Happened to me twice on my 7700 when I had floaters on it. Once right side once left. The second time all I said was catch on fire catch on fire but no luck. Now I have 24's and no more problems. Be safe out there we need you.
Glad everyone is okay . Working around heavy machinery on a slop is never good. But you guys did a great job. Equipment can be fixed or replaced, but human life can't be. Great job guys
Who ever the operator is, two rules. . Never do end rows with a full load. Never turn on a downhill grade with a full load. I'm really happy that this unit didn't completely land on it's side or worse. I could see from the way the rear wheels were turned, the operator was doing a sharp turn with an obviously full load into a fairly steep grade down. That was a beautiful recovery you guys made. Hopefully with some new parts and some wrench and hammering time she'll be as good as new again, soon. I'm sorry it happened to you, but in every mistake, we learn a lesson. Always off load into a cart when your near full or full before taking any kind of turn on steep grade. I'm just thankful no one was hurt and this happened so close to your shop. Again, great recovery guys, very impressed. God Bless y'all.
The thought process , the men helping to get the combine to a level spot , it shows patience & talent , being calm !! Amazing work that will have to be done ! Stay strong , continue on & best of luck getting it all back to working order , stay safe everyone !!!
Wow . Not many people have the smarts and determination to recover something as unusual as this, Sam. Your post-op of what had to be repaired was likewise pure genius ! Good luck with all of the repair work ! 👍👍👍🏆🔧🔧🔧
In my last video I used the word dagnabbit. After watching this video I didn't really have a true dagnabbit. On a side note that is the cleanest 6620 I have ever seen. I wish you well with the repair and putting that machine back in service 🙏
It was one of the first harvesters i operated ... and im close to 60 now ... as an analogue machine, once you learnt its quirks and understood how temperature, humidity and grain moisture interact with the machine and how it thrashes, it was easy enough to get clean grain in the box, chaff out the back (with hardly any grain loss) ... and watch the hours tick by
Amazing how calm everyone seemed. I know stuff happens on the farm and in real life, but that looked catastrophic. Glad for your explanation narrative, I calmed down after understanding the various issues. Many thanks! Stay well, stay safe!
Catastrophic is when there is some sort of electrical issue, especially one that requires JD to plug a computer in. This is just a broken piece of metal. might cost a lot but most anyone can do the repair. When its a computer related issue, they tend to cost a lot more, take longer and often don't get resolved the first few times.
Same thing happened to me twenty years ago going down the road with a load on a standard 6620. The axle had been cracked for a while when it broke. Insurance rebuilt that entire side from the damage. Ran the combine another 16 seasons after the repair.
In over 60+ years of being around farm equipment, I have never seen a combine to this before. Good job on the recovery and getting it moved to the yard.
I had no ideas that could happen on a combine I'll tell you what that was this has been an interesting video watching how you guys recovered it kudos to you and your dad and your brothers
Feeder houses are rarely destroyed, but frames can easily be torqued. Like you, I thought I was looking at a ''dead'' combine, too! I'm glad this beautiful and now quite rare combine, is going to make a full recovery, and not just parted out. Long live this 6600 SideHill!
Yikes! That had to be a wild ride with a high pucker factor when that happened. Especially on the downhill side. Good to see it wasn't a worse outcome.
Man that was and is a great looking 6620. I’ve got one myself. It’s been completely gone through. Runs like a champ. After looking at yours, mine needs a wax job! Ha!
I sent this to my cousin and he says this is a relatively old combine but in amazing shape! It must have spent its life in a barn :) He was interested in how the hill climber combines were setup and found this very interesting. Thanks for the video and we hope it all worked out for you.😀
Looks like a normal day farming with older equipment. Looks like a pretty sharp 6620. Don’t see a bunch of hillside machines in Southeast Michigan. Definitely nice to have some big iron to make the job a little easier. Good luck getting it back together. Thanks for the video.
Good assessment at the end. That's pretty much how it goes. Ya, for curiosity's sake you can usually tell where the old cracks were and the fresh break happened by discoloration. Not all that useful except maybe to look there at the other side, if it is in a visible area. There are spray kits than can help detect cracks, but I dunno if you wanna get carried away like that or not.
We had a 7720 break the final drive in a rice field. We were driving cribbing to China before it was finally able to hold the weight to get the machine up. Changed everything right there and went back to cutting that day. I even had time to go register for college afterwards.
Holy crap! That could have been so much worse including a serious injury. Very nice save. Liked and subscribed and was brought here by Matt at Diesel Creek.
Very nice looking older machine. It looks like a really well cared for John Deere machine. Those 6620 and 7720 turbo side hills are great machines. Just need to take extra care when a full to partial full load situation on hills. I hope she can be fixed for many more working ours. Good luck! 🇺🇸
That is still a good looking 6620. I hope the repair went well. My son helped with a 2388 that broke an axle. It was a 4"x6"x1/4" rectangle. They fixed it in the field but of course they didn't have hills to deal with.
Your doing just great! You seem to have everything in control & know what your doing. If the warranty is no longer in force is it going to be feasible to repair or is it a total loss & all its good for is to part it out?
Your stick and bucket cylinders have more leverage than the boom. Use all the boom then go to the stick or bucket cylinders. Woops you just did it, nice! Keeping the boom as low as possible helps if you shorten the chain. Your fortunate to have that 240.
Crazy thought went through my mind when i saw the golf cart parked at the corner of the combine . Just pick it up and set the corner of the combine on the bed of the golf cart. Problem solved. Teamwork makes the dream work.
The last good combine deere made. The new ones are all computers and lots of wiring. Too complicated for just taking corn off the cob and putting it in a box behind the operator! Make stuff simple!
While the old school farmers are out in the field combining, the high tech are still figuring out the monitors and why is that sensor not working right! Old school, still works!
In Norway our machinary insurance normally covers damages like this, and I would suppose that it is something like thag in your machinary insurance too.
Did you guys get it fixed? I saw you had the wheel off of that side before it broke. Did it get set down on the cribbing too hard or something? I’m looking for some sidehill parts for my combine if you find a whole parts machine. I’m only 4 1/2 miles down the road from you.
Not sure if you saw us or not. The wheel wasn't off before it broke. We are located near Pittsburgh, PA. They bought parts to put this one back together not a lot of extra. Thanks for watching!
@@ScrappyIndustries Yep, I had to go watch some of your other videos and luckily I saw it in the one video titled “trucking, clearing, and digging “ I was just wrong about what year I saw it. Must have been before last year, which would now be 2 years ago. when I drive by(going towards the feedmill)in one of my big trucks I can see over the bank to where it was sitting, and I’m usually watching the road but I never can resist looking up at that Bucyrus Erie. She’s a beut! Lou must have been your grandfather then? Can’t say I ever met you, but I will be planting corn just down the road from you this year. My sister has 26 acres behind Ed’s farm across from the mud puddle where they built all those houses. I’m only a few miles further down the road. Glad you were able to get it fixed without having to buy a whole parts machine. I bet this video was recommended to me because I watched Matt’s video one time when he bought a wheel loader from my neighbor and now TH-cam just wants to show me everything Matt is doing!
I hope you get on to John Deere and shame them into replacing that diabolical casting! Whether or not it's under warrantee - if I'd made it - I'd do my damnest to stop anyone finding out. ZK MasterTech channel has quite a few more axles from Mr Deere that have given up the ghost rather too early for my liking - the flipping price of them, the parts should be guaranteed for life.
WE just replaced a final drive on a 7700 and it uses the same drive we found a new one for $1800 We had a bearing failure that caused that wheel to lock up and bust the casting in the EXACT same place!!! Its a common issue with the sidehills
Cool video. I was a John Deere tech in SW Nebraska for 21 years and never saw or hauled a sidehill combine. Interesting.... I have jacked up several regular machines with broken final drive axles. Not fun!!
Check out the comeback video here- 6620 Sidehill Combine is Back!!
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Happened to me twice on my 7700 when I had floaters on it. Once right side once left. The second time all I said was catch on fire catch on fire but no luck. Now I have 24's and no more problems. Be safe out there we need you.
Glad everyone is okay . Working around heavy machinery on a slop is never good. But you guys did a great job. Equipment can be fixed or replaced, but human life can't be. Great job guys
Who ever the operator is, two rules. . Never do end rows with a full load. Never turn on a downhill grade with a full load. I'm really happy that this unit didn't completely land on it's side or worse. I could see from the way the rear wheels were turned, the operator was doing a sharp turn with an obviously full load into a fairly steep grade down. That was a beautiful recovery you guys made. Hopefully with some new parts and some wrench and hammering time she'll be as good as new again, soon. I'm sorry it happened to you, but in every mistake, we learn a lesson. Always off load into a cart when your near full or full before taking any kind of turn on steep grade. I'm just thankful no one was hurt and this happened so close to your shop. Again, great recovery guys, very impressed. God Bless y'all.
thanks for the comment! We were lucky it wasn't worse I am sure he will be keeping it lighter in the future
If that was possible. Lol. A lot of this stuff is nothing but hills and end rows. But I know what you mean.
It’s like a bit IQ test for the driver , he will work it out .
You sound like someone who has done this once or twice :D
These machines should easily cope with this amount of stress from normal operation! No excuses there
Can’t help but notice the irony of the “sidehill” decal whilst the machine sits very broken… sideways…. On a hill.
The thought process , the men helping to get the combine to a level spot , it shows patience & talent , being calm !! Amazing work that will have to be done ! Stay strong , continue on & best of luck getting it all back to working order , stay safe everyone !!!
I love the 'can do' attitude of country boys, you can put your hand to anything and have fun doing it. Great video.
That was an excellent recovery.. no damage on your behalf..good job boys...Stay safe
Wow . Not many people have the smarts and determination to recover something as
unusual as this, Sam. Your post-op of what had to be repaired was likewise pure
genius ! Good luck with all of the repair work ! 👍👍👍🏆🔧🔧🔧
Thanks it is back up and running now!
In my last video I used the word dagnabbit. After watching this video I didn't really have a true dagnabbit. On a side note that is the cleanest 6620 I have ever seen. I wish you well with the repair and putting that machine back in service 🙏
Thank you for the kind words
I like the way you keep a cool attitude during a catastrophe, Excellent video!
this was a thrill to watch, you guys are so resourceful with this recovery. everything seemed so well planned.
Well done gentleman. A fine example of the entrepreneurship of the American Farmer! Im looking forward to watching the repairs
Nice team work! Beautiful combine, glad no one got hurt!
They did a dern good job of it, and Safely, they had the right equipment and the brains to make it all work.
There is nothing better than a little family time . Have a good one.
That has to be the cleanest 6620 I've seen since the 1980s. Hopefully you're able to get back together without breaking the bank.
It was one of the first harvesters i operated ... and im close to 60 now ... as an analogue machine, once you learnt its quirks and understood how temperature, humidity and grain moisture interact with the machine and how it thrashes, it was easy enough to get clean grain in the box, chaff out the back (with hardly any grain loss) ... and watch the hours tick by
NOT IF YOU SEND IT TO THE DEALER THEY WILL F**K YOU BIG TIME
Amazing how calm everyone seemed. I know stuff happens on the farm and in real life, but that looked catastrophic. Glad for your explanation narrative, I calmed down after understanding the various issues. Many thanks! Stay well, stay safe!
Catastrophic is when there is some sort of electrical issue, especially one that requires JD to plug a computer in. This is just a broken piece of metal. might cost a lot but most anyone can do the repair. When its a computer related issue, they tend to cost a lot more, take longer and often don't get resolved the first few times.
@@MichaelMantion Thanks, Michael! I didn't realize how much the electronics play a part in the overall operation. Wow...
Same thing happened to me twenty years ago going down the road with a load on a standard 6620. The axle had been cracked for a while when it broke. Insurance rebuilt that entire side from the damage. Ran the combine another 16 seasons after the repair.
I never take a loaded combine down the road. Combine will get bouncing!
I am amazed how many broken axles comments have come from this video! definitely not uncommon it is interesting to hear everyone's stories
Awesome recovery!!!!! you guys almost looked like you knew what you were doing!!! thank God it wasn't worse!
In over 60+ years of being around farm equipment, I have never seen a combine to this before. Good job on the recovery and getting it moved to the yard.
Man, I really love smart people at work....
I had no ideas that could happen on a combine I'll tell you what that was this has been an interesting video watching how you guys recovered it kudos to you and your dad and your brothers
Nice teamwork there. I had to recheck when these units were built, as that thing has been so well looked after.
Feeder houses are rarely destroyed, but frames can easily be torqued.
Like you, I thought I was looking at a ''dead'' combine, too!
I'm glad this beautiful and now quite rare combine, is going to make a full recovery, and not just parted out.
Long live this 6600 SideHill!
Nice job getting the combine out of the field. Liked how calm you stayed through out the video.
Yelling doesn’t help a situation
@@ScrappyIndustries 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
@@ScrappyIndustries I would have still said something either loud or ugly. unlike me, You are a true gentleman.
Found your channel while watching Diesel Creek. This is an interesting recovery. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Yikes! That had to be a wild ride with a high pucker factor when that happened. Especially on the downhill side. Good to see it wasn't a worse outcome.
For sure! He says he wasn't scared.... i think the cab would have stunk if it happened to me!
After seeing this I’m sure JD sent a TSB on this right here. 6620 owners are looking at their axels all over place. Great recovery guys.
Yep, grew up on a 6600 combine. Love those old machines.
Did many things like this as a mobile tire guy. Broken axles, wheels, flat tires, no fun! But there is always hope!
Now we need to see the repair work great video
Man that was and is a great looking 6620. I’ve got one myself. It’s been completely gone through. Runs like a champ. After looking at yours, mine needs a wax job! Ha!
Most farmers are high level agricultural engineers and that was a professional recovery
Could have been a lot worse. You guys were patient and did an nice job getting it down to the shop. Nicely done.
I spent several thousand hours in a 6620 standard cutting wheat and barley, just sold it a couple of years ago, always shedded it.
KUDOS TO YOU FOR KNOWING YOUR MACHINES LIKE YOU DO. GOD BLESS.
did they ever fix this combine? like see video on fixing this combine.
I sent this to my cousin and he says this is a relatively old combine but in amazing shape! It must have spent its life in a barn :) He was interested in how the hill climber combines were setup and found this very interesting.
Thanks for the video and we hope it all worked out for you.😀
Looks like a normal day farming with older equipment. Looks like a pretty sharp 6620. Don’t see a bunch of hillside machines in Southeast Michigan. Definitely nice to have some big iron to make the job a little easier. Good luck getting it back together. Thanks for the video.
Talked to your dad today & he told me about your recovery, looking forward to catching up with you, haven’t talked to you in a while!
Sounds good!
I think you guys got it under control. The good thing is that nobody was hurt. Time for a prayer 🙏.
i,ve watched ths 3-4times and always amaze.s me how great u all work toghter . you send a great pic to young people how family means everything
Good assessment at the end. That's pretty much how it goes. Ya, for curiosity's sake you can usually tell where the old cracks were and the fresh break happened by discoloration. Not all that useful except maybe to look there at the other side, if it is in a visible area.
There are spray kits than can help detect cracks, but I dunno if you wanna get carried away like that or not.
Great job men. You can't beat farmer ingenuity.
And integrity. From Columbus,Nebraska.
We had a 7720 break the final drive in a rice field. We were driving cribbing to China before it was finally able to hold the weight to get the machine up. Changed everything right there and went back to cutting that day. I even had time to go register for college afterwards.
Holy crap! That could have been so much worse including a serious injury. Very nice save. Liked and subscribed and was brought here by Matt at Diesel Creek.
new to channel. thats going to cost some money for sure. I am so very glad that no one got hurt. Thank you guys
Very nice looking older machine. It looks like a really well cared for John Deere machine. Those 6620 and 7720 turbo side hills are great machines. Just need to take extra care when a full to partial full load situation on hills. I hope she can be fixed for many more working ours. Good luck! 🇺🇸
excitedly awaiting the repairs of this machine.
Thanks for the explanation of the damage at the end. Don’t see a lot of combine damage in NE NJ. 👍👍
Amazing how the farmer can keep the humor in the day even when that failure just cost him thousands and thousands of dollars. Thanks Scrappy.
Thanks for watching!
@@ScrappyIndustries You Bet, Gasoline Pond sent me... or something like that
That is still a good looking 6620. I hope the repair went well. My son helped with a 2388 that broke an axle. It was a 4"x6"x1/4" rectangle. They fixed it in the field but of course they didn't have hills to deal with.
Thanks she is back up and running! It will be back in the field this fall
Wow, great video. Never seen this from this angle. Keep it going.
Sam
Feeder housing is strong for picking it up. Claas comboines are loftes that way in factory.
Nicest titan 2 I've seen for quite some time!!
Thanks! It’s my cousins baby
Well done, Sam!
Sorry for your troubles but thank for explaining everything
That is bad never seen any thing like it hop you be able to fix it 👍 👌
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That Sidehill logo is a nice touch
I seen another 6620 sidehill do the same thing on the same side. It happened on flat ground and didn't hurt anything on the feeder house.
Nice job taking it back to the barn. Maybe we will see the repair. I’m a new subscriber. Enjoyed
Nice oldie machine, she'll be like new again.
Could have been worse.No one got hurt ,the combine will need some tlc but this is the joys of machinery best wishes from Ireland 👍👍
Gosh ! I hope you let us know the progress on the repair
Yes it could have been worse. We run a 6620 Sidehill also. This is kind of scary. There is alot of stress on those parts on these hillsides.
Keep greasing those trunnions!! but this one was well greased so evidently there isn't much you can do except keep her light and be ginger.
Your doing just great! You seem to have everything in control & know what your doing. If the warranty is no longer in force is it going to be feasible to repair or is it a total loss & all its good for is to part it out?
I was just kidding on the warranty this machine is around 40 years old lol she is back together now!
Yikes, that’s sucks man. Glad nobody got hurt.
Your stick and bucket cylinders have more leverage than the boom. Use all the boom then go to the stick or bucket cylinders. Woops you just did it, nice! Keeping the boom as low as possible helps if you shorten the chain. Your fortunate to have that 240.
Crazy thought went through my mind when i saw the golf cart parked at the corner of the combine . Just pick it up and set the corner of the combine on the bed of the golf cart. Problem solved. Teamwork makes the dream work.
We had a 7720 that did the same thing on the other side just a treat
Ive done alot of sidehill final drives on 9500's 9510's... know how this battle goes.
What ultimately happened with this combine?
She's currently running corn!! I plan on making a video about her comeback
@@ScrappyIndustries Super, glad to hear it is operational again and that there's a new video in the works.
I thought you were going to load the header on the back of the golf cart!!!!!! Hardee Har Har!!!!! Ah, the unseen joys of farming...
Always nice to have one good chain on hand!
1/2" are a must with the 240. It has a little too much umph for 3/8
Man that sucks, that was a straight old combine too!
Luckily it wasnt worse. I think she will live to ride another day
Yeah, 6620's just a hair out of warranty ;) Awesome machine, though. Thanks for posting the video.
What did it cost to repair this?
The last good combine deere made. The new ones are all computers and lots of wiring. Too complicated for just taking corn off the cob and putting it in a box behind the operator! Make stuff simple!
As the owner of a 6600 for the last 30 years, I totally agree.
@@repairmanjoe8081 those were dam good combines also! Had one for 25 years, till I wore all the tinwork out. Good diesel engines too.
Second that-and not just farm machines. Computers have taken over our lives to the point we’re dead in the water without electricity.
While the old school farmers are out in the field combining, the high tech are still figuring out the monitors and why is that sensor not working right! Old school, still works!
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I feel your pain had the same thing happen twice insurance covered it both times
It could have been a lot worse! Great job getting it to a good working location without further damage!
Would it not be easier to take the back wheel off on the other side so it would be easier to pick this side up a bit?
nice combine in the 80's
Nice combine now.
In Norway our machinary insurance normally covers damages like this, and I would suppose that it is something like thag in your machinary insurance too.
Great job Sam.. thanks for sharing.
Did you have to buy any new parts?
Don't worry about oil pressure at that slope... In Alberta, we harvest hills with more lean than that!
Just another engineering project for an American Farmer & he is up to the task!
I bent the auger on a 6600 for the first time since 1996 never happened till this year!!!!
Just wow...the lord had his hand on that unit..😀😀😀😀😀
Some of the decal missing above "sidehill". "don't use on" needs applied.
Did you guys get it fixed? I saw you had the wheel off of that side before it broke. Did it get set down on the cribbing too hard or something? I’m looking for some sidehill parts for my combine if you find a whole parts machine. I’m only 4 1/2 miles down the road from you.
Not sure if you saw us or not. The wheel wasn't off before it broke. We are located near Pittsburgh, PA. They bought parts to put this one back together not a lot of extra. Thanks for watching!
@@ScrappyIndustries Yep, I had to go watch some of your other videos and luckily I saw it in the one video titled “trucking, clearing, and digging “ I was just wrong about what year I saw it. Must have been before last year, which would now be 2 years ago. when I drive by(going towards the feedmill)in one of my big trucks I can see over the bank to where it was sitting, and I’m usually watching the road but I never can resist looking up at that Bucyrus Erie. She’s a beut! Lou must have been your grandfather then? Can’t say I ever met you, but I will be planting corn just down the road from you this year. My sister has 26 acres behind Ed’s farm across from the mud puddle where they built all those houses. I’m only a few miles further down the road. Glad you were able to get it fixed without having to buy a whole parts machine. I bet this video was recommended to me because I watched Matt’s video one time when he bought a wheel loader from my neighbor and now TH-cam just wants to show me everything Matt is doing!
Was this down to Metal Fatigue, weak spot etc?
Another day in the life of a John Deere sidehill combine. The 9500's have similar problems.
Sounds like spongy Axel's our560 broke 2 same as a M
Dang. I know this is an older video but that is quite a recovery.
JD quality, and they think moving production to MX will help quality?
great job!
I hope you get on to John Deere and shame them into replacing that diabolical casting! Whether or not it's under warrantee - if I'd made it - I'd do my damnest to stop anyone finding out.
ZK MasterTech channel has quite a few more axles from Mr Deere that have given up the ghost rather too early for my liking - the flipping price of them, the parts should be guaranteed for life.
WE just replaced a final drive on a 7700 and it uses the same drive we found a new one for $1800 We had a bearing failure that caused that wheel to lock up and bust the casting in the EXACT same place!!! Its a common issue with the sidehills
THATS WHAT YOU CALL A LUCKY BRACK . 😊😊
Good thinking the way you recovered it hope insurance covers it
Cool video. I was a John Deere tech in SW Nebraska for 21 years and never saw or hauled a sidehill combine. Interesting.... I have jacked up several regular machines with broken final drive axles. Not fun!!