JD pull-type

Case Nutty 1660 · Feb 6, 2017

Drove by this the last 50 years and always wanted to snap a pic,, finally did today but was driving 70 mph when I snapped this one,, just form what I can see from the highway driving by it looks like the size of a 45 just wondering about it thanks for any info
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GreenEnvy · Feb 6, 2017

JD 65. Just the pull type version of the 55. Came out in 1949 was made until 1966.

Case Nutty 1660 · Feb 7, 2017

Thank You
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coonie minnie · Feb 7, 2017

As below a 65. It is a pretty early one... not only a "round back", but it has the tall grain tank elevator with a slide to the center. This was shortened by the mid 50's, and an auger used to push the grain to the center. This modification helped the machine fit in lower buildings, etc. Later there was a hi-lo version (late 50's to 62) that had a different grain tank and a lower profile yet.

Pretty neat find!

cumminspuller · Feb 7, 2017

I don't guess I've ever paid attention to the fact that these had their own engine. I assumed being pull type these were PTO driven. Never seen a 65 in person though either.

coonie minnie · Feb 7, 2017

It was an option either way... they may have been all engine drive at first? The late ones are mostly PTO drive. The one in the pic probably has the Hercules engine used in the first 55's.

GreenEnvy · Feb 7, 2017

To start with they were engine driven as JD or anybody else really didn't have big enough tractors to run them. But sometime in the mid 50s JD started offering the PTO option. From what I have seen I think JD recommended at least a 70 or 720 in front of them.

Dick2 · Feb 7, 2017

They were not a high capacity machine. Our old G2 MM with Hercules engine could stay with a 65 and our old G3 MM combine with a Z Moline engine could walk away from a 65, even the newer ones with the JD engine.

55 50 Ron · Feb 7, 2017

I think they were pretty high capacity for their time! I worked for a neighbor who had one of these and he was farming 7 quarter sections, 1120 acres, with just one of these in small grains in North Dakota.

GreenEnvy · Feb 8, 2017

That's impressive. I'm guessing all the wheat was swathed and picked up with an attachment. To begin with the 65 was suppose to have more capacity then the 55. One of the early knocks against the 55 was they were underpowered. Since both combines used the same engine all the hp the on the 65 could be put to the seperator allowing you to push more crop through. Here is a video link to my 1957 55. By that time the hp on the Hercules had been upped to 64 hp. It's cutting 35-40 bpa wheat in third gear.
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flying belgian · Feb 8, 2017

I thought texting while driving was bad but photography while doing 70 ????????????????????????????

Case Nutty 1660 · Feb 9, 2017

EASY compared to running snow plow for 20 plus years shifting driving sanding raising plow and talking on two radios and watching out for other ones on the road, snapping a pic is NOTHING for me but sure is not for those who cannot multi-task I knew someone would say something about it,, I take pics every day when running something to the tune of 20,000 pics a year without a issue, guess I should not have posted it here
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norton.nd · Feb 9, 2017

There were many of the high style 65 pull types in North Dakota. Shortly after WW2 our local small town Deere dealer sold 45 of them in one season. Very few of the low style 65's were sold in our area. By then more capacity was needed and the 96 was the pull type combine of choice. I know of one local low style 65 with PTO and no 96's with an engine. In an average crop it was difficult to drive slow enough with a PTO 65. I read once that Deere had a optional creeper first gear for the '"R" just for the PTO 65 combine.

55 50 Ron · Feb 9, 2017

What small town dealer is that? I grew up in Towner County and our dealer was the Rock Lake Implement Company. Two of my uncles worked there, one as Parts Man and the other as Set Up and Delivery Man.

GreenEnvy · Feb 9, 2017

Problem is the R came out before JD offered the PTO option on the 65. In fact after checking my sources JD didn't offer the 65 with a PTO drive until 1958. I think another reason for the creeper gear was for forage choppers too.

55 50 Ron · Feb 9, 2017

Yes the small grains were swathed. The time frame I'm talking of was essentially before weed killers were in general use and it was necessary to swath (the grain was already ripe) to get the green weeds to dry prior to running the grain (and dried weeds) through the combine.

Leroy · Feb 15, 2017

The 42 was just slightly smaller than the 45 that was only a self propelled machine. The self propelled version of the 42 was the 40. And the 42 is the biggest pull type ever in my part of the country with the 45 being the most popular after the 12A-25-30 series. And nobody swathed wheat here. One guy decided to do it to get wheat to dry faster to double crop soybeans. Lost the entire wheat crop that year as that as soon as it was in the swath the rain started and all the wheat sprouted in the swath.

SDLars · Apr 6, 2017

One of two pieces of JD equipment I'd like to own.

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