[AT] massey combines at portland

[Charlie V]

Added to Dave's interesting hillside pictures I have posted a few pictures
of pages from the instruction book from the circa 1940 Model 61 IH McCormick
Deering  machine we used to use.  Go to the l;link below if you wish to take
a look.

Charlie V. in WNY

 http://www.atis.net/forums/showthread.php?247-Hillside-Harvesters

On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Dave Ernst <shop at cccomm.net> wrote:

> 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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> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 7:54 PM
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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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