How much is too much ? Save it from the scrap monster (pic)

BlaineF · Mar 12, 2010

Well what should I do ?I know where a John Deere 55 level land is at.It's over a hundred miles away.Should I go get it and save it from the scrap monster .It looks to be in good shape has a little bird droppings on it ,but looks pretty good.I'll have to figure out how to haul it .When do you draw the line how much stuff can you save? Where do you have the space to store it? It does have a date with the torch if someone does not grab it.I might go see if it will start. That might be the factor on if I drag it home.Been stored inside for most of it life so very little rust.What is your thoughts on this old machine? BlaineF :?

JMS/.MN · Mar 12, 2010

If it runs, consider driving it home, with an escort. I"ve towed them that far with a hitch, and driven them up to 140 miles. 6 hours and you"ll be home. Looks too good to scrap.

Ande · Mar 13, 2010

BlaineF,
I think you need to act on this one,as the previous post said,its just to nice to let that happen.We all thank you for going to all this extra effort,as I know you wont get to many of them when you get it home (wife).Keep up posted,you are saving part of history.Is there any history behind it,you can gather? How about the manuals,extra parts.Good Luck

1206SWMO · Mar 13, 2010

Any real early always shedded model 55 JD combine is worth
saving.Ones that nice are few and far between.Ones that have
sat outdoors most of their lives are much easier to find.I know
several people that would love to have that combine but its too
far away.

Pictured is my always shedded 1954 model 55 JD that I hauled
over 300 miles home from NC Kansas.I doubt that its ever sat
out a night in its life.

I hauled it home on my 102" wide 25 ft gooseneck.We pulled
the header and turned it end ways,pulled the unloading auger
and air intake,and lowered the clean grain elevator so that we
were under 13'6".

If you could haul it on the back roads I wouldnt even pull the
header.This combine will only run about 10 mph so driving it
home would be a long day.

Nathaniel Watts · Mar 13, 2010

That sure is a nice early 55.

tom stanley · Mar 13, 2010

Hello Blaine,save too many no way!!! I have way too
many and am hauling more in so my vote if you are
able SAVE IT it looks well worth it to me, just
another hopeless combine collecting addict Tom

DeltaRed · Mar 13, 2010

Save it!you could tow it backwards with a car dolly.remember to unhook the final drives.I have mooved 3 this way.drive 20 mph.I once drove a 55 65 miles(in January)My friend hauled his late 55 squareback 1800 miles(from NE Ohio to SW Colorado) with 3/4 ton pickup and gooseneck trailer

D-C-741 · Mar 14, 2010

How much is the scrap man Offering a ton for it ?Here where I live in New York its 220 a ton, hauled in to the Scrap Yard.Short is 270 a Ton.we have a 403 IH,660 & 2 960 Case Combines going.

TDS · Mar 14, 2010

If you are not interested in that I know I would be. Where abouts is it located and whats the asking price? Thanks in advance

Tim(nj) · Mar 15, 2010

I'm hauling my scrap up there! Haul a combine into scrapyard down here and you'll get 80 a ton.

Bradley K · Mar 15, 2010

Looks to be a mid 1950's vintage. Possible years are 1951 through 1955.

The very first years of the 55 had the gas tank on the left side, after 1955 the 55's had the JD 4 speed transmission.

Looks like a great candidate for a combine collector, it's nice to find one like this that's been shedded.

Wish you success, Brad

showcrop · Mar 15, 2010

Wow, Turf tires. that means the drive train has not been subjected to hard pulling or getting stuck in mud.

cadet trooper · Mar 15, 2010

Blaine is that the same combine? If so I didn't know it had gas tanks on both sides.

fixerupper · Mar 15, 2010

If you decide to drive or drag it home make sure the tires are in very good shape first. If they are cracked at all consider replacing them or hauling the machine. Roading that far brings out the ugly side of old tires. The tractor ride guys can tell you that. We have roaded combines many hundreds of miles on the harvest with very little wear on the tires, but they were new to begin with. Jim

D-C-741 · Mar 15, 2010

Combines go for Long Steel or Car Bodys Up here. Your closer to to Docks you should be getting a better price than Me !Up here they cant get enough !

BlaineF · Mar 15, 2010

(quoted from post at 18:00:34 03/15/10) Blaine is that the same combine? If so I didn't know it had gas tanks on both sides.

My picture is the small one at the top.The big pictures are another gents machine .I think I'm going after it if it's still there wish me luck.Thanks

1206SWMO · Mar 16, 2010

I"m a Blaine too.

BlaineF · Mar 16, 2010

(quoted from post at 22:15:27 03/15/10) I"m a Blaine too.

Nice to meet you;
Really I don't hear the name much.So I guess I got confused.Sorry about that.Looks like its going to be two Blaine's with J.D. 55 if it all works out.Have a good one BlaineF

fixerupper · Mar 16, 2010

Used to see the diamond tread tires on western combines and I always wondered why. Last summer I talked to a harvester running in the hills of Idaho and he said he had to replace a front tire. The stock tire was a regular bar tread but all he could find at the moment was a diamond tread so he had it thrown on to the tune of $6000. Yes, that's the right amount of zeroes. The combine did not want to creep sideways as bad on the sidehills with the one diamond tread tire so I imagine two diamonds would be even better. Diamond tread would ride smoother going down the road. Jim

MPK · Mar 17, 2010

I had a 1962 45 combine that had the diamond tires on it. Not good in mud.

tom stanley · Mar 18, 2010

I agree they are not for mud but out here on our dry soil you can not find a better tire for man or machine(and I don't cut wheat in the mud) lug tires where I am at will shake a machine apart in the field or road, on one of my 1660 the man put two new 23.1-x26 on right before I got it price was wrote on them $1599.00 each at the time that was a few years ago before oil went crazy like man said in other post (pricey)

Roger H MI · Mar 18, 2010

Looks too good to leave for scrap, You can always take it to the scrap yard. We only get offered these treasures once and awhile. If this machine is field ready you can't go wrong.

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