Originally, the 20' was as big a head that IH recomended for them. If not, then yes I would recomend the 60 over the 40 because of those two factors b ut I wouldn't rule a 40 out if he can find a good one.īesides, I never knew anyone to put a 30' head on a 40. My understanding was the poster had his eye on a particular machine (1440). 1460 also has heavier final drives but other than those two things the rest is the same. Our 1440 we had it would have a hard time in 30ft swath u have to take it slow and easy then our 1460 beside it would pretty well lap u aroundġ460 / 1440 both have the 436 motor. You may as well spend the extra bit of cash and go with the 1460 with a 436 instead of the 1440 with the 414 If everything checks out they are a real gem of a machine to run and do a good job when setup properly. We run along in either direction and always end up with a clean sample without throwing an excess out the back of the combine. As for running on the hills we have always been told that an axial flow will thresh better if the rotor is throwing the grain uphill. Just stab the brake pedal and see if theres any pressure or if the pedal shoots to the floor. Our's have never been right from the day we bought our combine and they have been serviced by the dealer several times and they still are pretty well worthless. 1440's also seem to have weak brakes on them as well. It's a bit costly to do but it is WAY worth the headaches saved by getting out to backup a feederhouse slug every five minutes. We ran the dog clutch for years and finally got fed up with it two years ago and swapped in the newer style.
If it does you may want to consider updating it to the friction plate type clutch. If it is an earlier unit check to see if it has the dog style clutch on the feederhouse. Also had to pull our tranny out last year to rebuild it as well.
#Mopar 943 heads cracked#
We have grain extensions that allow us about 175 bushel capacity and the front axle frame on ours cracked with a loaded bin of wet corn two years ago and we had to update to a heavier frame which meant also updating the final drives and shafts from the tranny. We are at about 3700 hrs on ours and like others have said final drives are probably the biggest thing to look for as well as the front axle frame. Just make sure to swivel you're ladder up in corn and you are good to go. We run a 1020 15ft grain head and a 943 4 row 30" corn head with no problems at all. On our farm we run the gammet from muddy bottom ground to some VERY hilly shale knobs.
#Mopar 943 heads free#
My 1440 was the most trouble free combine I have ever owned and I started farmeing in 1971. If you can, jack up the combine & check for play. One weak spot is the final drives though I ran mine for 10 yrs with a grain tank extension (185 bu capacity ) and never had any issues.
#Mopar 943 heads series#
Seems to be sooner on the newer series machines. Like someobne else said, usually around the 2,000 hr range is when you start replacing augers & such on the 14/16 series combines. Did have to back off about 1/2 mph when unloading on the go. Only time it was ever short of power was in wet corn (above 25%). IMO, the combine handled the 963 just as well as it did the 944 and had less cron out the back running the 963. I cut a lot of 50-60 bu beans with it, usually around 3-3.2 mph. Ran a 20' 820 platform & at first a 944 (4x36") cornhead then later traded for a 963 (6x30") cornhead. How big of platform, and Corn head could you run on a 1440?ĥ. How do these machines perform on hills?Ĥ. What it cost roughly, to rebuild the Rotor? And is it better to go to CHN or, after market for parts?ģ. So I figure what better place to ask these questions.Ģ. We currently pick most of our corn, and take off our other crops with a Gleaner (Tin Can) K Soybean Special. We are currently looking into buying a 1440 combine, I was wondering the +/- of these machines? We are only talking about 100ac.
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