[AT] California Combine history was Saskatchewan

[Al Jones]

Sounds about right for an IH.  Did it have a motor or PTO?  If the motor set with the radiator facing toward the tractor it was a 52R.

Al


-----Original Message-----
>From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>Sent: Oct 5, 2011 5:58 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] California Combine history was Saskatchewan
>
>Seems like the platform where we stood was on the left rear of the machine.
>
>Charlie
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Al Jones
>Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 5:19 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>Subject: Re: [AT] California Combine history was Saskatchewan
>
>I bet it was.  The 42R and 52R had a "slide" for the sacks to fall to the 
>ground.
>
>Al
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>>Sent: Oct 5, 2011 7:48 AM
>>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Subject: Re: [AT] California Combine history was Saskatchewan
>>
>>Al,  that 52R might be the same machine that my grandfather had.  I don't
>>remember much about it but I do remember it was an IH and a bagger.  I can
>>remember as a small boy standing on the platform with my father or maybe it
>>was one of my uncles.   "We"  would take the full sack and somehow tie or
>>sew it shut  (I can't remember which now) and then shove it off on the
>>ground before the next one was full.  I remember it being a very dusty job.
>>
>>Charlie
>>-----Original Message----- 
>>From: Al Jones
>>Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 7:25 PM
>>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>Subject: Re: [AT] California Combine history was Saskatchewan
>>
>>I am fascinated by combines.  The pictures of the giants from the 1800's 
>>and
>>early 1900's pulled by dozens of horses, are a sight to see!
>>
>>I have two IH pull types, 52R's.  The earlier one is a sacker with a
>>Continental Y69 engine, the later one is a bagger with a Farmall Cub 
>>engine.
>>I need to find a good home for the sacker.  My "dream" is to have a nice
>>70's model Massey Ferguson 300 from out of the mid-west in my collection,
>>and maybe even 25 acres of my own to run through it!  This was my dad's
>>first combine he bought used in the late 70's. I was a LITTLE kid but I can
>>remember how B-I-G it looked!  Rode over a lot of acres in the cab with my
>>grandaddy, I heard him say that he never expected to be a "big enough
>>farmer" to operate a combine.  Back then a Deere 4400 was a big combine
>>here, Massey 510 was MASSIVE.  The 300 ended up catching fire and burning
>>up, it was replaced by a later, diesel 300 with quick-attach headers. It 
>>was
>>worn out when it left us.
>>
>>Al
>>
>>>
>>>On Oct 4, 2011, at 7:58 AM, Gene's Wowway e-mail wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why would they set this up as a PTO machine?  Back in "my day" even many
>>>> small 6-7 foot combines were run by a Wisconsin or whatever.  Is it
>>>> simply
>>>> because larger tractors that can handle the PTO & pulling chores
>>>available?
>>>> I remember my granddad 'graduating' from a 5 ft Oliver combine to a 6 ft
>>>> IH - How puny by today's standards!!!  They were both PTO, pulled by
>>>> (initially) an old JD unstyled G and later, in the more modern age, a
>>>> 1954
>>>> M.
>>>>
>>>> GeneW
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: charlie hill
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 6:29 AM
>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Harvesting in Sask.
>>>>
>>>> It's a heck of a machine to be running on PTO.   I guess the reason we
>>>never
>>>> see those around here is their size compared to our fields and roads and
>>>the
>>>> fact that they'd be hard to pull on our soil types.
>>>> We have some big self propelled machines here but they take up the whole
>>>> highway and cause a lot of grief for folks when they move.
>>>>
>>>> Charlie
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Ralph Goff
>>>> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 9:18 PM
>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Harvesting in Sask.
>>>>
>>>> On 10/3/2011 4:01 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>>>>> Nice rig Ralph and good looking oats too.   How much PTO HP does it 
>>>>> take
>>>>> to
>>>>> pull that combine?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Thanks Charlie. The oats turned out way better than last year. I'm
>>>> running 170 horsepower Case IH and it seems quite adequate. I think JD
>>>> recommends 150 hp minimum horsepower for the 7721. It needs a heavy
>>>> tractor especially in hilly land as there is a lot of weight back there.
>>>> Especially when the grain tank is getting over half full.
>>>>
>>>> Ralph in Sask.
>>>>
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