this is what makes your channel so special, while i like to see the newest and biggest, you also do a wonderful job of showcasing the classics thanks for posting and please continue to make more!!!
I remember as a kid, my uncle running an IH 715 combine. Not as many luxuries as the 815. Manual swing unloading auger, gear drive transmission, and gas engine, 3 row corn head. Harvesting corn always seemed slow in that machine! Thanks for another great video!
I still have an 815 in the barn. Most of our crops are harvested as silage for dairy cows so the combine doesn't get used as much anymore. I didn't know they cost so much when they were new. I paid 1500 for mine after I got out of high school.
@@chuckgross6024 just about any combine brand is better than the Deere's, mostly due to putting grain out the back of them, but from what I have noticed, they didn't clean the grain as good as the IH combines do.
Sharp Shooter, you would think it would be the opposite, and the newer combines would do a better job of cleaning, but I've noticed the same thing quite often. Honestly most of it is due to a lack of setting them up right, or too lazy to make changes. Some guys set their combine's once and never mess with them again, unless they are changing crops. I've always made changes daily, depending on the yield between fields and usually from morning to afternoon you have to speed up and slow the fan down, and at times make small rotor speed changes. This younger generation just wants to get in and go, and there isn't a lot of small farms left, and the big guys just set them up and go, and don't take time to make changes and get out and see the type of job they are doing. The smaller farmers tend to take more time to do a good job.
@@somersfarm1921 I wouldn't blame the younger generation I farm and work part time at a elevator young old doesn't matter most say that it's a waste and loss of money to make clean grain I enjoy the fun of seeing how clean of sample I can make gives a little extra challenge
Thanks for posting this,I drove a 915 in MN in 1984 while on an agricultural exchange from NZ.We never saw this series here,but then the axial flows arrived and were very popular, still are.
Awesome BTP... pretty sure we had an 815 before the TR70... I was in high school then, first combine I ran independently was the TR70... Huge game changer from that 815 to the TR70... Amazing times...Asked dad and we think that 815 was a diesel,,, the TR70 had a NA 3208 CAT...
Aint no way id run one that nice with the door open . But im a stickler for a/c on vintage equipment. Not hard to make them work and cool well. But thumbs up on this one. Now go find us a 915.. thanks
Grandpa bought a new 815 in 1973! Traded off a 303! They had to show him how to use hydrostatic drive he wasn’t use to that! Brother always use to climb in back and clean the cobs out of straw walkers! Ran a rock in it cost a 1000 dollars to fix back then still have the rock😂
I rode with my dad in a 815 when I was a kid I always liked riding the combine with dad the first combine I got to drive on my own was an 915 when I was in the seventh grade I loved that machine the 414 engine with the turbo was very powerful I then moved on to a 1480 it was ok but under powered next we had a 1992 1680 it was one of the best machines I have ever run finally wore it out and now I run an 02 2388 it's an great machine also
Great Red Combine history. My neighbor had a 915 when I was a kid. It had such a great sound. He went to a 1460 that he ran for many years and then to a 7088. I just filmed a 2004 2388 this weekend harvesting soybeans. I hope to find a 915 to film sometime.
Excellent memories relived. I'm 45 and grew up on a farm and working on a couple other local farms and the one farm I worked on he had an IH 815 identical to that.
This brings back memories of the family farm growing up! My dad had one of these and my uncles ran a 1460 which I also spent many weekends in growing up.
Hey, quit making me get emotional and teary eyed. I ran an IH 403 in corn for my uncle in '74, actually I was used to a JD95 in wheat. I found harvesting corn quit different from the aspect the 100 acre field had some bind weed in it and about every 10 to 20 acres I had to stop and get under the head to clean off the rollers, but the machine itself ran great, this was a farm near Mulvane, KS. Good memories. Uncle passed away a few years ago, but he gave me an opportunity I'll never forget.
I grew watching a 95EB. Filming a 95 is on my wish list. The 70’s was a great time in farming. I enjoy trying capture that GM history when I can still find it in the field.
Man the memories lol, now I remember why it took us so long to get the crops out🤣 we had both the gas and diesel version. Man that old gasser was scary! I was always afraid of a field fire! That 815 was a huge step up from the 4400 jd. Lol good times.
Neighbors had an a 815 new. Biggest p.o.s ever. He was true red machine fan only but this one about made him change lol. Even demo'ed a New Holland. It was a lemon from new even though others had excellent luck. Seriously it was broke down more often than not. He traded it for one of the very first 1460 as soon as they came out and that same 1460 is still running today on another nearby farm.
Wow! That was so neat!! Love to see this guy in the national corn grows contest competition against the multi-million dollar equipment. I think that would be really neat.
My family had the 815 just like that one plus a 715 at the time and still even picked ear corn with a 234 and on 756 did lots of custom work usually the 815 and 234 picker would do all the corn and the 715 was bean machine . Then the 7-815 were traded for a 1440 and 1460 those first hand built axial flows were nothing to brag about lots of problems so they were traded for the 1st full production models
That is one clean 815! My mother's family had a 715 that he either bought new or close to new. He ran that machine a LOT of years! Dad had a 542 Oliver then and it had been so wet they both went together to a sale in Franklin KY and bought them each a set of rear turf tires off some state tractors and put those on the back of both those machines.
A couple of things to add. This combine was pushing a 943 corn head not an 843 as mentioned. Same basic head but newer model with aluminum gear boxes making it lighter weight. Also this 815 was referred to as a "Low Profile) Ser. 8000 and above and I think only available with the D414 Diesel. If I remember correctly (someone please correct me if I'm wrong) the "High Profile" 815 ser below 8000 was available with the V-345 gas or a diesel D-407. It may have been the High Profile 915 that used the had those 2 options. Any old timers like me can confirm?
We used a high profile 815 with the "407" engine. I dont remember the year of the combine, but i know it was an early one. We used it from the early 80's thru 1999. Very good reliable machine
Fascinating machine. 1300 hours in 44 years is 30 hours per year, if it was used every year. Figure about 25 hours picking corn and the rest moving around or unloading. Figuring 10 feet swath by about 6 feet per second (4 MPH) gives 3600 square feet per minute or 216,000 square feet per hour, or about 5 acres per hour. So they must harvest around 125 acres per year.
My friend has one of these in operating condition with a 5 row corn head and I want to say 14ft platform header.. it's just sitting out in the weather now
Man oh man I would work a 16 hour day running that old classic and all I would want for my whole day would be a BBQ lamb chop some carrots and spuds and a piece of pumpkin pie
Nice old equipment. With the yellow 970, the old Ford grain trucks in the background, this could have been late 70s until we saw the newer pickups and cars. 715s, 815s and 915s around here in the day but have never seen the smaller ones
It was a great day of filming. The dualed up 970 is equally as cool. I have filmed 615s. I am hunting for a 715 and 915. I have never seen a 315 outside the sales literature.
Most of the gas burners didn’t survive. The exhaust manifolds were too close to the engine enclosure. Trash and chaff buildup caused most of them to burn.
That is a sharp 44 year old red combine! You say in the video and description that the head is an 843, but doesn't the model number decal on it say 943? Sure looks like a 9 to me.
@@bigtractorpower 800 series corn heads debuted in 1974 with the low profile versions of the 815 & 915, so actually 700 series corn heads were new for the first half of the 15 series. But I don't see what any of that has to do with which model head is in your video since it certainly doesn't have to be the same age as the combine. A 900 or a 1000 series corn head will work on a late 15 series combine just fine, as it appears this one is doing. With the 943 decal visible on it, what makes you still think it is an 843?
In your classic tractor and combine videos I would like to see some of the equipment I was raised on. Our combine was a model 91 International and we also had a 900 case tractor and a 606 international Tractor.
I would not be one bit ashamed to have to sit in there and drive that all day. As a matter of fact, I would probably want it more than these new machines with all their electronic gizmo
How does that thing only have 1200 hrs if they bought it new? I know it's probably not used as much these days being that small, but the first 20 years or so it should have been used a lot more than 1200 hrs
One day you'll be able to buy a 2021 Deere X9 for the price a of typical Deere green light in 2051...all jokes aside.. hats off to the owner of that machine. It takes a special farm and farmer to make this happen!
Excellent video that combine is in amazing original condition! It was very enjoyable to watch. Thank you for the work you do bringing us videos like this
We had an 815 combine, it was far and away the WORST piece of farm machinery we've ever owned. It was a very happy day when we got rid of that POS and got a New Holland TR75. That was like upgrading from a horse and buggy to the Millennium Falcon. Friend of mine is the parts manager at our local Case dealership. He was at a national Case conference for parts managers. The presenter asked for ideas of how to increase parts sales. Someone in the crowd yelled out "Bring back the 815 combine, that will increase parts sales" and the whole room busted out in laughter.
@@dwightl5863Single biggest problem was ours had a gas engine instead of diesel and then IH didn't put a big enough cooling system on it. So ours went through headgaskets like crazy, at least one headgasket every season sometimes two, and we only cut 200 acres a year with it.
@@falcon642 I can see where that would put a sour taste on the 815. Combines are complex machines as is and then throw in power plant problems as well makes for a long harvest.
These are great machines but darn loud for today type stuff. Why the "arms race" to build huge keeps raging on is beyond me. Anyhow Gleaner still the Industry Standard for modern work. "Just put a Chevy engine in the darn thing."
My grandpa had a 915 for years and it was one of the best combines I can remember. My grandpa was a strictly RED guy. Everything he used was RED. IH all the way. I learned to drive his 1066 turbo when I was 9. Great memories I’ll cherish forever
I worked at the plant that built those machines, in East Moline, Ill. I started working at that plant in 1974 and got laid off in in 1983. The building does not even exist anymore!
I grew up on 915's. Absolutely loved these combines. They had the best cleaning system in the business at that time. Always had clean grain samples. Lots of moving parts and a little high maintenance, but overall we're great combines. We ran one up into the early 2000's. Would love to see a 915 harvesting wheat. I know there are still a few around.
My dads first combine was a 815 gas model. 8 years ago I bought my first combine a 1680 from my late grandfather which was his last combine. I still use it every year. I would be thrilled to see you come out to make a video of it. Love your videos keep up the great work
Wow, that is some low hours, that is extremely rare for that old of a machine, that combine is in great shape. My ex-inlaws had a 715 combine they ran for many years, and it rarely had any issues. Friends of ours use to run 2 915's back in the day, that farmed across from our farm. That Case970 is ins great shape too. We had a 970 with a loader back in the day, that was white, that we planted and cultivated with and a cream colored 770 with a loader before that. Our first IH combine was a 1460 on our farm, but I remember people saying to stay away from the IH 815's, I forget what the supposed weak link was on them, I just remember guys saying go with a 715 or 915 and to stay away from the 815's.
Good information as always on the featured machine. Hard to believe just how far combines have come in 40 years. Always enjoy seeing the old equipment working in the field. Looks like they had the Ol' IH 815 setup about right from the looks of the corn in the grain tank. Thanks for sharing. Take care.
Man I remember when we got our brand new 915 in 1976....We called that big 6 row beast "State of the art" . Thanks for the memories BTP
this is what makes your channel so special, while i like to see the newest and biggest, you also do a wonderful job of showcasing the classics thanks for posting and please continue to make more!!!
I remember as a kid, my uncle running an IH 715 combine. Not as many luxuries as the 815. Manual swing unloading auger, gear drive transmission, and gas engine, 3 row corn head. Harvesting corn always seemed slow in that machine! Thanks for another great video!
I still have an 815 in the barn. Most of our crops are harvested as silage for dairy cows so the combine doesn't get used as much anymore. I didn't know they cost so much when they were new. I paid 1500 for mine after I got out of high school.
What a beautiful vintage machine. Even his grain trucks in the background look like mint vintage equipment. Really enjoy seeing that.
This farm has some cool machines.
Looks like it was doing a darn good job of cleaning the corn. It actually looked better than some of the new machines when they dump
We were proud of ours, we always had cleaner corn than them deers did! The big boys could do it faster, but ours looked better.
@@chuckgross6024 just about any combine brand is better than the Deere's, mostly due to putting grain out the back of them, but from what I have noticed, they didn't clean the grain as good as the IH combines do.
Sharp Shooter, you would think it would be the opposite, and the newer combines would do a better job of cleaning, but I've noticed the same thing quite often. Honestly most of it is due to a lack of setting them up right, or too lazy to make changes. Some guys set their combine's once and never mess with them again, unless they are changing crops. I've always made changes daily, depending on the yield between fields and usually from morning to afternoon you have to speed up and slow the fan down, and at times make small rotor speed changes. This younger generation just wants to get in and go, and there isn't a lot of small farms left, and the big guys just set them up and go, and don't take time to make changes and get out and see the type of job they are doing. The smaller farmers tend to take more time to do a good job.
@@somersfarm1921 I wouldn't blame the younger generation I farm and work part time at a elevator young old doesn't matter most say that it's a waste and loss of money to make clean grain I enjoy the fun of seeing how clean of sample I can make gives a little extra challenge
@@somersfarm1921 yep I agree
Thanks for posting this,I drove a 915 in MN in 1984 while on an agricultural exchange from NZ.We never saw this series here,but then the axial flows arrived and were very popular, still are.
What a nice piece of Farming history, and still in use after such a long time and still on the same farm 👍
Thanks Jason for such Videos.
Awesome BTP... pretty sure we had an 815 before the TR70... I was in high school then, first combine I ran independently was the TR70... Huge game changer from that 815 to the TR70... Amazing times...Asked dad and we think that 815 was a diesel,,, the TR70 had a NA 3208 CAT...
Aint no way id run one that nice with the door open . But im a stickler for a/c on vintage equipment. Not hard to make them work and cool well. But thumbs up on this one. Now go find us a 915.. thanks
We have come this far in agriculture machines!!! Mylanta I can't be that old already!
I remember these being brand new on my local IH dealers lot.
Grandpa bought a new 815 in 1973! Traded off a 303! They had to show him how to use hydrostatic drive he wasn’t use to that! Brother always use to climb in back and clean the cobs out of straw walkers! Ran a rock in it cost a 1000 dollars to fix back then still have the rock😂
I rode with my dad in a 815 when I was a kid I always liked riding the combine with dad the first combine I got to drive on my own was an 915 when I was in the seventh grade I loved that machine the 414 engine with the turbo was very powerful I then moved on to a 1480 it was ok but under powered next we had a 1992 1680 it was one of the best machines I have ever run finally wore it out and now I run an 02 2388 it's an great machine also
Great Red Combine history. My neighbor had a 915 when I was a kid. It had such a great sound. He went to a 1460 that he ran for many years and then to a 7088. I just filmed a 2004 2388 this weekend harvesting soybeans. I hope to find a 915 to film sometime.
@@bigtractorpower that would be great to see some video of a 915 running
Excellent memories relived. I'm 45 and grew up on a farm and working on a couple other local farms and the one farm I worked on he had an IH 815 identical to that.
Very nice. We are the same age. A farm on the road I grew up on had 915 way back when. It was cool to see. Today the same farm has a 7088.
Thank you very much for all the videos of the older equipment. While I like seeing the new equipment, we have to remember where it all came from.
Finding the classics is my favorite thing to film.
Wow. Quite a trip down memory lane between the 815 and that old Case on the grain cart.
It was a cool harvest team to film. 😁👍
These combines have class.
The 15 series have a stand out look.
This brings back memories of the family farm growing up! My dad had one of these and my uncles ran a 1460 which I also spent many weekends in growing up.
I grew up riding and learning to drive on just like that. My Uncles had that and a 715 Good machine and thank you for the memory.
Hey, quit making me get emotional and teary eyed. I ran an IH 403 in corn for my uncle in '74, actually I was used to a JD95 in wheat. I found harvesting corn quit different from the aspect the 100 acre field had some bind weed in it and about every 10 to 20 acres I had to stop and get under the head to clean off the rollers, but the machine itself ran great, this was a farm near Mulvane, KS. Good memories. Uncle passed away a few years ago, but he gave me an opportunity I'll never forget.
I grew watching a 95EB. Filming a 95 is on my wish list. The 70’s was a great time in farming. I enjoy trying capture that GM history when I can still find it in the field.
had a 815 was a great combine
Man the memories lol, now I remember why it took us so long to get the crops out🤣 we had both the gas and diesel version. Man that old gasser was scary! I was always afraid of a field fire! That 815 was a huge step up from the 4400 jd. Lol good times.
Spent a lot of hours riding in one as a kid. Had a 715 and present a 1440. 815 built back in the days when the only thing green was grass.Lol
Go IH combines 😁👍👍
Ya,baby...International power.
That was a great dump on the go. These gentlemen have been doing this for a while ;). I like the classic dualled Agri King Case, too.
The 970 Agri King deserves a video all to itself. It is a cool tractor.
I can believe!!! And in 1980 s my Father and We picked the corn with machete and hands! And today still same way, in El Salvador
Neighbors had an a 815 new. Biggest p.o.s ever. He was true red machine fan only but this one about made him change lol. Even demo'ed a New Holland. It was a lemon from new even though others had excellent luck. Seriously it was broke down more often than not. He traded it for one of the very first 1460 as soon as they came out and that same 1460 is still running today on another nearby farm.
Wow! That was so neat!! Love to see this guy in the national corn grows contest competition against the multi-million dollar equipment. I think that would be really neat.
My family had the 815 just like that one plus a 715 at the time and still even picked ear corn with a 234 and on 756 did lots of custom work usually the 815 and 234 picker would do all the corn and the 715 was bean machine . Then the 7-815 were traded for a 1440 and 1460 those first hand built axial flows were nothing to brag about lots of problems so they were traded for the 1st full production models
That is one clean 815! My mother's family had a 715 that he either bought new or close to new. He ran that machine a LOT of years! Dad had a 542 Oliver then and it had been so wet they both went together to a sale in Franklin KY and bought them each a set of rear turf tires off some state tractors and put those on the back of both those machines.
Btw. That LN 8000 I caught a peek of looked slick too!!
Very cool. I was just filming in Franklin over the weekend. This farms Louisville was very nice. I am always looking to film Ford tractors and trucks.
The old corn binders back in the day nice
That’s sharp seeing these old machines run doing the same as the newer high tech machines do.
Now if you could just get that fresh picked corn smell to come out of the speakers. Excellent video !
grandpa had one until the eighty took him out of farming so cool to see one in such good condition
Dang, I enjoy seeing those old machines running in the fields. That brings me back to my youth. That is a very clean sample of corn. Awesome video.
A couple of things to add. This combine was pushing a 943 corn head not an 843 as mentioned. Same basic head but newer model with aluminum gear boxes making it lighter weight. Also this 815 was referred to as a "Low Profile) Ser. 8000 and above and I think only available with the D414 Diesel. If I remember correctly (someone please correct me if I'm wrong) the "High Profile" 815 ser below 8000 was available with the V-345 gas or a diesel D-407. It may have been the High Profile 915 that used the had those 2 options. Any old timers like me can confirm?
We used a high profile 815 with the "407" engine. I dont remember the year of the combine, but i know it was an early one. We used it from the early 80's thru 1999. Very good reliable machine
Always love to see the older stuff out doing the job great video keep up the great work
That was some pretty clean looking corn
Wow one of you best videos yet!
This 815 was a fun find.
@@bigtractorpower not only was the 815 a find but the farmer in the video I really felt like I was in a better time in 1977
Still have a 815 in the shed put alot of hours on it good machines, cut with a 7088 and a 2388 now little bit different ,started with a 101
That is a great red combine history. Thank you for sharing.
Fascinating machine. 1300 hours in 44 years is 30 hours per year, if it was used every year. Figure about 25 hours picking corn and the rest moving around or unloading. Figuring 10 feet swath by about 6 feet per second (4 MPH) gives 3600 square feet per minute or 216,000 square feet per hour, or about 5 acres per hour. So they must harvest around 125 acres per year.
Looking forward to harvest videos with you and the other you tubers this fall!
Always love the classics jason, even if it is not john deere . 😄
This one was a great find. I have a very nice 7720 Turbo on the way in corn. 😁👍
great video the 15 series was the best combine ih made. would like to see a ih 915 doing corn sometime.
Hi Jason love watching the old girls still doing the job
Love your channel keep up the good work. Love seeing old combines.
My friend has one of these in operating condition with a 5 row corn head and I want to say 14ft platform header.. it's just sitting out in the weather now
I grew up operatoring my dad's 815 combine
Man oh man I would work a 16 hour day running that old classic and all I would want for my whole day would be a BBQ lamb chop some carrots and spuds and a piece of pumpkin pie
I like the barn tin deflector on the rear axle 😂 Seems to work though
Farmers always improving.
Very clean looking grain sample, Cleaner than most of the new combines.
Some times the simple route is the best 👍👍
Many thanks!
Nice old equipment. With the yellow 970, the old Ford grain trucks in the background, this could have been late 70s until we saw the newer pickups and cars. 715s, 815s and 915s around here in the day but have never seen the smaller ones
It was a great day of filming. The dualed up 970 is equally as cool. I have filmed 615s. I am hunting for a 715 and 915. I have never seen a 315 outside the sales literature.
Awesome Oldie! Small but sturdy!
Nice video. I like that you give the background information on equipment production dates, purchase price, options and so on; it’s interesting info.
Oh yeah.........the International 815 getting it done!!!
love it
Most of the gas burners didn’t survive. The exhaust manifolds were too close to the engine enclosure. Trash and chaff buildup caused most of them to burn.
Our neighbors had two gas 815s that burned up in the field. The third one was diesel. They kept it until 1440s came out
IH engineering at its finest!
My Dad lost his 815 to an engine fire in the late 80's. Bad design.
He's not making payments , He's putting money in the Bank !!
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That's some large kernel grain coming out of that field
I saw so many of the gas equipped burnt to the ground. Great combine but was dangerous if the engine bay was not kept clean.
Very nice video😁👍 classic equipment is great to see👍😉
Damn those tractors look fucking cool
That’s crazy how low the hours are we put that many on new Machine every two years!
I have one the only problem I had with it is the hydrostatic went out otherwise I'd still be using it
These are wonderfull old machines.
It's a shame that the younger computerised generation don't want to know about these types of combines.
👍👍 Very nice machine!
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Hola de pronto no entienden pero me gusta todo eso las maquinas el campo
Nice video any ideas what the corn is testing
That is a sharp 44 year old red combine!
You say in the video and description that the head is an 843, but doesn't the model number decal on it say 943? Sure looks like a 9 to me.
It is an 843. IH only offered 800 series fir the 15 series.
@@bigtractorpowerIt reads 943 just as tony wrote
@@bigtractorpower 800 series corn heads debuted in 1974 with the low profile versions of the 815 & 915, so actually 700 series corn heads were new for the first half of the 15 series. But I don't see what any of that has to do with which model head is in your video since it certainly doesn't have to be the same age as the combine. A 900 or a 1000 series corn head will work on a late 15 series combine just fine, as it appears this one is doing. With the 943 decal visible on it, what makes you still think it is an 843?
Nice video I k ow you have done some videos in western NY have you ever done a video of cabbage harvesting I think that would be interesting
How many acres does this combine harvest each year?
We had a 615 with 2 row corn head, with 12’ grain head.
In your classic tractor and combine videos I would like to see some of the equipment I was raised on.
Our combine was a model 91 International and we also had a 900 case tractor and a 606 international Tractor.
Very cool
Awesome video very interesting to hear the prices of the machines
Thank you for watching.
Is there stil a company that produces smaller size combines like these?
I would not be one bit ashamed to have to sit in there and drive that all day. As a matter of fact, I would probably want it more than these new machines with all their electronic gizmo
What about the old case tractor pulling the cart? It should get some props too 🥲
Oh the 970 Agri King on the Kinze cart is flat out awesome.
Nice old iron. Nice very low hours. Like brand new!!!! With those very low hours.
How does that thing only have 1200 hrs if they bought it new? I know it's probably not used as much these days being that small, but the first 20 years or so it should have been used a lot more than 1200 hrs
I’m looking for small grain carts, what grain cart is that in the video?
This is a 350 bu Kinze.
Thank you very much!
One day you'll be able to buy a 2021 Deere X9 for the price a of typical Deere green light in 2051...all jokes aside.. hats off to the owner of that machine. It takes a special farm and farmer to make this happen!
My uncle had one
Very cool.
We’re running some 8120s. This thing is slow.
Excellent video that combine is in amazing original condition! It was very enjoyable to watch. Thank you for the work you do bringing us videos like this
We had an 815 combine, it was far and away the WORST piece of farm machinery we've ever owned. It was a very happy day when we got rid of that POS and got a New Holland TR75. That was like upgrading from a horse and buggy to the Millennium Falcon.
Friend of mine is the parts manager at our local Case dealership. He was at a national Case conference for parts managers. The presenter asked for ideas of how to increase parts sales. Someone in the crowd yelled out "Bring back the 815 combine, that will increase parts sales" and the whole room busted out in laughter.
The reliability has been commented on a number of times. What were some of the problems?
@@dwightl5863Single biggest problem was ours had a gas engine instead of diesel and then IH didn't put a big enough cooling system on it. So ours went through headgaskets like crazy, at least one headgasket every season sometimes two, and we only cut 200 acres a year with it.
@@falcon642 I can see where that would put a sour taste on the 815. Combines are complex machines as is and then throw in power plant problems as well makes for a long harvest.
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These are great machines but darn loud for today type stuff.
Why the "arms race" to build huge keeps raging on is beyond me.
Anyhow Gleaner still the Industry Standard for modern work. "Just put a Chevy engine in the darn thing."
My grandpa had a 915 for years and it was one of the best combines I can remember. My grandpa was a strictly RED guy. Everything he used was RED. IH all the way. I learned to drive his 1066 turbo when I was 9. Great memories I’ll cherish forever
I worked at the plant that built those machines, in East Moline, Ill. I started working at that plant in 1974 and got laid off in in 1983. The building does not even exist anymore!
We had 13 IHC tractors back in the day ,absolutely superb reliable machines .
sad
I grew up on 915's. Absolutely loved these combines. They had the best cleaning system in the business at that time. Always had clean grain samples. Lots of moving parts and a little high maintenance, but overall we're great combines. We ran one up into the early 2000's. Would love to see a 915 harvesting wheat. I know there are still a few around.
My dads first combine was a 815 gas model. 8 years ago I bought my first combine a 1680 from my late grandfather which was his last combine. I still use it every year. I would be thrilled to see you come out to make a video of it. Love your videos keep up the great work
Wow, that is some low hours, that is extremely rare for that old of a machine, that combine is in great shape. My ex-inlaws had a 715 combine they ran for many years, and it rarely had any issues. Friends of ours use to run 2 915's back in the day, that farmed across from our farm. That Case970 is ins great shape too. We had a 970 with a loader back in the day, that was white, that we planted and cultivated with and a cream colored 770 with a loader before that.
Our first IH combine was a 1460 on our farm, but I remember people saying to stay away from the IH 815's, I forget what the supposed weak link was on them, I just remember guys saying go with a 715 or 915 and to stay away from the 815's.
Bring back a time of good moral life and hard working Red Power, I H responsible for raising farm and family.
Wow, less than 1300 hours over 44 years! This is a really neat find - thanks again for sharing!
Just a few acres each year. This farm mostly raises tobacco and a few acres of corn for rotation.
Ran an 815 in the early 80s…. Had to leave the door open, too
Good information as always on the featured machine. Hard to believe just how far combines have come in 40 years. Always enjoy seeing the old equipment working in the field. Looks like they had the Ol' IH 815 setup about right from the looks of the corn in the grain tank. Thanks for sharing. Take care.
I grew up on those machines. Love that sound.
I'm only a few years older than this machine and it is in far better condition than I am! Great looking combine!
It was a super find with so few hours. I like the 15 series. I hope to film a 915.