we have a combine that    should have been  let go of but it has a story.

Its one of the very LAST  760 massey's ever  built ( 860's were  beeing shipped when it was  shipped to us---you get them cheaper that way ????)

any way  stroy goes like this:

     it was 2 yrs old  and was sitting stuck in a mud hole-- the  hydrostat had over heated to the point it would not  roll the mudd around any more.
The neighbors  2470 case  was unable to  budge   either.    I was at  Collage so I didnt see it.    The  Hired hand  and dad decided they had done everythigh  possible  and  went to  the "last resort" only it should have been the first.

THEY prayed for the combine.   NOT A JOKE   Dad got off his knees ; climbed into the cab  started it up and drove it out  right past the now stuck 2470.   
and  to this day  that  machine -- it does brake down but  has never failed to finnish  a field it starts.

SOO   that    combine   now 25yrs old  and  worn beyond most  repair has  a spot in the  shed....