I have an old Deere combine but don't know the model number. Closest I can come to the pics on the internet are a model 17, but the engine is in the wrong place. This one has a Hercules engine behind the header. It has a small grain bin and the deck to raise and lower the header. There are rubber tires on the spoked wheels. Next time I am over to those farms I will take a picture of it. When I was little, I used to stand on the deck and play like I was a steering a ship. First combine I ran was a 55 and this year is my 50th harvest. Now in a S670. Want to restore this old pull combine to display next to the new ones next harvest. Any help and photos or links appreciated!
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Does it look anything like the one in the photo at the link below?
https://blog.machinefinder.com/31653/john-deere-combine-history-2
The text is (at least to me) unclear if the pictured combine is a #1 or a #2, I'm GUESSING a #1.
The original poster says the engine is BEHIND the HEADER. From the January-February, 2005 issue of TWO-CYLINDER magazine it seems that the only JD combine with an engine mounted behind the header is the No. 9. That issue of TWO-CYLINDER magazine did an excellent article on combines so it seems it should have some authority to be believed.
I will check out the model 9. I am in North Central Oklahoma, wheat country. It belonged to my grandfather on my mom's side. We lived in the opposite corner of the county and farmed my father's side of the family land. Never asked my grandfather about this combine except when I climbed in the back end and got stung by wasps. The next one I climbed in was years later to unplug a 6600!
Here's more info about the No. 9 from the 2 Cylinder mag article, made from 1939 to 1946, 30 inch cylinder width, 12 ft. header width, grain tank (we called this a 'hopper') capacity 45 bushels, rasp bar instead of spike tooth cylinder, platform auger delivery instead of canvasses, described as a radical departure from previous Deere combine design, spike tooth drum beater behind the cylinder, three five-step all steel straw walkers, engine Hercules QXC-5 6 cylinder 34 HP from 1939-1944, Hercules JXB, 6 cylinder 34 HP from 1945-1946.
Ron, I'm pretty sure it's a model 9. Thank you so much!! I know my grandfather had a threshing crew and a thresher in the earlier years. Wish that was still around. If it was a 40 model probably was worth alot after the war started. I know my dad said tractors were hard to get.
Now the next question. Has anyone moved one of these? Only have to go about 40 miles. My idea is to take the trailer that hauls our excavator over there and get a neighbor to load it with his excavator. Is removing the header the only thing to take off or will the engine, being behind the header, need to come off too? Questions questions questions! We have to finish cutting wheat first. It has rained for 7 days straight.
Now the next question. Has anyone moved one of these? Only have to go about 40 miles. My idea is to take the trailer that hauls our excavator over there and get a neighbor to load it with his excavator. Is removing the header the only thing to take off or will the engine, being behind the header, need to come off too? Questions questions questions! We have to finish cutting wheat first. It has rained for 7 days straight.
Ron, I go to Mesa Arizona every winter and the people from MN were absent this year. Guess they didn't want to take a chance with #19. Absolutely no Canadians either. Too expensive to purchase their insurance. Hope you had a mild winter. I know you'all like to head south when it's 40 below!
Do you think this combine was used mostly for wheat country? Be funny to see a corn head on it!
Do you think this combine was used mostly for wheat country? Be funny to see a corn head on it!
Very likely only used in small grain country - wheat, barley, oats, flax, or in corn country where they could be used on soybeans. I can't imagine a corn head on this type combine. They were never designed for a corn head. According to other John Deere info I've found and read over the years, the first production corn heads were available about 1955 for the 45, 55, 95 and 105 combine models.
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