Old, open Massey

JL2510 · Sep 23, 2021

Saw this at a job I was at yesterday, and thought it was interesting. Ive never seen many open station combines.

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tomstractorsandtoys · Sep 24, 2021

Many years ago my dad bought a 82 massey on a farm sale in VA and drove it home. He had to cross the mountain where Gathland Monument is between Burketsville and route 67 ( being local you might know where I am talking about). There is a little side road coming down the mountain and dad took that as a short cut. About 1/3 of the way down the combine came out of gear and it had no brakes. He tried to put the head down but the linkage was adjusted to it would not lower the whole way to the road. He thought about jumping off but decided to try to stay with it. By the time it got to the bottom the machine was going fast enough it was bouncing up and down. He made it but parked the combine at a near by farm untill he could get the brakes adjusted for the rest of the trip home. The big air screen on the side was damaged and when he fixed it I was made to crawl inside and put nuts on the bolts. That was many years ago as I do not think anytime in the last 40 years I would have fit.LOL Tom

JL2510 · Sep 24, 2021

Wow! I know exactly where you're talking about and that would have been one scary ride.

Timmycornpicker · Sep 24, 2021

There was an MF 300 open station that was in use not far away from here until 2010. I don't know how the old guy could stand cutting soybeans with that thing, but he did.

SVcummins · Sep 24, 2021

One of my favorite combines

rrlund · Sep 24, 2021

I remember them selling combines like that in Archbold and the auctioneer pushing them as something to help out with the soybeans. Can you imagine? That was a lifetime ago.

JL2510 · Sep 24, 2021

My uncle said he ran one like it once. Said it was fun for about 10 minutes!

SVcummins · Sep 25, 2021

Are soybeans itchy I take it ??

centash · Sep 25, 2021

not so much itchy but very dusty. Red clover is the dirtiest crop to harvest and barley is the itchiness

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SVcummins · Sep 25, 2021

Dust dont bother me unless its itchy . Barley is bad oats I hear are the worst.

JL2510 · Sep 25, 2021

One of my Uncles grows some Milo. They tell me that's nasty stuff too.

NEKS · Sep 26, 2021

Went on the wheat harvest with a Super 92. Boss sent me to cut a field of barley did not know at time it itched.

MeanGene1 · Sep 26, 2021

Sure looks like the designer may have seen an International 91 or 93 before drawing the plans for that one- pretty similar

tim52160 · Sep 30, 2021

There were 3 ofn those in our neighborhood when I was younger. Never got to operate orride on one that in can remember.//

tomstractorsandtoys · Sep 30, 2021

Most likely IH saw the Massey design and copied them as Massey had one of the first successful self propelled combine design. Tom

crsutton81 · Sep 30, 2021

Neighbor use to have a 2 row cabless Gleaner. I can remember him picking corn and soybeans with it. He would tie a bandana around his face. I don't know how in the world he could stand to run it in all of the dust especially in soybeans. Probably why he has lung issues now. He talked like he was itchy at the end of the day combining soys.

BillinCentralMO · Oct 4, 2021

Dads Gleaner had no cab in the 1960s. He would come home really dirty. He cut a lot of grass seed with it in hot weather too. Finally moved up to a E I believe , with a fan and small heater.

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