[AT] Left or right combines?

[charlie hill]

Dudley,  the more I think about my grandfathers rig I think he might have 
had those bags already sown up except for an opening big enough for the fill 
pipe in the corner and that we just tied the corner closed.  I sure wish I 
had a picture of that thing.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dudley Rupert" <drupert at premier1.net>
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Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 4:50 PM
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> Ralph,
>
> I don't think I've ever seen a combine that had a real factory bagging
> attachment on it but maybe someday someone will bring one to a show.
>
> The combine I bagged behind in 59 & 60 was a then late model IH self
> propelled machine... I have no idea what its' model number was.  I would
> guess the head was 12 feet give or take a couple of feet.  It did not have 
> a
> cutter bar or reel but a pickup attachment that was probably half as wide 
> as
> the head.  The homemade bagging platform was maybe two feet off the ground
> and the bottom of the Y inverter was maybe four feet above the platform.
> The small homemade grain tank that fed the Y inverter would hold maybe the
> equivalent of two or three sacks of beet seed.  I could barely touch the 
> top
> of this tank when standing on the platform.  This farmer was a very good
> fabricator and his modification/add on could almost pass for factory.  His
> design added a horizontal auger which allowed the output grain to by-pass
> the combines holding tank and go straight to the small tank on back.  The
> only problem we had with this design was when we had the occasional mishap
> on back - like a broken needle or a busted bag - which caused us to get
> behind and the small holding tank would overflow.
>
> Dudley
> Snohomish, Washington
>
>
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Ralph Goff
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>
> Original Message -----
> From: charlie hill <chill8 at cox.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 9:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Left or right combines?
>
>
>> Gosh Dudley,  that sounds very familiar.  I think you hit it on the head.
> I
>> had forgotten about that y deverter valve but now I can picture it
>> Charlie
>
> My Dad's Case model A had a bagging attachment as I recall. A small pipe
> sticking out the bottom of the hopper and a little platform nearby 
> although
> I can only guess how it was meant to work as we never used that method 
> here.
> Grain was allowed to fill the hopper (25 bushels or so) and then augered 
> out
> into the truck box.
> Now that I think about it this combine also had the little rotary cleaner 
> up
> on the top of the hopper. I wonder if this spout on the outside of the
> hopper was to direct the weed seeds into bags?
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
>
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