428 elevator

[NY 986]

At auction today. 34 foot. Sharp and original w/ electric motor. 1,000 dollars. Had the collector in me twitching but not something I need nor
could explain to the wife.

 

[coonie minnie]

I'm not sure I know what a 428 is... now I have to look that up!

 

[NY 986]

Slat type elevator on a transport gear. Made for JD by Little Giant. Too many other needs at the moment to pursue a want.

 

[tomstractorsandtoys]

Dad had a brand new 50 ft. one back in the 70's. Picked ear corn with a 237 picker mounted on a 2520 diesel and used his Deere 214 and IH 105 silage wagons to haul. Tom

 

[swindave]

I've always wanted a 428 elevator, last elevator sold by Deere I believe,
and i don't think they sold a whole lot of them
by that time, shelled corn was going strong and ear corn was slowly going away

 

[rrlund]

Were they galvanized with green uprights?

 

[NY 986]

Yes. The uprights were a stamped sheet metal. This elevator judging by the decals was most likely made during the very late 1960's or early 1970's. The 428 is in the 1974 price book I have that a salesman would have used to quote farmers. The thing which would have made it perfect and hard to walk away from would have been if it had a drag line and down spout for grain. I'm still somber from having to let it go.

 

[NY 986]

Lot's of slat type elevators sold around here during the 1970's as guys used them to put small square bales in a barn among other things. But by the 1980's new ones were seldom seen. Just part of an era I miss.

 

[55 50 Ron]

would that be the same Little Giant company of Mankato MN that built the trip hammers for blacksmith shops?

 

[rrlund]

That would be the Little Giant Vacuum Cleaner Company of Walla Walla Washington.

 

[Tx Jim]

According to PC # 1301 the model 428 elevators were built '71-'76