combine ID

[john deere haverstor guy]

Does anbody know what make and model this combine might be, I'm thinking an old gleaner becuase of the clean grain elevator.

 

[Anonymous-0]

It looks a lot like an old John Deere that sits in one of our pastures down in Kansas.

 

[john deere haverstor guy]

I dont think its a deere as deere's had one wheel on the front. What kind of shape is the deere in your pasture can it be bought?

 

[rrlund]

Since some folks think it's a Deere,could it be a Holt? Didn't Deere buy out the Holt combine?

 

[john deere haverstor guy]

no holt's only had one wheel on the front to like deere's

 

[Anonymous-0]

It's in worse shape than this one. Granddad sold or gave away the grain tank and engine over 50 years ago and I took the front wheel assembly off to make a towbar for a pickup.

 

[john deere haverstor guy]

do u still have the head for it and does it have a reel on it.

 

[Retro]

No, Deere didn't buy out the Holt/Caterpillar combines, Caterpillar virtually gave Deere its combine business, as Cat saw that their future lay in industrial equipment. Since they were doing another deal with Deere at the same time, Cat felt that turning the combines over to Deere was an easy way for them to exit the business while putting it in the hands of an ag-machinery producer. Both companies felt it was a good deal for both them and the farmer.

 

[Retro]

Whatever it is, I'm reasonably certain that it's not a Deere--it appears that the tailings elevator empties into a re-thresher of some kind, and no Deere combine I've ever seen had the cleaning fan (if that's what it is) on top of the separator body. And, as others have said, I don't think Deere ever made a fore-truck with more than one wheel, and I don't believe Holt/Caterpillar did either.