[AT] Left or right combines?

[Gene Waugh]

This discussion of older combines begs a question from me...

I grew up around pull-behind combines, pto driven, but they were not
baggers; they simply dumped into a hopper which was augered into a wagon
when needed.

My question is:  Was the bagging - bulk thing a local/regional thing, or
were there other reasons for the two methods?

Yes, we were "big time".  We would put sides about 12" high on the hay racks
for grain transportation---had what??---maybe 125 bushels??  Of codurse, as
soon as the cousins and I headed out into the world, stupendous things like
gravity boxes started showing up.   WHAT???  You don't have to shovel alla
that stuff??

I do remember bagging and miller's knots (granddad tied em) --but that was
when grinding feed with the belt-driven hammermill...

Gene
Gene Waugh
Elgin, Illinois USA

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Subject: Re: [AT] Left or right combines?

Where I grew up, in central NY, there were almost certainly combines from 
the factory with bagging platforms and chutes that held the full bags. maybe

as many as 6 bags.  All of the bags were jettisoned at once with a trip 
lever at some convenient point for manual pickup onto a flat wagon for 
transport to the grainery.  Usually the dump was on a corner of the field 
closest to the barn.

Remember the weed seed separator?  I pro bably kept the mustard seed in 
check a little
Carl Gogol
Manlius, NY
(2) AC D-14, AC 914H
Simplicity 3112 & 7116
Kubota F-2400 


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