A brief Papec video (1957)....

[Absent Minded Farmer]

It admittedly isn't much, but there was a request on Utube for something Papec.

All I got at this time & will add a widescreen version as time & memory permits.

Mike

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

Done before I forgot.

Mike

 

[rrlund]

They used to be a pretty popular name in forage.

 

[NY 986]

Done before I forgot.

Mike

Dad's father had a Papec just like the one in the clip. I remember it stored down at the other farm when I was a kid. It was in excellent condition but got cut up for scrap during the mid-1970's. Dad bought a new IH 50 forage harvester with pick up head and 2 row corn head in 1964 to take its place.

 

[Not db4600]

They used to be a pretty popular name in forage.

We had one on the farm before the 702 NI Uni-Harvester came to work. I believe it was a 151 series. I currently have a 152D which is similar with the exception of the ground driven cutter bar.
At Junkshow we have a Papec silo filler that we use in display.
In the 60s and 70s they were a fairly diverse forage line, but seemed to die out quickly.
I thought I recall JD consuming what was left of the company, but I can’t find evidence of that. Maybe it was a case where the local JD dealer sold them as a short line.

There appears to be an active Facebook site for Papec.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

They used to be a pretty popular name in forage.

I've seen several silo fillers around here. They seem to have kept up with the local companies pretty good.

Mike

 

[Timmycornpicker]

We had one on the farm before the 702 NI Uni-Harvester came to work. I believe it was a 151 series. I currently have a 152D which is similar with the exception of the ground driven cutter bar.
At Junkshow we have a Papec silo filler that we use in display.
In the 60s and 70s they were a fairly diverse forage line, but seemed to die out quickly.
I thought I recall JD consuming what was left of the company, but I can’t find evidence of that. Maybe it was a case where the local JD dealer sold them as a short line.View attachment 150970View attachment 150971
There appears to be an active Facebook site for Papec.
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IIRC, Papec and Lundell had a joint venture with the Power-Mate concept.

 

[NY 986]

Papec was not widely distributed when compared to other similar manufacturers of forage equipment like Gehl and New Holland. As farm numbers dropped after WWII it became very apparent that the industry did not need so many companies to produce forage equipment and by the early 1980's Papec was the odd man out so to speak. Unless my memory is very bad they were at Empire Farm Days until 1981. I remember the comments made about quality and believe Papec cut corners in an attempt to stay in business. Forage Harvesters declined in sales by the early 1960's and I recall as a kid most of the newer products were forage boxes and forage blowers. Interesting that this thread comes up as a Papec short hopper blower is sitting over at the local auction yard with a name of a dealer (Don Howard) who went out of business around the same time as Papec. The town where Papec was made is a half hour west of me.

 

[NY 986]

We had one on the farm before the 702 NI Uni-Harvester came to work. I believe it was a 151 series. I currently have a 152D which is similar with the exception of the ground driven cutter bar.
At Junkshow we have a Papec silo filler that we use in display.
In the 60s and 70s they were a fairly diverse forage line, but seemed to die out quickly.
I thought I recall JD consuming what was left of the company, but I can’t find evidence of that. Maybe it was a case where the local JD dealer sold them as a short line.View attachment 150970View attachment 150971
There appears to be an active Facebook site for Papec.
View attachment 150972View attachment 150973

Papec was sold as a shortline through farm equipment dealerships. By the time I was old enough to know anything the only dealer I recall was Saxby Implement (IH) in Mendon, NY but no doubt there had to be others around. Still see a few silage wagons and blowers around but they are getting to be few and far in between.

 

[Not db4600]

Papec was sold as a shortline through farm equipment dealerships. By the time I was old enough to know anything the only dealer I recall was Saxby Implement (IH) in Mendon, NY but no doubt there had to be others around. Still see a few silage wagons and blowers around but they are getting to be few and far in between.

They seemed to have a strong presence in central Minnesota. We would see some choppers and boxes in the fields back in the 70s. I can’t speak for the blowers cuz they were usually hidden in the yard. I know where there is a late model yellow Papec chopper currently setting.

 

[560Dennis]

It admittedly isn't much, but there was a request on Utube for something Papec.

All I got at this time & will add a widescreen version as time & memory permits.

Mike

You add the music ? You got one of those pith helmets?

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

Yep! I wanted something light & a bit silly, so Bert Kaempfert got dug up.

Think I've only seen one of those pith helmets on eBay. Had about 60% of the decal left.

Mike

 

[Charlie M]

I've got a papec ensilage cutter. I set it up once in a while to grind up some old hay so it can be spread on the fields. Its an excellent machine.

 

[Timmycornpicker]

Papec was not widely distributed when compared to other similar manufacturers of forage equipment like Gehl and New Holland. As farm numbers dropped after WWII it became very apparent that the industry did not need so many companies to produce forage equipment and by the early 1980's Papec was the odd man out so to speak. Unless my memory is very bad they were at Empire Farm Days until 1981. I remember the comments made about quality and believe Papec cut corners in an attempt to stay in business. Forage Harvesters declined in sales by the early 1960's and I recall as a kid most of the newer products were forage boxes and forage blowers. Interesting that this thread comes up as a Papec short hopper blower is sitting over at the local auction yard with a name of a dealer (Don Howard) who went out of business around the same time as Papec. The town where Papec was made is a half hour west of me.

I've heard anecdotes over the years from the now-gone old timers that Papec was one of those shortlines that was often handled by hole-in-the-wall dealers that didn't have one of the big lines. An example here would have been Harmony Hardware in Warren County. Typical old-time hardware store that also sold the Papec line and Ontario grain drills.

 

[Not db4600]

Yep! I wanted something light & a bit silly, so Bert Kaempfert got dug up.

Think I've only seen one of those pith helmets on eBay. Had about 60% of the decal left.

Mike

Baby Elephant Walk.
It struck me this morning.
I kinda like Kampfert’s over Mancini’s.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

Baby Elephant Walk.
It struck me this morning.
I kinda like Kampfert’s over Mancini’s.

That's the one! It was from one of the Duke's throw away movies, IMHO. Hatari!

Kaempfert's has more of a full sound to it & is a bit more whimsical.... also....IMHO.... as he's one of my favorite leader/composers. And those albums always seemed to have something about them. ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

Mike

 

[NY 986]

I've heard anecdotes over the years from the now-gone old timers that Papec was one of those shortlines that was often handled by hole-in-the-wall dealers that didn't have one of the big lines. An example here would have been Harmony Hardware in Warren County. Typical old-time hardware store that also sold the Papec line and Ontario grain drills.

Don Howard (Ford and New Holland) and Saxby Implement (IH) were two highly successful dealers in the area who handled Papec. Ontario grain drills were made 35 miles from me. The farm equipment business was highly competitive and an advantage of a locally made product was less freight versus something coming out of New Holland, PA or Coldwater, OH (New Idea) or Wisconsin (Gehl). One hundred dollars or so might make or break a deal when the customer only cared about price. I think one of the close by John Deere dealers carried Papec along with a JI Case dealer. I was a little on the young side if even born when Papec and Ontario were going strong. Most dealers in those days did not have fancy facilities and the manufacturers were always applying pressure to build new facilities. Lots of dealers started out as hardware stores but for many the years after WWII brought a fork in the road and many chose farm equipment as it was more exclusive than general hardware.