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d masters

02-17-2006 12:50:06




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anybody know who built the first self propelled combine?my 1949 oliver 66 manual mentioned oliver must of had in 1949 or earlier?




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Glen in TX

02-17-2006 23:33:27




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 Re: first self propelled combine in reply to d masters, 02-17-2006 12:50:06  
The first self propelled one was steam powered in 1885. Shows it in the book "Grain Harvesters" by Quick and Buchele and ASAE. G.S. Stockton in California made the combine and it was powered by a steam tractor in middle running forward and reverse and ran off the straw from the field. Built them till 1888 and by then they had a 40 ft. header and lights and could harvest over 100 acres in a day.

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Harrold Rhodes

02-17-2006 17:36:10




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 Re: first self propelled combine in reply to d masters, 02-17-2006 12:50:06  
MM used to advertise they built the first SP Combine built in the US. I think they said in 1941. Of course Massey-Harris was in Canada. I wasn't aware of the Fordson machine. Of course you can claim anything I guess.



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1206SWMO

02-18-2006 16:42:26




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 Re: first self propelled combine in reply to Harrold Rhodes, 02-17-2006 17:36:10  
I did a little research this afternoon and the model S MM SP combine first came out in 1946.I have sales lit on it dated 8-46.It had a square grain bin that was slide dump.

In 1948 MM came out with the round tank model S with Powerflow drive.



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1206SWMO

02-17-2006 16:31:32




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 Re: first self propelled combine in reply to d masters, 02-17-2006 12:50:06  
One of the first successful SP combines was the #20 Massey Harris in 1938 followed by the famous 21 Massey Harris in 1941.The 21-
A Massey came out in 1943.

IH brought out the #123 SP combine in 1942.The JD 55 came out in 1947 and the Gleaner A in 1951.The Oliver 33 SP came out in 1949.The SP9 and SP-12 Case combines came out in the early 50's and around the same time the model S MM combine came out.

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Kevin Rooney

02-17-2006 14:12:27




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 Re: first self propelled combine in reply to d masters, 02-17-2006 12:50:06  
Gleaner made a machine that totally enclosed a Fordson tractor in the 1920's. Proclaimed to be the first self-propelled combine. Saw one once, appears that it would be warm to run in wheat harvest.



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Brendon

02-18-2006 10:15:21




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 Re: first self propelled combine in reply to Kevin Rooney, 02-17-2006 14:12:27  
There is a nicely restored Gleaner-mounted-on-Fordson rig on display at the AGCO facility in Hesston, KS.



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PGpower

02-17-2006 14:07:44




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 Re: first self propelled combine in reply to d masters, 02-17-2006 12:50:06  
i don't know about the other companies, but JD had their first sp combine in 1947.



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daniel morris

02-17-2006 13:30:26




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 Re: first self propelled combine in reply to d masters, 02-17-2006 12:50:06  
I would say Massey-Harris they were first they always big into designing good simple combines. If you want to talk rare combines I have a 1959 MM 570 Customatic and a 1972 7600 Oliver two really rare birds.



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Superpicker

03-27-2006 12:07:02




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 Re: first self propelled combine in reply to daniel morris, 02-17-2006 13:30:26  
Danie,

What does this 570 look like? What kind of color scheme did MM use on this? How big of a machine would it be? 10' OR 12' head? Never saw one here in Indiana.



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