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

[toma at risingnet.net]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2010, Grant Brians wrote:

> All of the ones I have ever seen here locally had power units mounted on
> them (the model B/C engine with crank start). Mine do too. The ones I've
> seen here were all 60 and 66's as that seemed to work with the power
> available from the motor. In reference to more than 2 wheels on the
> combines, it seems that would likely not be helpful for us here. The reason

There were a lot of AC Allcrops here in the 40"s and 50's. Some big 
farmers even ran 3 or more. They were used on the hills here for 
harvesting flax mostly. Most of them had power units but I remember some 
PTO machines used on flat ground. The were set up with a special flax 
roller, most had the tandem axels and a pendulem mechanisim for leveling 
the seives on sidehills. I never saw one with a bulk tank, they all used a 
sack sower.

When I was a kid I sowed sacks on one harvesting barley for a bit. Later 
on I owned a 66 with a bulk tan.

Tomk