John Deere 42 combine

[tomstractorsandtoys]

Here are some pics of my 2510 and the 42 combine I bought a few weeks ago cutting oats today. The oats were very tough and I did choke it once. Had some hay to bale so I will have to deal with that in the morning. Didn't have time to give it a bath yet. The oats are yeilding very good. Tom

 

[tomstractorsandtoys]

Two more

 

[Northvale PA]

Nice. Around here, any oats I see are about 50% weeds. I also read oat straw can get mites on it. We baled some wheat straw that seemed to have mites one year and that was a nuisance when we handled it. Any issues with yours?

 

[8850dave]

It looks great with a 8 foot head ?

 

[tomstractorsandtoys]

It has a nine ft head. A little big for the machine size in todays yields but I think when new they wanted to cut 3 rows of soybeans.

 

[tomstractorsandtoys]

We spray our oats for weeds. Never heard of straw mites and hope we never do. I baled 5 loads of rye straw the day before but that was cut with a 6620 combine. Tom

 

[jddrawbar]

Looking good, great photos, thanks for posting.

 

[Scott 730]

I have often wondered how the 42 works with such a narrow cylinder, especially in tall crops like rye. An IH 80 / 82 has a wider cylinder, but a smaller header. How do they compare in use?

 

[flying belgian]

To me it looks like the oats is to green to straigt cut. I would wait another week.

 

[2late4me]

neighbor had a 42 with a 210 corn head . One of the first in our area to harvest corn with a combine and dry it in a drying bin.

 

[coonie minnie]

Looks very nice, Tom. It reminds me of the 96 we had... only smaller, and the pole actually folds on the 42.