Last day of auger duty

ADB-Ia · Oct 20, 2022

Finished up harvest today. Thought I'd take a pic of my auger tractor, my 880 Oliver, as it put up the last loads in the bin. Other than needing a block heater and a battery charger to start on these cold mornings, it was a great auger tractor.

880 on auger

ADB-Ia · Oct 20, 2022

On the last load I decided to put my SC Case on the auger to see how it would do. It made it cackle. Had to pull back the flow a little to keep it from overheating to finish up the load.

SC on the auger

Mark Poss · Oct 20, 2022

Thanks for posting pictures and videos. Always enjoy seeing the old girls earn their keep!

casecollectorsc · Oct 20, 2022

Nice looking SC...if there were any cobwebs in it, they are gone now.

RB70D · Oct 20, 2022

Great to see these old tractors being used and taken care of!

J Hamilton · Oct 20, 2022

Good sounding Oliver, I have an 88 with an 880 motor

J Hamilton · Oct 20, 2022

Good ol Case power. What year is your SC? I have a 42 SC

ADB-Ia · Oct 20, 2022

The SC is a '45. I bought it from a guy in Wisconsin who was going to restore it as a father-son project but they lost interest. I learned to drive on an SC 60+ years ago so I enjoyed fixing it up.

Bob Harvey · Oct 20, 2022

Nice that you just happen to have those nearly perfect units just hanging about .:^)

ADB-Ia · Oct 20, 2022

Usually only gets driven down the lane to the river and back, so it was nice to hear it bark a little. Definitely burned out the cobwebs.

GermantownGreen · Oct 20, 2022

Awesome pic, our 88 is on duty now. 880 has the blade on.
Soybeans getting along, we're about half done.
GG
West Central Missouri

showcrop · Oct 21, 2022

Thanks for maintaining those old beauties, and for using them and for showing them!

coonie minnie · Oct 21, 2022

Is it mechanical drive on the swing auger? Many are hydraulic which sort of limits old tractor use?? Just curious.

RBnWA · Oct 21, 2022

Love to see the old ones earning their keep. Nice. RB

ADB-Ia · Oct 21, 2022

Yea, it's mechanical drive. You are right about older tractors hydraulics not able to handle the hydraulic drives. In fact, the Oliver hydraulics won't even raise the auger. I have to set it up with another tractor, then put the Oliver on to run it to free up my loader tractor for other jobs. And the old Case doesn't even have hydraulics. I don't need to use the old tractors but it's fun to make them work once in a while. Kinda like us old (mostly) retired guys. A little work once in a while is good for us. lol

ADB-Ia · Oct 21, 2022

Nice White combine. What model is it? My neighbor had an older White (one of the old Oliver combines painted red) years ago. Other than that one I don't remember seeing any in this neck of the woods. And we had several pretty good Oliver/White dealers in the area. Had a quite a few Massey and Gleaner combines before Deere and Case IH took over.

big tee · Oct 21, 2022

Nice--I thought were going to slow down---Tee

Bill(Wis) · Oct 21, 2022

I can remember when that 880 would have been the biggest tractor in the neighborhood.

ADB-Ia · Oct 21, 2022

Me too!!! Make a note - don't tell anyone when you plan to retire. I've combined over 1200 acres this fall - only 240 of my own and only 500 with my combine. Everybody thinks since I'm retired I can help them. Gotta go help my brother finish up today. But he helped me a couple days ago so that's fair. Not complaining though. I can always say no. And I'm having fun. Life is good!

ADB-Ia · Oct 21, 2022

Growing up our Super 88 ruled the neighborhood. What a powerhouse! Last year I hooked the 880 up to a 750 bushel wagon to pull it out of the field and could hardly move it on level ground. Hit a little slope and the wagon took over. Went and got a bigger tractor.

connor9988 · Oct 21, 2022

coonie minnie · Oct 21, 2022

I get the working 'em part. I've got a 70 Deere on the 10 by 70 auger now.

big tee · Oct 21, 2022

Life is good!!--Got the ol 8820 out for the first time in 3 years and helped my son and his 9600 combine a little over 500 acres-other than 2 auger teeth and 15 reel teeth had clear sailing--ADB--have a safe one and some day our paths wiil meet---Tee

The neighbor to the west of us had combined his beans on a 160 acre field and then we got all that wind which made drifts of bean leaves on our side of the fence-I had cut 2 passes so the leaves drifted into the standing beans also-along the fence they were 2 foot deep and in the standing beans they were a foot--That is where I lost my teeth--

swindave · Oct 23, 2022

which white combine is that? 8700? 8900? thanks

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