IHC 62 Pull Type Combine

Moonlite37

Well-known Member
I remember in the early '50's there was a model 52 and a model 62 combine, both cutting 5 feet. The 62 looked much bigger and bulky. I wonder why they made two models without the 62 being able to cut a wider swath. Pictures were little help. one past owner told me that the 62 was a good machine but he had no actual experience with a 52
 
Not the same machine. The 52 was a 52" cut machine based on the 42 that was a 42" cut machine but with a widened out platform. The 62 was a full width machine at 52" cut. Think I have operators manuals for both the 42 and 62. The 52 was like putting a wider header on a modern machine whew the 42 was like putting the narrower header on it. Short thin crop the widened head worked, not in heavy thick crop. And then the tractors did not have a creaper gear at the time that you would need with the 52 in a heavy crop. That is why there were so few 52 out there as a lot of 42 models and the 42 was the first combine on my farm. I was 3 at that time.
 
The 62 cuts wider, it has a 6' platform. The 42R and 52R are both full-width, straight through combines and are basically the same machine (with a few small running year-to-year changes during production) except the 42R is a 4' cut and the 52R is a 5' cut. The 52R replaced the 42R in 1943.

IH sold LOTS of 52Rs, around 35,000 if I recall correctly. The cylinder and separator were in no way undersized for the width of cut--never heard of issues with feeding or capacity. They were very good machines for the time.

Al
 
My dad had a 62,he had a pick-up on it, had problems feeding in, as i remember, he traded that for a [1953] 64 IH straight thru,but would that devil kick over the oats !!!
 
Some friends need to find a home for this 62...It never set outside until last year.
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