[AT] Thoughts on small combines, other harvest machinery and where it takes us (continued)

[john hall]

Yours is equipped like the one dad had. He was always impressed at how 
smoothly the tandem axle set-up could cross ruts in the field. His had the 
scour-clean as well. If you can find and awning shop, they could probably 
work on the canvasses. That's where dad used to take his.

John Hall

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From: "Len Rugen" <rugenl at yahoo.com>
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where it takes us (continued)


> There is a local seed producer that, at least 5-10 years ago, still used
> AC-60's and 66's for seed harvest.  I have one, broke something and
> bought a parts machine off them cheap.  They say nothing else produces
> as clean seed while not "wringing" the moisture out of the chaff and
> putting it in the seed.  There was an after market attachment called a
> "ScourClean" that mounted on top of the grain bin that was an additional
> screen for the seed.  We used ours mostly for soybeans when I was a kid,
> other than splits, the grain was about as clean as seed.
>
> Mine "worked when parked", the main problem is the canvas feed, if the
> canvas goes bad, I don't know if a replacement could be obtained.  I
> used mine about 10 years ago for some oats, worked OK, but not worth
> fixing the flats for what I harvested.  Mine has tandem wheels, so 4
> tires to keep fed.
>
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