[AT] Tired??

[Paul Waugh]

I am not sure how old the combines were, but not the old round hood like I 
grew up with. They may have been 10 yr old, It is hard to capture at lot at 
60 mph, but I am getting better at it.  They had fair size 2 wheel drive 
tractors pulling them, The tractors were definitely JD, and because the 
combines were green, I jumped to the conclusion they were also JD.  The 
heads were away from me, but they were sure running a lot of straw out the 
back

Paul - IN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Tired??


> Not that much different from Sask. they tell me. We see the odd field of
> sunflowers here too.
> But JD pull types are pretty scarce. Last ones built that I know of were 
> the
> maximizer series. A 9501 if memory serves me, the pull type version of the
> self propelled 9500. As far as I know now they have been out of production
> for a few years. Biggest reason I would guess is that with a pull type you
> are limited in how big a straight cut header can be installed. A combine
> that size in cereal grains could easily handle 30 feet of header. Not
> feasible on a pull type machine. And straight cutting is the way most want
> to go now as it saves the operation of swathing the crop.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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