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MagMan

08-24-2004 08:34:34




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Hi Guys I am jumping over from the IH forum to ask a question. I am looking for a machine to do a few plots of oats,rye,wheat and what ever I need for seed at that time. I found a guy thats willing to give me a model 66 but it has sat outside for few years.I am not sure what it will need I know the canvases are shot.Do you think its worth dragging home ? Will I have to put more than its worth into It? ANY HELP WOULD BE APPREATIATED JON

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BushogPapa

08-25-2004 20:49:13




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 Re: Mod 66 all crop in reply to MagMan, 08-24-2004 08:34:34  
For red Clover seed, it really helps to have some bee hives close to the field... An old "Clipper" fan mill is real handy, to air, clean and help dry the seed...

Ron.



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RickL

08-25-2004 07:26:14




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 Re: Mod 66 all crop in reply to MagMan, 08-24-2004 08:34:34  
MagMan; I have a AC66 wanting to sell and it is very nice,bought new,always shedded and still is. Have extra canvas and manuals. This is a very nice machine for the age (1954). Go to www.ricksales.com and look under antique catergory and you will find picture. Lets deal as we want it to go to good homw and need shed space. Rick



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Tom Yasnowski

08-24-2004 20:58:20




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 Re: Mod 66 all crop in reply to MagMan, 08-24-2004 08:34:34  
On your point: "Will I put more money in it than its worth?" Answer: almost always yes. The price of a new canvas alone usually costs more than the combine worth. But are you buying it to sell it or to use it? If you are going to use it as a small operator/hobby farmer, the price of a canvas and Allcrop is far less than a later model self propelled combine and probably cheaper than the cost and maintenace on an old self propelled. So from that perspective, putting more money in "than what its worth" is not true or even relevant. But thats my opinion.

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Bushogpapa

08-24-2004 19:59:58




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 Re: Mod 66 all crop in reply to MagMan, 08-24-2004 08:34:34  
Look under it for ANY rust holes..even at the bottom of the elevator covers (doors) These are great machines, but don"t take to setting outside very well.. Have gotten as much as 4 1/2 Bu/Ac Red Clover with ours, but that was a real good year..!! We always cut Red Clover while it was standing..sounds gruesume, but does a real good job...We set the cylinder clearance at 1/4 turn higher than " a click"...( when the cylinder bars just barely rub the concaves, then up 1/4 turn..)..!! be sure to get the Hitch Ball, and straw spreader..!! If you get it ready, we can help you set it..!! Ron..

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Sid

08-24-2004 10:25:44




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 Re: Mod 66 all crop in reply to MagMan, 08-24-2004 08:34:34  
I guess that depends on a lot of variables. I just cleaned on up that has set for several years. Going to do red clover. If one were offered to me I would oil it up clean it out and give it a good grease job and see what it would do before I bought canvases for it. don"t know how much they are but I would say a good chance you will do all right.



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MagMan

08-24-2004 13:41:30




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 Re: Mod 66 all crop in reply to Sid , 08-24-2004 10:25:44  
Hi Sid I am interested what you mean when you say getting ready to do some red clover. JON



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Sid

08-24-2004 18:25:35




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 Re: Mod 66 all crop in reply to MagMan, 08-24-2004 13:41:30  
I am getting ready to combine Red Clover seed. I have windrowed it and am going to use the old Allis combine with pickup attachment to combine the seed. It is just kinda the way we talked growing up around here. Getting ready to do oats or wheat or whatever we were going to be doing next.



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MagMan

08-25-2004 13:46:33




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 Re: Mod 66 all crop in reply to Sid, 08-24-2004 18:25:35  
I understood the talk I have always wondered how you get clover seed. Do you have to wait for the heads on the plants to turn dark brown first. This may sound stupid but I have alot of red clover growing this year I guess becuase of the rain. But I went and cut about 1000 of the heads off to try to obtain the seeds for my deer food plots. My wife laughed at me said a grown man shouldnt be crawling around on his hands and knees doinging things like that. The problem I had was I could only find 1 or 2 seeds per head and figured the dark ones already droped and the red ones havent developed yet. What do you do with the seeds? Do you ever sell to individuals like me that only need a few pounds? I would really like to get some alfalfa seed but its outragous to buy just a little around here. Like $12.00 a pound. I am from westeren NY . JON

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Sid

08-25-2004 19:51:17




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 Re: Mod 66 all crop in reply to MagMan, 08-25-2004 13:46:33  
Really do not do red clover that often. Since I have more hay then needed this year. I decided to let a couple of patches go to seed and word got out that I might have some seed a lot of people have started calling and it looks like I can sell it to them right out of the combine as most of them want a few pounds like you and some neighbors want to scatter some clover in their pasture. The clover blooms do not always have seed in them and some of them only have three or four seeds per head. I picked about twenty blooms(the brown ones like you mentioned) and they averaged aroun twenty seed per head. Do you have a conservation department that gives away seed for food plots?

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