[AT] threshing day

[Herb Metz]

I worked two summers for an uncle in central and western KS; he had an early 
model IHC self-propelled combine with manual transmission.  Our speculation 
was IHC used a gearbox from an M Farmall and most of the time the gear you 
were using was either too fast or too slow.  Massey introduced that variable 
drive during that time.  Uncle had converted to bomber tires because they 
provided a smoother ride.
The next year he bought an AC Gleaner; don't know what transmission they 
used. Herb(GA)


----Original Message----- 
From: Cecil Bearden
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2017 7:12 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] threshing day

My first combine was a Massey Harris 90.  The early model that did not
have a clutch, but a hydraulic cylinder connected to the variable drive
that was controlled by a foot pedal.   There was a 5 second delay from
run to stop!!   It was really fun when loading and unloading on a truck
or trailer.  It also had been converted to the Bomber tires that were
about 5 ft tall and 3 ft wide.  It was great in wet ground until it went
down.....  It had no traction due to the nearly slick diamond tread...

Cecil in OKla


On 1/8/2017 4:47 PM, Jason wrote:
> There's a video by this group tray shows the operation of a grain 
> elevator.
> Very cool
>
> On Sun, Jan 8, 2017, 3:26 PM Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net> wrote:
>
>> On 1/8/2017 2:51 PM, John Hall wrote:
>>> https://www.nfb.ca/film/country_threshing/
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>> That one led me to another film more familiar to my part of the country.
>> A couple of farmers from Alberta decided to head South in June of 49 to
>> do some custom harvesting in the U.S. Very interesting. The Massey 
>> combine
>> reminded me a bit of the model 60 that my dad had in the 1960s.
>> https://www.nfb.ca/film/harvests_on_the_march/
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
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