Caterpillar Combine

[John B.]

Does anyone have any information from books or brochures on an early pull type Caterpillar Combine powered by a small 4-cylinder engine? Our museum has acquired one of these combines. Some of my books only show a couple of pictures of it but not of any detail. If you have any and would share it with me I would truly appreciate it. Thanks in Advance. John

 

[Check Break]

Ask for info over on acmoc.org. They'll have everything you need.

 

[Mark-Ia]

Holt Combine? John Deere bought them out.

 

[Centerplate]

Mark-la.
Holt and Best merged after spending large amounts of money fighting each other in court. The formed Caterpillar in 1925. I found no history of Deere buying Holt.

 

[scootergmc]

Mark-la.
Holt and Best merged after spending large amounts of money fighting each other in court. The formed Caterpillar in 1925. I found no history of Deere buying Holt.

From someone here in original Caterpillar land: After the Best/Holt merger the Holt combines became Caterpillar combines, and Caterpillar decided to get out of the combine business shortly thereafter, probably to focus on the crawler and construction lines during the depression, and sold the combine line to Deere in 1936, who already had many other models. Deere continued only with the original model 36 which which if you know combines, included a successful hillside model, very prevalent out west, especially in the palouse regions of Washington/Oregon.

 

[scootergmc]

Does anyone have any information from books or brochures on an early pull type Caterpillar Combine powered by a small 4-cylinder engine? Our museum has acquired one of these combines. Some of my books only show a couple of pictures of it but not of any detail. If you have any and would share it with me I would truly appreciate it. Thanks in Advance. John

John- what info is on the serial tag? Can you post a picture?

As has been said, you'll probably get the most info over on acmoc.org.

 

[Butch(OH)]

Those combines where built by Holt and the engine that powered them is far from little. It's the same engine used in a Holt 45 Crawler. I own one of those engines that is totally restored. This pic isn't mine, I succumbed to laziness and didn't walk out to take one.

 

[John B.]

When I get up to the museum I'll take a look at the ID Tag and take a picture of it along with the engine. The engine really isn't very big. Not as big as the one Butch(OH) posted.

 

[scootergmc]

Those combines where built by Holt and the engine that powered them is far from little. It's the same engine used in a Holt 45 Crawler. I own one of those engines that is totally restored. This pic isn't mine, I succumbed to laziness and didn't walk out to take one.

They also used Wisconsin four cylinder engines.

 

[scootergmc]

When I get up to the museum I'll take a look at the ID Tag and take a picture of it along with the engine. The engine really isn't very big. Not as big as the one Butch(OH) posted.

It's probably a Wisconsin or Cat engine. The Holt was huge. Here's a quote from acmoc:

The Western Harvester Co/Holt combines used the Wisconsin engines and the Holt/Cat (post 1930) combines used either the Wisconsin or Cat engines, distinguishable by the Cat having the fan drive shaft over the top of the engine, the later production Caterpillar machines abandoned the Wisconsin all together in favor of their own engine.

 

[Centerplate]

From someone here in original Caterpillar land: After the Best/Holt merger the Holt combines became Caterpillar combines, and Caterpillar decided to get out of the combine business shortly thereafter, probably to focus on the crawler and construction lines during the depression, and sold the combine line to Deere in 1936, who already had many other models. Deere continued only with the original model 36 which which if you know combines, included a successful hillside model, very prevalent out west, especially in the palouse regions of Washington/Oregon.

From someone here in original Caterpillar land: After the Best/Holt merger the Holt combines became Caterpillar combines, and Caterpillar decided to get out of the combine business shortly thereafter, probably to focus on the crawler and construction lines during the depression, and sold the combine line to Deere in 1936, who already had many other models. Deere continued only with the original model 36 which which if you know combines, included a successful hillside model, very prevalent out west, especially in the palouse regions of Washington/Oregon.

Scooter,
I stand corrected. This was a new piece of information about Deere and Caterpillar I have never heard before. Thank you

 

[flying belgian]

Does anyone have any information from books or brochures on an early pull type Caterpillar Combine powered by a small 4-cylinder engine? Our museum has acquired one of these combines. Some of my books only show a couple of pictures of it but not of any detail. If you have any and would share it with me I would truly appreciate it. Thanks in Advance. John

Our local Cat dealer here in North Mankato, Mn. has one one display. If I think of it when I am there I will take some pics.

 

[Butch(OH)]

When I get up to the museum I'll take a look at the ID Tag and take a picture of it along with the engine. The engine really isn't very big. Not as big as the one Butch(OH) posted.

I wasn't aware they built a smaller one. Sorry about that