Sidehill Combine

[2510Paul]

In a post earlier I was looking for a $8000 to $12000 combine. The two suggestions were Gleaner and JD 6620. Given the hills of Western Wisconsin, I will need a sidehill. I see lots of JD sidehill combines, but no mention in the Gleaner and IH brands. Am I missing something? Is JD the only brand to make a sidehill combine? Thanks. Paul

 

[MN Scott]

John Deere is the only manufacturer of a SIDEHILL combine. The sidehill only corrects to 18 degree slopes. Deere, IHC and Gleaner made a HILLSIDE combine that can level to a 40 degree plus slope. The hillside combines were sold in the Palouse region of Washington and Oregon.

 

[cadet trooper]

JD made a 6622 AC made the MH and MH2 IH had the 1470AF in later years but I know there were JD 95s AC CIIs and something like the 403s in IH in earlier years.

 

[Tim(nj)]

Supposedly rotaries are more tolerant of gentle slopes than conventionals so there was no need to make sidehill versions of them . . . Gleaner's solution on conventionals was to use pendulum-activated cross-jet air blowers to spread the grain across the sieves on slopes.