[AT] massey combines at portland

Dave Ernst shop at cccomm.net
Sat Sep 4 07:45:39 PDT 2010


Hey guys I posted a couple of pictures of hillside combines on the forum. 
I've never seen one that will level for and aft, as we always went around 
the hillsides and avoided going uphill and down hill as much as we could.
The first one has no date, but I feel sorry for the horses..
Dave
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From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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Yes, from what I have seen the hillside combines can level fore and aft as
well as side to side. You might not believe it but I used to own a piece of
land with a hill so steep that my 1660 Case IH combine spun out trying to
climb it, and this was in relatively dry conditions. Just that steep. Most
of the time I would combine it downhill but even that was scary as I felt
like the back wheels were going to lift and drive the pickup into the
ground. Eventually I seeded that land to grass and later sold it. Just too
hard to crop land that steep. Guess I'd never make it in the Palouse. :-)

Ralph in Sask.
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From: "john hall" <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
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> Charlie,  I'd like to see one in operation myself. I imagine they are
> self-leveling but can't help but wonder if some of the first ones were
> not.
> I wonder if they can level  any for going straight up or down hills? I've
> got a couple fields that you have to deal with going up or down a steep
> incline for a few rounds. I always slow the ground speed down since I know
> the straw is having more trouble exiting the machine when headed downhill.
> Nothing like having an almost full bin and heading downhill only to have
> the
> bin start running over.
>
> Dave, I was up around North Wilksboro last summer and saw a field that had
> been cut for silage. It was undoubtedly the hilliest field I have ever
> seen
> cultivated. There is no way I'd have guts enough to to tow a chopper and a
> silage wagon on those hills. I've been involved in a couple situations
> where
> a way wagon behind a baler caused a runaway.
>
> John Hall
>
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