Someone had the same question not too long ago - see this thread. Some pretty good ideas/responses there. Here's my response there, re-posted:
Keep the Oliver 18's in mind. I have an All-Crop 90 and two 66's, but have also used a friend's Oliver. The Oliver has a narrower cut width than the All-Crop 90, but probably gets about the same number of acres per hour because it seems to feed a little smoother and run with a touch higher ground speed. Whatever you get, look for one without canvases (if an all-crop, look for a 72 or 90). Also check the bottoms of all hoppers/chutes for rust. The canvas/draper style are nice for gentle handling of some clover crops, but for grains they're just a pain.
Nothing wrong with the All Crops if in good condition. One of the issues with the all-crops is the rubber concaves: They're fantastic if they're still in decent shape, but at this point they're all old enough that many are worn out and the fixed rubber insert is beat to heck or missing. If that's the case, they won't thresh worth a dang until they're fixed, and the rubber inserts are getting a little harder to get. The simple steel concaves of the other brands might be a little harder on fragile clover/grass seed, but there's a better chance they'll be in usable condition.
I'd look for one with a scour-kleen. They do an amazing job of cleaning out the fines. You can still get new screens for scour-kleens, and your end product will be a higher grade. Really useful for us as we don't spray our grain for the cattle and one of our grain bins doesn't have an aeration floor. The green weed seed that you'll get in the product without a scour kleen can really cause some issue with heat/mold. With it cleaned out from the scour kleen, it's a much better product to put in the bin.
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