Combining soybeans with old machinery. Older John Deeres & an Oliver. Taped at the Geneseo , Ill. Steam Show. Sept. 2011 #oliver#minneapolismoline3jeep
After WWII, my Dad started farming on his own here in Ohio. He first bought a couple good work horses, but sold them within a year after discovering how much faster and cheaper it was to run a tractor, rather than feeding all that good hay to the horses. A few years later, he purchased a Massy Harris pull-type combine. Before that, all the neighbors got together with a shared threshing machine for harvesting the wheat. Dad said that many of the older neighbors were mad at him for quite a few years because of his combine purchase. Their reason was that it "broke up the neighborhood". In a way, this was quite true, but progress moves along and you have to keep up if you do it for a living. My Dad will be 92 in a few weeks.
Same here. When I was about eight, the farmer down the road used to combine our back field with a pull-behind JD and Case SC. I watched him every time he came to work our field!
I kept waiting to see an old one and finally the last one was just a tad newer than what I remember seeing as a kid. Not too long after they came up with a PTO drive and flywheel arrangement. Great video. It won't be long before we're back to mules and threshers.
You did a great job with this video. I love seeing the older harvesters, especially the pull-type. You would see more small farmers still in business if pull-type combines and small self propelled combines could be purchased. I also thought a lot about our little farm when I was growing up. The John Deere 720 brought lack a lot of memories. My father had two of those tractors and they were excellent machines. .
I love this vids. Thanks. When I was a kid on the farm in western Okla. in the early 60's, my dad and uncle harvested wheat. Dad drove a 1948 Moline self propelled combine & my uncle drove a Massey Harris model 55 tractor pulling a Baldwin pull type combine. I don't know what year it was but it had 6 cylinder mounted engine on it, and had all rubber tires with a 14 ft. header. It may have been from early 40's. I don't know when they went from steel wheels to rubber tires on those machines.
Seeing this video took me back to 1970 when I was 5 years old. Thought it was my Dad on that 720 pulling the 65. Only difference was he had the belt pickup for swaths of wheat or oats instead of the straight cut reel/cutter bar. Still remember the awesome sound of the 720 starting with the "little" engine!
Something tells me you have a soft spot for Deere, Mr. Pete! I like the Red ones myself, if you couldn't tell... I like me an Oliver as well, though. I seem to gravitate towards brands that no longer exist. Your Minnie-Mo is beautiful, by the way. Nice job on that axle bearing.
Dad use to have an old pull type harvester but it was slightly different then the 1's in the video, it was red, can't remember the brand, behind the sickle bar was a wide convayer belt that the paddle would knock the bean stocks onto and they would be convade to a thrasher that you could actually see and the grain would be augered into a hopper on the left side. He used it on his 22 acres along time ago and I remember it would take him a week or more to get done. lol
My dad had a J D 12A combine and a McDeering. The 12A would choke-up as soon as a little humidity moved in and that was much to early in the day for my dad to stop the work for the day.
My grandfather would drink a half bottle, cap it, and put it in the refrigerator for later. My dad just drank water. Both lived to age 85. I probably won't make it that long. I got drafted, sent to Vietnam, and blown up. At least I wasn't like my neighbor, government killed him at the 'Battle of the Slopes'. Regards...
@@fastsetinthewest the first three gulps after riding a fresh air combine all day were the best! Thank you for your service and I hope you’re wrong about your longevity.
You have any idea what one might be worth? I used it in2005, it's been in the shed since so with a few repairs could go to work. I'd definitely sell it to make room.
In some cases it was the manufacturer that chose the style. The bat type reels tended to wrap less than the tine reels. Later on a company called Hume developed their own tine reel adaptable to any combine, so then it was a farmer's preference. Hume also created other combine accessories as well and so did Hesston in its early days.
My Grandfather would not like farming today. He retired at age 60 in 1950. He had a massed 600 acres of farmground, set up four sons into farming and built them all new homes and put my Mother through college, bought her a new car and then built him and my Grandma a new home. You cannot do that today with all the expenses, government regulations, taxes, GMO crap--no he would not like that part. He would like Ron Paul, though! For sure. And he'd be intrigued by the new machines.
After WWII, my Dad started farming on his own here in Ohio. He first bought a couple good work horses, but sold them within a year after discovering how much faster and cheaper it was to run a tractor, rather than feeding all that good hay to the horses. A few years later, he purchased a Massy Harris pull-type combine. Before that, all the neighbors got together with a shared threshing machine for harvesting the wheat. Dad said that many of the older neighbors were mad at him for quite a few years because of his combine purchase. Their reason was that it "broke up the neighborhood". In a way, this was quite true, but progress moves along and you have to keep up if you do it for a living. My Dad will be 92 in a few weeks.
I am feeling really old. I remember my grandfather using that style of equipment when I was a teenager. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Same here. When I was about eight, the farmer down the road used to combine our back field with a pull-behind JD and Case SC. I watched him every time he came to work our field!
Brings back many memories. Good gravy, how dirty we got! Mom made undress in the barn and hose down outside. Thanks for the vid.
Great video of old combines!! Harvesting soybeans!!!
Yes indeed!
I kept waiting to see an old one and finally the last one was just a tad newer than what I remember seeing as a kid. Not too long after they came up with a PTO drive and flywheel arrangement. Great video. It won't be long before we're back to mules and threshers.
You did a great job with this video. I love seeing the older harvesters, especially the pull-type. You would see more small farmers still in business if pull-type combines and small self propelled combines could be purchased. I also thought a lot about our little farm when I was growing up. The John Deere 720 brought lack a lot of memories. My father had two of those tractors and they were excellent machines. .
Those old machines look like they are doing just fine!
Thanks MrPete!
Awesome, video Brother!
I'm only 32 but I love this video! Have a 41 JD B that is my pride and joy, i love old stuff!
I love this vids. Thanks. When I was a kid on the farm in western Okla. in the early 60's, my dad and uncle harvested wheat. Dad drove a 1948 Moline self propelled combine & my uncle
drove a Massey Harris model 55 tractor pulling a Baldwin pull type combine. I don't know what year it was but it had 6 cylinder mounted engine on it, and had all rubber tires with a 14 ft. header. It may have been from early 40's. I don't know when they went from steel wheels to rubber tires on those machines.
I loved combining with the Pull types
Seeing this video took me back to 1970 when I was 5 years old. Thought it was my Dad on that 720 pulling the 65. Only difference was he had the belt pickup for swaths of wheat or oats instead of the straight cut reel/cutter bar. Still remember the awesome sound of the 720 starting with the "little" engine!
I am happy you still like these older machinery
Man, that ol' 720 Diesel's just playin with that 65 Pull Type!
The 770 Ollie just purring along like a sewing machine
Something tells me you have a soft spot for Deere, Mr. Pete! I like the Red ones myself, if you couldn't tell... I like me an Oliver as well, though. I seem to gravitate towards brands that no longer exist. Your Minnie-Mo is beautiful, by the way. Nice job on that axle bearing.
I may show some deeres, but I'm a MM man.
Reminds me of growing up in Frankenmuth Michigan, not too far from the sugar beet capital!
Ah the combines my great granddad, he used to run a Gleaner 70 cable's combine
I like watching them also
But I love that old Oliver for sure .... not many of them outside of stateside captivity ... :-)
This equipment paid for the farm and the new big fancy stuff is what the farm pays for
Do you need to do any special setup to combine beans with these old machines? When I grew up, soybeans were not a common crop. Great video thanks!
Dad use to have an old pull type harvester but it was slightly different then the 1's in the video, it was red, can't remember the brand, behind the sickle bar was a wide convayer belt that the paddle would knock the bean stocks onto and they would be convade to a thrasher that you could actually see and the grain would be augered into a hopper on the left side. He used it on his 22 acres along time ago and I remember it would take him a week or more to get done. lol
farmed with 2 770 diesels!! What a tractor! Also had a 720 JD diesel!
Thanks
Pulled a JD 65 combine for many years. Never could figure out why there was always a tail wind!
DW
My dad had a J D 12A combine and a McDeering. The 12A would choke-up as soon as a little humidity moved in and that was much to early in the day for my dad to stop the work for the day.
Thanks for watching
Thanks Cody.
Each operator will have to drink a couple beers at the end of the day to get the dust out of their system.
My grandfather would drink a half bottle, cap it, and put it in the refrigerator for later. My dad just drank water. Both lived to age 85. I probably won't make it that long. I got drafted, sent to Vietnam, and blown up. At least I wasn't like my neighbor, government killed him at the 'Battle of the Slopes'. Regards...
@@fastsetinthewest the first three gulps after riding a fresh air combine all day were the best!
Thank you for your service and I hope you’re wrong about your longevity.
do have more of the 65 combine & 720 working
Mr. Pete, thanks for great vid. Dumb question time, is bean straw not baled for bedding?
No--it is too sharp & stubbly.
Thank you
Its not really baled for bedding much because it is stemmy and doesn't absorb much much at all.
I don't understand where the beans are going. Does the combine take them off the plant, or do you have to take them somewhere after this?
I'm pretty sure from there they take them someplace and dry them. Perhaps in a grain silo or a barn? Then they sell them correct me if I'm wrong...
Oliver 770 Gas...sweet smooth machine
Yes
i would like to see more of jd 65 working
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I love the bat reels ,and reels set to go too fast .they are losing some grains
I wonder if they do a decent job or a lot of lots crop
i would love to park that 720 next to my 8100
Oh boy. So my 96 might have a market as an antique?
A Model 96 would be absolutely marvelous!
You have any idea what one might be worth? I used it in2005, it's been in the shed since so with a few repairs could go to work. I'd definitely sell it to make room.
Unfortunately, I do not, but to you, it could be very valuable, especially if you ran it, in shows and field bees.
Norman Wells his it for sell
Do u know the guy that driving that 65 john deere ? Would like to talk to him I am looking for a combine like that
Does anyone remember the case pull type corn sheller with the bin up in the air my dad pulled it with a ,w30 Farmall
Can anybody tell me why some combine reels have tynes and some don't?
In some cases it was the manufacturer that chose the style. The bat type reels tended to wrap less than the tine reels. Later on a company called Hume developed their own tine reel adaptable to any combine, so then it was a farmer's preference. Hume also created other combine accessories as well and so did Hesston in its early days.
Well the old half towed was only half choked .... and them lifters need a good old kick down ....
My Grandfather would not like farming today. He retired at age 60 in 1950. He had a massed 600 acres of farmground, set up four sons into farming and built them all new homes and put my Mother through college, bought her a new car and then built him and my Grandma a new home. You cannot do that today with all the expenses, government regulations, taxes, GMO crap--no he would not like that part. He would like Ron Paul, though! For sure. And he'd be intrigued by the new machines.
Is someone a traveling man?
Nope
I loved combining with the Pull types