My combines

[Erik Ks farmer]

The cows are fed and it's slippery out there, here's a little entertainment, a photo history of my combines.

1. 1964 A2 that I bought from the original owner, very low hour nice combine. I had to sell it for lack of shed space.

2. 1978 540 MF, came out of Batesville, Indiana with a 43 cornhead and 13' 1859 platform. Went to Bolivar, Mo when I sold it.

3. 1982 550 MF with 63C cornhead, still shedded and awaiting a new home.

4. 1987 1660 CIH



 

[IaGary]

Combines my dad and I have had. And I have run them all.

IH 76 pull type, IH 303, '73 IH 815, 81 IH 1440, 84 IH 1440, 92 CaseIH 1660, and a 2002 Case IH 2366 my current combine.

Dad owned the first 4, I had the last 4.
 

[Bob Bancroft]

Dad had a JD 12A, which I never ran. When he sold the cows and went big!!!!! he found a nice looking AC Super 100 at auction. I never ran that as it was a monster. Good thing the JD 12A was still around! The AC got traded for one of the last new Gleaner E's. What a difference.
I'll never figure out why they built both the A and E. They were so similar in size.
I've got a late 1660(Cummins). After three seasons I guess I'm getting used to it. After 40 years of conventional Gleaner I'm not sure I'll ever fully make the change!.
 

[nickg]

World of difference between that gleaner and your 1660. Kinda wish I had some pics of some of our past combines.First combine I ever ran was my greatgrandpa and cousins 7720. My first one was a 1440 and then a 2188 and the last red one we had was a 2388 before we started runnin green. I often sit in that 9870 with a 12 row head and 40 foot mcdon and think about what my great grandpa would say to see such a big machine and to be able to pick that much in one pass.
 

[agonair]

Mom's Dad, my Grandpa started out with an MM 69PT, then had an MM 88PT, then an MM3490. Traded it for a C2 Gleaner, F Gleaner, M Gleaner, M2 Gleaner, M3 Gleaner and finally an R52 Gleaner.

Dad's Dad, my Grandpa, had an A Gleaner, A2 Gleaner, Case660, G Gleaner, and an M Gleaner.

I'd like to find an A2 or a C2.
 

[jbp]

In the 1960s I had a JD30 as my first machine. Next was a Gleaner E3, great machine that got used about 25 years on a couple hundred acres a year. The last one an K2 that only goes over about 80 acres of corn a year. It will be my last one. Joe
 

[Suffolk1]

What were the things you liked most about the A2 and C2 Gleaners?
 

[Kevin B from Illinois]

Had one jd combine all red IH since would never go back, and now jd has copied everybody I guess they figured out the Rotor is the way to go finally.
 

[Johnboy60]

first was a case 600 wish still had then move to uni 710 with 702 power unit then uni717 with 705 power unit and now NH TR-75
 

[ihman73]

Going all the way back great grandpa on one side had a JD 12a I think the other great grandpa had a MH clipper once my grandpa got out of the army they had upgraded to a MH super 26 then a 27 i think, then they had a MF 300 and then 2 different 410's. After dad got married they got a 750 Red cab with a 3 digit serial number but I don't remember what it was now. When I was 5 they traded for the silver cab 750 then in 86' during wheat harvest we got the 1460 Axial flow which we ran until 2 years ago when we got a 1660.
 

[NOS88]

They sell more than everybody else put together!
 

[Kevin B from Illinois]

I would like to see those numbers?
 

[1206SWMO]

Nice pictures Erik..Thanks..

Going back to the 1940's heres the combines on our farm..

Gleaner 6
Case A-6
McCormick 123
72 Massey Harris
203 IH
E Gleaner
403 IH
715 IH gas
715 IH diesel
F-3 Gleaner
Didnt farm for 12 years
715 IH diesel with Mud Hog
1420 IH
Retired
 

[1206SWMO]

Nice pictures Erik..Thanks..

Going back to the 1940's heres the combines on our farm..

Gleaner 6
Case A-6
McCormick 123
72 Massey Harris
203 IH
E Gleaner
403 IH
715 IH gas
715 IH diesel
F-3 Gleaner
Didnt farm for 12 years
715 IH diesel with Mud Hog
1420 IH
Retired
 

[agonair]

Gleaner used the 2 and 3 in a series to signify updates. The A Gleaner became the A2, The C became the C2 and so on.

The C2 was a larger version of the A2. They were good ole dependable machines that were easy to operate and easy to work on.