The 1979 7720.

[70ds]

My Uncle was cutting across the road from my parents place last night when I got out there. It was there last little patch so he just had the 7720. The other combine was up north working on another field. My Uncle bought this combine new in 1979. It was the first combine I ever rode in. I have spent a lot of hours sitting on the armrest in that cab. I used to fall a sleep and leave face prints on the door. I have a lot of fond memories in that machine. I even ran it a little bit when I was in high school and I worked for them. When I was a kid I used to get to fold the auger in and out and turn it on. Man did I ever think I was cool. That combine fueled my love for farming. I will always have a soft spot for yellow top Titan Deeres.
The hood was up when I got there. He had to replace a radiator hose.




He had the 9200 and grain cart with him.


I had to go over and work on our well at the cattle pasture. When I got back he was cutting.

My son and I took a cruise in the 9200 while we were waiting for him to make it back around.


The neighbor drove by while we were waiting.

I was kind of wishing that my son's first combine ride would be in the old 7720 but I was in a 9610 a week ago. It's all good it was his second combine ride.


This is one of my favorite harvest pics. About 3 rounds away from completing harvest number 32.


Number 32 is in the books.


I got a video of them unloading.

Thanks for looking.

[774630]

I told wendal the other day I should try to find one just like that one. he said he should have bought two when he bought that one.

[HuskerGLEANER]

That is a pretty nice lookin 7720. When i was reading the top of your post about riding in the combine on the arm rest all day long, folding and turning on the auger, and first learning how to drive a combine in that one, every single one of those memories you had in that combine i had in the old L2. I defenitely know how you feel about that combine, and it was hard for me to see the L2 go down the road to its new home, hopefully your uncle never will have to sell the ole girl.

[sean]

Memories, my first comine ride was in a MF 850. Good pics Clayton.

Sean

[Tomas D.]

that combine looks great! as long as we are all on the topic of first combine rides... mine was in a White 8920

[nix]

mine was in a Massey Ferguson 860

[Quinton DeDecker]

my first combine ride was a jd 9600 and from then on i have always wanted to run one now im ridiing in deere 9760's but i wish i could ride in an older combine but nice post

[774630]

my first was in a old 510 massey, that was the first one I ever ran. it had AC but never worked, bearly had a cab. lol. man has farmin come a looooong ways.

[nix]

yeah Quin, 9600 is an awesome combine to run.. i loved running ours... but now that we have 9650sts there isnt a comparison in capacity

[dph]

Nice pics. You seem to leave the straw pretty high, almost as high as a stripper head. BTW my first combine ride was in a 1688 CIH.

[steiger9330]

I noticed the straw too. Maybe he didn't want to run all that straw throught the combine. I first rode in a 1666 combine.

[70ds]

That wheat was pretty tall that is why the straw is that tall. That is the second crop since it was alfalfa so it is still making good straw.

[hoss]

my first combine ride was in a ih 1440, im with 774630 the ol 1440 didnt have air either but the cab was all their but the 1066 has no air and barely has a cab the 2 back windows are gone half of the driverside and the windows out of the door

[farmerson]

My first combine ride was in a 7700 Deere. when i was about 10-11 months old haha

[ManitobanFarmerKid]

My first ride was on a TR86. Spent many hours sitting on that little food tray that folds down. I always controlled the auger and turned the header on and off. Still drive the thing today, infact just spent 3 hours on the thing two days ago. Brings back good memories! Thanks for posting!

[Quinton DeDecker]

i really like this thread has alot of history to it

[putsie]

410 Massey was my first ride. Both my dad and uncle had one. No cabs, got removed mid harvest the first year they had them cause they was unbearable in the heat. Used to sit on the platform behind the seat.

[jasonbengough]

My 1st combine ride was in my cousins 79 John Deere 7720 Turbo, I will always have a soft spot for the 7720 Deere combines, now that he has a 9610, I really love driving her as well... Those 9X00 & 9X10 series combines are really a great machine as well, Very nice cab and capacity over the old Titans, even though I really love the Titans, I Really love the Maximizer Deeres as well, Its a shame Deere quite building the 9660 and 9560 Walker machines, I know they offer the 9660WTS and T670I but they were small grain combines only. Just my honest opnion but I think Deere's Best combines were there Conventional combines... From the 55 through the 9660 Walker.... I have heard both postive & negative opnions on both the Deere STS and Walker combines But I will always be a Conventional combine fan, yeah Rotaries are great in tough green stem soybeans or high mosture corn or high yeilding corn, but even though a 9600/9610 ain't a big machine anymore they can still hold there own.

[ManitobanFarmerKid]

Not in the dryer small grains around here. My cousin lives in south of Swift Current, Sask and they run TR96 w/30ft Macdon, TR98 w/36ft Macdon, TR99 w/36ft Macdon and they were running 5-6mph in downed peas while a neighbor's 9650 was running on a 30ft dry barley swath at 3-4mph. So on the prairies you go rotary! Prefferably adual rotor like NH and Lexion.