[AT] Harvest photo

[Dave Ernst]

Wonder what a John Deere #36 pull-type hillside combine would be worth at 
today's prices. I can't begin to estimate how may acres of wheat, barley and 
oats I've harvested standing on that platform.  The header was 32' and 
counterbalanced, pulled it with either a 9G D7 or the Diesel Cat 50. It took 
something heavy pulling it in order to hold the harvester when going 
downhill. We would start as soon as the dew was off around 9:30 or so and go 
until dark non stop weeks at a time.  Something has to be said about the 
longevity of the Hercules 6 cylinder flatheads of that era, they ran trouble 
free forever.  Funny thing, as much as I hated it then, I kind of miss it 
now...
Most of the fields we had were 160 acre blocks, but the biggest was a 320, 
mile long, 1/2 mile wide. When plowing started you were lucky to make 10 
rounds the first day. Talk about boredom....
Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 2:47 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Harvest photo


>    Ralph;
>    As always I enjoyed your photo. What crop are you harvesting in this
> photo? Would you happen to have some photos of the large pull type 
> combines
> used in your area? That is something that were never used in the U.S.
> midwest. Probably the largest pull type combing used here was the John 
> Deere
> 42 and few of them.
>    I attended a sale about 4 years age that sold a 42 pull type combine 
> and
> it sold for more than the 3 self propelled combines all combined.
>
>                            Gene
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:52 AM
> Subject: [AT] Harvest photo
>
>
>> Been scanning a few older photos. Heres one I took back in the early 80s
>> of my Uncle combining wheat with the 95 JD squareback. He had no working
>> cutting attachment so I was going ahead with the 730 Case and pull type
>> Cockshutt swather laying a 15 foot swath to pick up. It worked well as
>> the crop was very ripe and easy cutting.
>> Hope the link works.
>> http://hotimg3.fotki.com/a/142_165/28_44/95and730.jpg
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
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