You can get a lot of combine for under $10,000. A lot of it depends on what dealers you have in your area. Plus how these dealers are on older machines. Around me here in Iowa we still have a lot of side hill combines. So the parts for the JD 6600 and 6620 are easily found here, new or used, but in other areas of the country the serious farmers have all moved on to the bigger/ newer stuff. Therefore the dealers do not stock as many of the parts for the older stuff and the mechanics are not familiar with the older machines. You need to feel out your dealers some.
I would try to stay with JD or IH. They are the most common and after market parts are available for them. Shoup catalog being an example. This helps in two ways: 1) you can get parts from multiple suppliers. 2) The fact that there are aftermarket parts means the main line ones are usually a little more reasonable priced.
John Deere's headers will match up much easier than the other makers. Once you get newer than the late JD 45,55,95,and 105. The feeder house opening is all the same. If they are level land combines the drives will all interchange. IH does this for the most part as well.
AC/Gleaner does NOT do this at all. The K, F,M,L all take different header attaching parts. Some heads can't even be used on some of the others. On some you just need to change out some mounting plates and mounts. On others it just will not work other than on that particular model. So If you find a Gleaner then make sure either the heads are with it you need or have the heads first and the combine second. Also like I said before you have drive pulleys and belts that need to be changed between some crops with a Gleaner. Now don't rule Gleaner out because they will do a good job and are fairly simple to work on but just make sure you get what you need to make it work. Biggest trouble with Gleaners is that AGCO just about rapes you on parts. They are way worse than JD or IH.
Massey Ferguson's. Stay away from them. They are a nightmare to work on. Plus they have some corn heads that just don't work very well. You see a lot of MF 750 and MF 850 running JD heads. There is a reason MF 410,510 and MF 750 and 760 are real cheap. PIA to work on plus some just dumb designs. Example: to service the Brakes on the MF 510-540 you have to pull the final drives loose. They did not put a coupling on the final drive shafts. So you have to slide the shaft out of the transmission with the final drive. On JD, IH, and AC you just remove two couplings and drop the shaft out the bottom.
Here are some in the region:
http://nashville.craigslist.org/grd/3331384778.html Gleaner F with a grain table and corn head $3000
http://louisville.craigslist.org/grq/3321657535.html JD 4420 $5500 Head are not hard to find for the JD machines. These JD 4420 are a lot of bang for the buck. Nice 4 row machines for smaller farmers.
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