The review of the actual harvester will be short because it’s basically the 7500 Harvester with an updated cab and spout. The cab has the newer style rounded lights, and GPS, along with a different windshield wiper on the glass. The spout has an added box about ¼ of the way up from where the spout leaves the harvester.
The 2 forage wagons included in this set are the real reason for this review because they are great. You may recognize them as a repaint of the H&S forage wagons that were produced later in 2008 (They may have made my top 10 of 2008 if I had thought of it when I compiled the list, so let’s just say they were the #6 best toy produced in 2008).
The wagons feature 3 beaters instead of 2 on earlier models, very good casting detail, nice implement wheels and tires, dual rear axles, a steerable hitch, a rear hitch, and the most important part: They are really, really big. How much did the harvesters need updating? Well a few years ago Ertl released the new forage harvester (7500) and included 2 forage wagons with it (the smaller wagons pictured). These 2 wagons with the 7500 were the EXACT same wagons that I was given for Christmas 20 years earlier. The laughable thing with this combination was that the 7500 harvester that was included in the set would fill up these wagons in a few minutes making them completely not practical.
Above you can see the similarities between the newer wagon and the H&S wagons. Below you can see the size difference between the new (left) and old Ertl wagons.
The review of the actual harvester will be short because it’s basically the 7500 Harvester with an updated cab and spout. The cab has the newer style rounded lights, and GPS, along with a different windshield wiper on the glass. The spout has an added box about ¼ of the way up from where the spout leaves the harvester.
The 2 forage wagons included in this set are the real reason for this review because they are great. You may recognize them as a repaint of the H&S forage wagons that were produced later in 2008 (They may have made my top 10 of 2008 if I had thought of it when I compiled the list, so let’s just say they were the #6 best toy produced in 2008).
The wagons feature 3 beaters instead of 2 on earlier models, very good casting detail, nice implement wheels and tires, dual rear axles, a steerable hitch, a rear hitch, and the most important part: They are really, really big. How much did the harvesters need updating? Well a few years ago Ertl released the new forage harvester (7500) and included 2 forage wagons with it (the smaller wagons pictured). These 2 wagons with the 7500 were the EXACT same wagons that I was given for Christmas 20 years earlier. The laughable thing with this combination was that the 7500 harvester that was included in the set would fill up these wagons in a few minutes making them completely not practical.
Above you can see the similarities between the newer wagon and the H&S wagons. Below you can see the size difference between the new (left) and old Ertl wagons. 
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