[AT] massey combines at portland

[Paul Waugh]

OK, what is a hillside vs. prairie  ..... shorter legs on one side :))   or 
maybe it is longer legs on one side :))

Paul-46555
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> When I was in high school my grandfather and I returned to the old
> family ranch that had been leased out for pasture for a generation. It
> was then leased to a local farmer but we reserved a few acres with the
> old buildings. This was my first exposure to farming. This was in the
> mid fifties.
>
> He had a Massey Harris Model 25. It was a prairie machine that had
> been converted to sidehill. I think it was 12' cut. The story was that
> when it was built, hillside machines had not been invented yet and
> when parts became available someone had converted it. I never saw it
> in action but I climbed all over it and checked it out thoroughly
> because he parked it in our barn for the winter. He had a Cat D2 too.
>
> In later years I had a Massey Harris 90 hillside and later a Super 92.
> The salt air got to them before I found a market for grain and they
> went for scrap. I wish I could go back and give that 90 another shot.
>
> Tom
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