved to see a Gleaner N7. This machine was so beautifull and was quite advanced in its time.

[@bigtractorpower]

The N7 is on my wishlist to film. It was the biggest combine on the market in the early 1980s. Hopefully one will turn up.

[@tractorcorleone]

I am surprised that the tractor with the pulled combine does not pull to the right, it drives in the lane without any problems 👍👍

[@duanepare9504]

Love the IH 1482. Dad used to pull it with a Case 4490. Brings back good memories

[@JamesTyreeII]

Awesome! I enjoyed seeing the John Deere 4400 hay cuber and the 9501 pull behind combine. No cab or transmission or engine to fix or maintain.

[@379insk]

Those pull types were pretty common here in Sk for a while......You are going to have to explain how that hay cuber worked! Thanks for letting us hear the machines work with no annoying music!!!

[@hans-friedrichgravekarstens]

Super gut gemacht viel Spaß und Erfolg und bleibt alle gesund und munter

[@TheMCD1989]

Love the pull types, not sure why exactly but they've always fascinated me. I had an International 82 for a short time a few years back, worked great but I don't have the ground or time to dedicate to grain/straw. Love seeing them still in action! The new stuff is interesting but it isn't run by the same kind of operation that has to run the older stuff.

[@bigtractorpower]

What tractor did you run your 82 with?

[@davidstrauss6755]

@@bigtractorpower We ran an International 82 combine for about ten years. We pulled it with international 504. about 50hp on a good day.

[@TheMCD1989]

@@bigtractorpower Pulled ours with a John Deere 5500 which I sometimes thought was too much power for the old 82, they weren't exactly built with the heaviest steel.

[@TheMCD1989]

@@davidstrauss6755 How did you like your 82? My issue was that where I live in the northeast if it was wet in the fall at all the combine would plug up. I wonder if a pickup head would have worked better for here. With the scour kleen it sure did make some clean grain and straw though.

[@thedonleroy]

That's a first for me. I've never seen or heard of a hay cuber before. The pull type International combines brought back lots of memories. We ran a 914 & later on a 1682. They were both great combines once you got used to them.

[@tonycoupland6281]

Really a great video!! Like seeing some classic machines Harvesting!!

[@stephenbontrager5894]

Always love watching your videos can't believe you found a allis Chalmers cotton pickers I figured they were all scrapped out .keep up the great work

[@sarah_farm]

I hope you will continue to show us your traditional cooking. It’s better than watching all those world famous chefs . Also your traditional attire and lifestyle are so wholesome , healthy and peaceful. It’s very soothing watching your videos . And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.

[@gordonarneson2070]

No wonder all of us old farmers can't hear a darn thing

[@natehigh1334]

I bet you hear just what you need to

[@chipdavis9980]

So true! 😂

[@CDFCaptain93]

Watching the cotton stripper took me back to the last time I picked cotton with a JD 9910. That was in 1984. Picking late into the afternoon watching the sun starting to settle. The smells and noise. I sure do miss those days.

[@andywintz959]

The JD 95 on tracks was pretty cool but I’ve always liked the 1400 series IH combines. Great video of some truly unique machinery!

[@bigtractorpower]

The 95 on tracks was a great sighting this past year. It was at the half century progress show and it was a one pass and done and I’m glad I was able to catch it.

[@pavelkubes1]

Very very nice Combines, great video.

[@egomaniac247]

I just wanted to comment to say that I love that you've taken a passion of yours and turned it into a channel like this.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. It is fun getting to feature all this farm equipment history.

[@SimonKL11]

The pull type combines look impressive😁👍 it is awesome to see that you filmed so many classic combines in 2021👍😉 Great video👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

It was a fun year of filming. It was surprised to film so many pull types. People have requested pull types for many years but they are harder to find.

[@BRPFan]

That hay cuber, never seen one before! Love to see more about it!

[@404nitro]

What a cool video! Those older IH tractors have grown on me so much I would like to find one in nice shape one of these days just to own.

[@bwayne40004]

I've always liked the pull combines. I just think they're neat.

[@bens8919]

Id never seen a pull type combine before your channel, love seeing new but old stuff like that, thanks for all the great videos :)

[@bigtractorpower]

The pull types are harder to find these days. It was great several turned up this year.

[@user-nn4xg8xw7j]

Страна огромных возможностей!Америка это сила!

[@gustavn8902]

wonderfull to see.... more of this plz....

[@crslyrn]

Neat to see the different types & models of combines. Always enjoy watching them working in the field. That IH 1566 Black Strip sure caught my attention. LOL Thanks for sharing.

[@bigtractorpower]

The 1566 is a stand out for sure.

[@debraevenson2336]

This is Robert and we had a MF 550 combine with two headers a windrow pickup head & a 18' rigid with Hart-Carter Flex attachment, bought it used with 100 hrs & ran it 4 yrs. From the past this was our 6th Massey & about the most troublesome. After 4 yrs of problems it went done the road & we switched to a 7720.

[@bigtractorpower]

It is unfortunate that after decades of leading sales Massey Ferguson’s 50 series saw the companies market share slip away. The Massey Ferguson combine in North America saw production end in 2019 and replaced by the Fendt Ideal.

[@nealparnell5403]

What a great video. That must've taken a lot of time and effort! Thanks for the great content. Have a great year!

[@erbewayne6868]

Grandpa had a M H pulltype 50s model with a 6 or7 ft cut we pulled with a Massey 30. All Armstrong. I loved when we brought it out for prepping and greasing under the dig oak tree. Great memories.

[@mattdillon4398]

You know what's amazing? The old boys used this stuff and still got the job done in time! They must have worked longer hours I guess. It's great to see the equipment from a simpler time.

[@timjorden8329]

That 860 Massey was really moving in that corn. I love to see those old pull type

[@LMDProductionsOfficial]

Those old 1482's are very hard to find great work. That 1460 is lookin' fine too...

[@udo5479]

Pulltype Combines always awesome.We had an John Deere 360 Pulltype here in Germany in the 70's.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very very cool.

[@dangood4530]

i loved them all thanks for sharing this video bigtractorpower as always!!! awesome video

[@jamesbyrd2642]

I currently run a F3 Gleaner. Small, but sweet.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very nice. I saw a Deutz Allis F3 at an AGCO dealer on the trade in lot in 2017.

[@LarsDcCase]

excellent video. Great to see some of these classic combines at work, some of which I have operated.

[@timlarcombe6831]

1482 for sure, what a beast with a big enough tractor pulling it, I have seen them eating z 60' cut that had been windrowed like stawberries to pig, I did my apprenticeship fixing those big boys, helped the engineers to get the bugs out of them

[@rosstheoliverman]

I never knew AC made a cotton harvester like that. Way cool!

[@billz410]

The JD hay cuber has always been a source of fascination for me. Someone around the Buckeye, AZ area has 3-4 of them (John Deere) that I used to see every year in the irrigated alfalfa fields. Reminded me a lot of a self-propelled 55. Some interesting machines here, as always!

[@bigtractorpower]

They are pretty cool. As a kid I had a book on farming that included one. I have always wanted to see one run. I was surprised it was powered by Detriot Diesel and how loud it was.

[@martingardener90]

@@bigtractorpower Judging by all the comments here you're going to have to do a dedicated video on cubers. They are definitely not a thing here in the UK.

[@dantomlinson4407]

Thank you

[@frankr.1594]

Classic, needful 'n unique footage! That's why i watch BTP. Special thanks to 2:35 - 3:25 SFPH JD 5400, i celebrate the most!

[@randymonninger9913]

Love international tractor combine love see massy Ferguson 135 combine in action I learn how run one when sixteen

[@bigtractorpower]

The 1482 combine is an impressive harvester. That is neat you ran a 135.

[@staceyroberts9561]

Awesome video love the old iron

[@chadshafer8095]

The Allis Chalmers Cotton Picker is Awesome. Never seen one run before, pictures in my History books.

[@danl9334]

thanks for a fine video this will go down as one of the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@robp1447]

Hard to believe the 760 and 860 Massey never made the list!!

[@DAVIDKHAINE]

The White 9700 was the best classic combine built, and the biggest too..

[@cdorchak22]

Man we still run a pair of 1482 combines for harvest and here I'm being they're classics haha!

[@throwback336]

I use to have an IH-82. Pretty neat to see it's big brother.

[@jamiegivens3970]

Love the Oliver and Moline as well.

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍

[@massmahighgaming454]

Really liked the 8820 titan with the duals

[@billthompson5644]

Thanks again for such a great video I am just mesmerized by this big equipment it's so great. I wish the world was a farm instead of such a dumpster even if it's only a 14 minute video, I really appreciate it.

[@scottpykare801]

You never stop amazing me with the content you post Jason. Really Really cool!!! John Deere 8820👍👌

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching the 8820 was a great find this year this farm has three of them. I hope to catch all three working together and wheat. I featured their other two harvesting corn in a video with a John Deere 8850 earlier this week.

[@bradsellnow3665]

The JD hay cubers really caught my eye. We ran the field cubers up to about 5 yrs ago here in Wyoming. Became to hard to find parts to keep them going. Set up stationary unit to continue to make cubes

[@clinkerclint]

What is the benefit of feeding cubes as opposed to baled hay? More hay per cubic foot?

[@bradsellnow3665]

Yes that’s true and the cubing process also breaks down the stem wall for added feed value.

[@jasonlescalleet5611]

Today I Learned: 1. They had combines with tracks in the 1960s. I associate them so much with big, new combines. 2. Pull type combines were still made in the 80s and even into the 90s. My childhood memories of seeing these things in the field were always of the self propelled variety. 3. That weird hay cuber I saw in a book when I was a kid actually exists to this day.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. Steel tracks were introduced early on for rice harvest. Northern corn farmers found the steel tracks were helpful in snowy muddy corn harvests. The steel tracks were an option for the 5 series, 00 series and 20 series combines through the 80’s. The 9000 combines introduced rubber tracks made by Waltana in the 90s. The pull types are neat machines. The tractor can seed and harvest in the farm. The draw back is they are mainly limited to swathed wheat. You can direct cut and harvest corn with them but the tractor has to run crop down to start the field. Seeing and hearing the 400 working is cool. I have three different sakes brochures on the 400 and it’s loud sound was a surprise to me. Was that book you read as a kid Tractors Plows and Harvesters? It is a black and white book from the mid 1970s. I grew up reading that book and still have a copy.

[@jasonlescalleet5611]

@@bigtractorpower That is exactly the book I was thinking of. I believe I may have a copy of it somewhere too.

[@billsmith8739]

Never seen "Hay Cuber" before..That was new!!

[@shawlewis6492]

Bro the IH pull type combines are probably the easiest one to love

[@johnaugsburger6192]

Thanks so much

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@rumplestiltskin7304]

Grew up in 1955-65 era and combined with a Massey 17 pull type, with pickup as swathing was common in our area. Then my father got two used Massey 21, self propelled. Me and my brother combined and our younger brother hauled the grain. Special times.

[@bigtractorpower]

That was a great and similar time in farming. I always like to see swathing and pull type combines.

[@billbooth4147]

All them are cool machines Masseys are my favorite

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍. I am always searching for Massey Ferguson Combine’s in this year it was great to get several in the filming archives

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video BTP, my favourite was the INT pull type which was #1 I'm not a IH fan but those pull types rock, thanks for sharing

[@carlbloomquist708]

Wow; I had seen sales literature for the John Deere 440 Hay Cuber, but never seen film of one in action! Excellent find!

[@bigtractorpower]

It is a neat machine. I have three variations of the literature on the 400. I was surprised at how loud in the field but a Detriot engine will do that.

[@bradsellnow3665]

JD Also manufactured a model 425 witch I think was the last model.

[@Pete856]

I didn't know they were still making pull types well into the 80's. The only pull types I've seen date back to the 50's, possibly 60's and they were small, then again it's rolling hill country around here and towing something large up and down the hills would be challenging.

[@jerryavery497]

always like to see big red rotary combines as they are the leader and everyone else tryies to match them

[@bigtractorpower]

The Axial Flow is a solid combine design. It was very cool to get to see a 1482 in action. I have filmed a 1420, 1440 and 1460. I still need to locate a 1470 and 1480 to film.

[@chadtosh6831]

Had a lot of pulltype combines of all the major brands around when I was younger cause of all the mixed farming operations to bale the straw. Never many with the straight cut headers though.

[@pigtailbbq1982]

We have a Massey 550 that used to be our primary combine. It's now turned a self propelled baler.

[@repairmanjoe8081]

All of these machines are so sweet 😋! When the 9501 came out that 😍 really made it! What beauties! My old machine is a 1971 6600. Does it's job every year.😊

[@bigtractorpower]

The 6600 is one of the all time great harvesters. I recently found a 6600 on steal tracks that I hope to get filmed this fall.

[@repairmanjoe8081]

@bigtractorpower I would love to 👀 see that! When I was a kid in the mid-70s, we had a guy combine our corn and he had a 7700. It was so muddy that he had to put on his steel half-tracks to get the job done.

[@liamalan2531]

It's nice to see some pull types in a video. I have a No. 64 McCormick that still runs and everything but needs a fair amount of work. I couldn't believe after I hooked it up to my M that it took off after sitting for decades. They really aren't built like they used to be.

[@bigtractorpower]

IH built some very strong machines that were built to last a life time. I hope you can get your 64 up and fully running.

[@liamalan2531]

@@bigtractorpower when I do I'll let you know. Maybe you can make a video!

[@peteschiavoni]

I love seeing the old iron out in the field. The side pull combines are so cool but I really enjoyed the John Deere 95 on tracks and the John Deere Hay Cuber with a 2 stroke. Thanks for sharing. Great way to start 2022. Happy And Healthy New Year to you and your family!

[@trevorkasas6520]

I am from Saskatchewan there use to be a lot of those 1482 combines around my area. they were a big outfit back in the day. So cool to seen one in action again.

[@bigtractorpower]

I hope to find a 1682 to match the 1482 some time.

[@wtstadx2]

@@bigtractorpower well if you are anywhere near ND next fall look me, up we normally run 2 1682's with 25' draper heads in wheat and barley.

[@trevorkasas6520]

ya there was a lot of 1682 around also everybody had pull types. A lot of guys ran Johnny’s on the front some ran international on front.

[@nathanalmond8280]

Very neat variety of machines.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@trevorkasas6520]

I would love to see a versatile pull type combine on the channel. They are very rare but very cool.

[@bigtractorpower]

Oh yes. The Trans Axial 2000 Versatile pull type combine is awesome. I hope to get to film one some time.

[@Rokonroller]

Thanks buddy Grew up with red equip from the 60’s onward

[@bigtractorpower]

That was a great time in farming. I wish I could find more 60’s farm equipment still at work to film. This show in Rantoul is often the best opportunity.

[@vaughnhill3437]

Thats a neat old combine set up thats not self contained . I havent seen very many of them like that with no driver on board the machine

[@362mg]

Some very cool equipment for sure I really enjoyed this

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.