Old Combine photos


Harvest Brigade Photo's from 1944.
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I wanted to post a few pictures of my family involvement in the famous Massey Harris Harvest Brigade in 1944. My grandfather R.W. Jones along with three other brothers Delmont, Lester and Melvin purchased and harvested 2,000 acres a piece with all 12 of their combines. In the picture with guys in front of the combine. My grandfather is in the White Massey Harris company issued jacket. Delmont is on his right, Lester "Red" is on the far left standing up in lighter clothes. Melvin is sitting in the midle of the bunch. I'm going to post the pictures them make comments about them later.
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I bought this 1949 Massey Haris 21 Combine this fall. I want restore this machine in honor of my grandfather R.W. Jones.
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Awesome pictures Shawn...Thanks for sharing them with us...How many years did they run the 21's...I think you said on the combine forum that you had found one of them..

Back in 1977 I was on a farm near Hoisington,Kansas looking at some WK-40 McCormick tractors...This farmer showed me 4-5 immaculate Super 27 Masseys in a qounset building that he cut his wheat with...He then did some custom harvesting in the neighborhood and 50 miles on to the north....He had tons of new parts for them...I often wonder what happened to these combines as the owner Nathan O has to be long gone....
 
Great pictures! I'd like to find a mechanical header lift for my 21 Massey like the originals in your pictures. Notice the large wheel infront and to the right of the seat. Most combines were later converted to electric lifts.

Again great pictures, thanks for posting them
 
Very nice. I noticed something here I had just noticed recently in some other older combine photos-headlights! Of all the options possible- why headlights? Was it possible in dry western climates to cut in the dark? Except on VERY rare occasions, you have to quit well before dark here.
 
My 21 Massey has factory lights on it. Yes we can harvest until usually midnight or after. I remember one season when our custom cutter still had CII Gleaners we cut until after 3:00 AM Back then the elevators would stay open as long as you could cut. Now days they want to close the doors at 9:00 PM.
 
You guys are lucky.Our'elevator' closes at 5:00.Have
to get there at 3:00(sometimes noon on fri) to get
unloaded by 5:00'.F@#$ing rediculous.
 
yes good to see the CASE , there is always ONE IN THE WOODPILE ...LOL,..There Used to be a large pix of the Massey Harvest brigade at one of the Freguson dealers ,i know all brands were used , generally,Most stuck with the same brand ,that way ,drivers could easily slip seats ,and know the Nature of the Beast, and the mechanic knew what he could expect , not to mention being able to swap parts in a snap ,
 
Dear
hello from Germany. Great pictures of the harvest brigade. Our museums collection exhibits a MH 726 from 1950, which is the oldest MH in Germany and the only of its kind here in Germany.
As I prepare an article on the harvest brigade of 1944 for our friends magazine I wonder if you could kindly give us permisson for using one or the other image of your post. Thank you
I am looking forward to your reply
best wishes
Frank Emmerich

Assistant curator
German Agricultural Museum Hohenheim nr. Stuttgart
www.dlm-hohenheim.de
 

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