[AT] massey combines at portland

Ralph Goff alfg at sasktel.net
Wed Sep 1 22:42:31 PDT 2010


A internet friend has some good vintage video of hillside combining in the 
Palouse country back in the 1940s here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qq0ou-4u5Y

Ralph in Sask.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Waugh" <pwaugh at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] massey combines at portland


> Interesting, my lesson for the day, thanks
> Paul-46555
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <toma at risingnet.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 6:17 PM
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>
>> Quoting Paul Waugh <pwaugh at embarqmail.com>:
>>
>>> OK, what is a hillside vs. prairie  ..... shorter legs on one side :))
>>> or
>>> maybe it is longer legs on one side :))
>>
>> Both actually, one side goes up and the other side down. Hydraulically
>> controlled with racks on each side geared to a pinion shaft so as one
>> side goes up, the other goes down.
>>
>> The old 25 had a manual control valve but the later ones had a mercury
>> filled level sensor with a switch on each end and electro-hydraulic
>> control valves.




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