A G -4 combine with a auger

I went over to Loren place, the guy with the combine,but this combine pivots on the axels, when u raise or lower the pickup,that was a new one on me,i was around our neighbor's combine with the slide to empty the hopper, when a kid,but did not think that machine did that, or did it and i was to dumb to notice as a kid ? help me? Hes got the motor under control it was a stuck valve!

Early models had slide hopper aznd later had unloading auger.

But did the slide hopper combine pivot on the axels, when they raised and lowered the pickup head! The whole combine is almost perfectly balanced, and the sieves compensate for the back going up and down,that's the way this one is, and its got the auger unloading hopper!

G4 has a solid frame and nothing moves. Table is lifted by the "steering wheel" All had RE motor. (Z)

Someplace around here I have an operators manual for a G4 and a parts manual for a G144 combine. If someone needs them I will send them for shipping cost only. G144 is a modern G4.
DWF

Well i will take a video of that combine and send it too you if u want me too, with it rocking on the axel pivots! Just give me a phone number! That leveler thing they got on the sieves, is pretty unique, it doesn't completly keep them level to save the grain, but it will compensate at least 70 % i am guessing. Or else i will give you Loren's Number and you can call him Sunday nite, he is a retired electrical engineer, he doesn't BS anybody!

Would you send it to Loren Winters,9975 80th St S.E.Fullerton N.D. 58441 He is a very nice person he will pay you for it or you can call him. 701 883 4271

Have all manuals on G4/144 etc. Maybe a cotton/rice model? Definitely a modded version. G144 had overhead valve motor.(445)

Send email to [email protected]. Know fellow that grew up on the G4's

Sorry for the length of this response but your questions brought back memories of early MM combines.

We had both a G4 on steel wheels and later a G144 on rubber tires. Since the pickup, feed auger, front beater and canvas elevator moved the un-threshed grain to the beater in-front of the cylinder and then to the cylinder the body was all solid one piece on both combines. No hinge in front of the cylinder like later machines.

The only way to raise the pickup was by a crank which tipped the whole combine body on the axle. The rod which helped level the sieves was attached to the axle to prevent the sieves tipping down when the pickup was raised. As you say not perfect but helped prevent the grain from going out the back when you raised the pickup. The straw walkers tipped with the body of the machine. If you had the straw spreader mounted it was easier to wind the wheel to raise the pickup as without it the machine was heavier in the front than the back. Later we added an hydraulic cylinder so it was easy to raise and lower the machine.

The G4 had the drop down slide and and a hinged sliding door you raised by a level on the grain tank for grain to empty from the tank. No easy task to get the wagon/truck close enough without hitting the combine but I did it many times as a kid with a 1949 GMC one ton. The G144 had an unloading auger. It was belt driven from a clutch assembly on the end of the engine separate from the flat main drive belt. You could unload with the separator not running and only the engine running.

I remember the G4 had a crank to start the engine and it hated a hot summer day because the rad would get dirty very easily. The G144 had a 6 volt battery and starter. It also had the fuel tank mounted down low on the right side of the combine with an electric pump. Much easier to fill than the one on the G4 which was mounted above the engine. Another difference our G4 had a small grain tank mounted down low behind the main grain tank. There was a small seeds screenings sieve below the lower grain sieve in the shoe and an elevator which moved these small seeds into this little grain tank. It acted as an additional cleaner for the grain.

We also had a MM G12 PTO combine with a 42 inch cylinder. But the rest of the combine had the same 32 inch sieves as the G4's. It had a 42 inch flat rack to move the thrashed straw out the back. Wasn't a great design. The cylinder was 42X18 inches and the G4's had 32X24 inches cylinder and could handle as much crop as the G12. I think we had it in about 1965. Just wonder if anyone else had one or seen one.

In 1939 my dad bought a new MM HARVESTOR JR it was a galvanized machine 8ft cut patterned after the G4. With the tiller wheel you could raise the cutter bar up and down and yes the whole machine did pivot on the axle. Instead of a rod on the sieves to the axle to level them the JR had a large chunk of railroad iron hanging below the sieve housing for a counter balance and as the machine moved up and down the sieves remained level.
MMDEL

I dont think i ever seen a G-12, when i was a kid i worked for the neighbor, he had a G-4 with the slide unload hopper, but all he had to haul grain with was two flare box wagons, so i could see what i was doing to get close, i was only 10-12 yrs old at the time, i couldn't of reached the clutch pedal if i tried. But that G4 seemed like a monster of a machine compared to the A-6 case or the IHC 64 combine at the time! Thanks for your input!

G12 made from 1958 -60 replaced the G144 and had 48 inch cylinder. Believe G12 was pull type version of 570 Customatic.

One option on G4 was the two combine hitch. We had 2 IH 127's hooked together in early 70's.

(quoted from post at 02:17:59 10/25/20) Someplace around here I have an operators manual for a G4 and a parts manual for a G144 combine. If someone needs them I will send them for shipping cost only. G144 is a modern G4.
DWF

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I am not having luck finding them, I'll continue looking (unless I gave them away).DWF

Have couple parts manuals.

Ok, he was all excited,that u had manuals, what do want for a what u got GB ????

Have 3 manuals. 1944 is small version in binder. R-828a Later R-828H 1950's. Have NOS rub bars. Elevator bottoms. Good set of tires. New sickles for knife if has straight attachment.

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(quoted from post at 02:17:59 10/25/20) Someplace around here I have an operators manual for a G4 and a parts manual for a G144 combine. If someone needs them I will send them for shipping cost only. G144 is a modern G4.
DWF

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I am not having luck finding them, I'll continue looking (unless I gave them away).DWF

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I found them. fastfarmall was looking for them.