pull type combines

[tbish]

is it feasable to use these old machines today with the bushel amount of beans grown today versus 50s 0r 60s say ih 80 0r other brands

 

[jon f mn]

I just got a 77 case that I'm going to use on 17 acres of oats in a week or so. I intend to use it on some soybeans next year. Don't see why it wouldn't work, but you may have to drive slow.

 

[rufus80]

Most of the old pull types have small heads (4-8 feet) so it works with a small hopper(25-75 bushel).

 

[NW MO Poppers]

Are you sure that beans are yielding better now than when they were first grown in your area? I'm not sure they are in this corner of the world....

 

[casecollectorsc]

We combined some wheat and a few soybeans last year with a 400 pto Case machine. My son used his 960 Case SP. Did just as good as the big machines, only a lot more fun!!

 

[RedRoundhead]

Yes.

 

[Paul from MI]

I've been using an Allis 60 to run my few acres of beans for over 20 years. Minimal repairs, does a good job, just slow and that's the way I like it.

 

[tbish]

thats the info i needed was thinkn about tryn it

 

[Paul swpa]

I grew up running an IH 80 combine. Bin held 30 bu. heaped, 25 bu. level. 7' ? width of cut. Back then most all we had grain wise was oats(ear picked corn). Usually ran 120 bu./ac. or better, if they didn't do 100 bu/ac they weren't too good. Haven't done that good since the 80 left. So if bushels are bushels no matter what your combineing those old pull combines can handle it, just might need to scatter wagons around the field to unload more often.

A lot cheaper to run. Easier to store inside.

 

[tbish]

how did u shell the corn back then seems like i remember somebody telln me they made sheellers for pickers is that correct

 

[d282]

Yes they made shellers for pickers but not until the late 50's. Usually you filled the crib, shelled it out and filled it again, or piled the corn after the crib was full and shelled it before the ground thawed. I usually shell with the 560 but for some reason used the 1456 for this job. Plenty of power

 

[Tim(nj)]

They yield worse here now than 40 years ago, because the deer population has probably increased tenfold in that time, at least.

 

[Paul swpa]

We never shelled corn on any kind of a scale - only if we needed to make feed with shelled instead of ear corn. For the few ckickens we would have, used an old hand crank sheller an ear at a time - good way to keep a couple kids busy. When my brother got sheep dad bought a pto driven sheller and if setup right to keep the hopper full, it will shell about 175 bu. in 10 minutes on the slow setting.

Always ear picked, put in crib, ground cob and all for cow feed. If we had extra a local mill would usually buy ear corn for grinding in some of their feed rations.

Just started shelling in the field about three or four years ago, have to haul straight to the mill as I don't have a bin yet.

 

[RJKeith]

Hey Jon f man, did you get one of those 2 Case 77's stored in a barn in Mo? It was too far for me but I was hoping someone save them.

 

[Ande]

I know I will be using my "A6" Case when I can finally settle down at the farm,it will finally get me into a slower gear and enjoy whats all around me.But until then its sits in the shed,and I keep collecting spare parts

 

[wijim]

Yup they will combine big yealds. I use my #30 on beans and wheat every year. Jim

 

[jon f mn]

No, the one I got came from Wi. I thought those were 66's? I would have but they were to far for me.

 

[Jon Hagen]

Yes, remember that some very large pull type combines were built until the late 70's - early 80's.
For many years in my area, pulltype PTO combines like the IH 914 and JD 6601 were very popular for farms with a 100 PTO HP tractor, and later IH sold the pulltype PTO 1482-1682 which were very high capacity and operated well with a 200 PTO HP tractor.
The big pulltypes sold for 1/2 or less of what the comparable self propelled combines sold for, and were very cheap and easy to maintain.

When winrowed crops were popular in the Dakotas, we harvested all our crops with an IH 914 on a 120 hp tractor.
Later we harvested on average 2000 acres per year with a self propelled 1480 and a pull type PTO 1482 pulled by a mid size Steiger 4 wd.

Working a self propelled combine in the same field with a pulltype machine, eliminates most of the deficiencies of a pulltype machine.

The self propelled combine "opens" the outside round in a field that borders a fence or tree line,so need to run over any crop to open a field.
Once the SP machine has opened the field and cut it into blocks that are easy to manage with a PT machine and tractor, the PT machine can show it's superior capacity when the tractor has more engine power than the same size SP machine.

In our case, the 1482 PT would out acre / out bushel the 1480 because the tractor pulling / powering it had a 611 CI Cummins L10, while the 1480 SP had a smaller IH 466 engine.

 

[Ralph Bauer]

There is a Case pull-type coming up for sale at an auction..... here in SW OK.

 

[karl f]

d282-
beautiful picture. almost out of an IH promo!
the MM sheller wouldn't fly with corporate though.
karl f