thats what i grew up on..... when the old girl was on her last leg (in the 90s) i cut some 100 bushel to the acre milo with it..... 14 ft header.... on the last of the field i pushed it as hard as it could go.... filled the bin, 60 bushel, in 10 minutes flat, i knew it wasnt going to ever cut for us again.... so i let her have a good hard run.
Bloody impressive video. Mesmerizing stuff. I'm not sure, however, how safe it was filming the way he / she did. There's a helluva lot of things to get entangled in, especially the straw spreader while peering into the arse-end.
I ran a MF Super 92 with diesel engine [Perkins, I think] here in Alberta one fall about 25 yrs ago- coulda bought it cheap on realized much later that it was somewhat of a collector item- we never knew what we had!
Our farm had a Massey Harris 92 Hillside which may still exist to some extent. I spent a lot of seasons riding in my spot on that combine. They had some characteristic sounds. Sort of a ticking sound when idling and a nice throaty roar from behind at full throttle. Ours had an 18' header on it. It moved pretty slow but did a good job.
The Steiger brothers, inventors of the Steiger tractors, had three of those combines when they were first getting started farming. Later, they traded for three 105 John Deeres.
One of the finest machines ever built. I'm from Saskatchewan, Canada. We swathed our grain in rows, used a 20 Ft. Versatile swather. Perfect combo. The grain hopper was a tad small, and the Chrysler did run out of power in a heavy crop. The unloading auger was much too slow, but it got the job done. There's a few of them still running on hobby farms. I was in Montana in the 70's, I saw a Diesel Super 92 with a Perkins 4cyl engine and factory air, plus oversized tires. Rare model!!
We had a pickup for this one too, used it for spring barley.Had to take the reel off and remove the knife.The swaths would usually get rained on and then when they dried again the dust cloud would obscure the machine.There was even a 2row corn head for it with an amazing conglomeration of gears and cogs.I'm glad to hear there's still a few of them running!Thanks for the comment
It does a great job harvesting but it is slow by todays standards.You might get 25 acres a day through it while a new machine should do 100 acres.I have to stop and bail a couple quarts of oil into the engine and grease about 65 grease fittings. Usually something flies apart at least once a day,(need lots of tools!)The cab is like a sauna with a cloud of itchy dust thrown at you for good measure.With all those shaking and vibrating parts it feels like you're going to get thrown out of the seat.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS!?? You just CANT get mechanical
efficiency and simplicity with todays combines! You just cant
TheDomtar 3 months ago
thats what i grew up on..... when the old girl was on her last leg (in the 90s) i cut some 100 bushel to the acre milo with it..... 14 ft header.... on the last of the field i pushed it as hard as it could go.... filled the bin, 60 bushel, in 10 minutes flat, i knew it wasnt going to ever cut for us again.... so i let her have a good hard run.
slick4x4 8 months ago
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thejunkman 11 months ago
Bloody impressive video. Mesmerizing stuff. I'm not sure, however, how safe it was filming the way he / she did. There's a helluva lot of things to get entangled in, especially the straw spreader while peering into the arse-end.
All the same, damned impressive stuff.
K1w1scot 1 year ago
I had the last model made--1963. Best MF harvester ever built. The MF company was once the largest combine harvester in the world. What happened??
Countyhero 2 years ago
I ran a MF Super 92 with diesel engine [Perkins, I think] here in Alberta one fall about 25 yrs ago- coulda bought it cheap on realized much later that it was somewhat of a collector item- we never knew what we had!
ronscons 2 years ago
Our farm had a Massey Harris 92 Hillside which may still exist to some extent. I spent a lot of seasons riding in my spot on that combine. They had some characteristic sounds. Sort of a ticking sound when idling and a nice throaty roar from behind at full throttle. Ours had an 18' header on it. It moved pretty slow but did a good job.
kblackav8or 3 years ago
Dangerous machine,keep fingers and toes far away...
KapteinOpel 3 years ago
The Steiger brothers, inventors of the Steiger tractors, had three of those combines when they were first getting started farming. Later, they traded for three 105 John Deeres.
AASparkChaser 3 years ago
One of the finest machines ever built. I'm from Saskatchewan, Canada. We swathed our grain in rows, used a 20 Ft. Versatile swather. Perfect combo. The grain hopper was a tad small, and the Chrysler did run out of power in a heavy crop. The unloading auger was much too slow, but it got the job done. There's a few of them still running on hobby farms. I was in Montana in the 70's, I saw a Diesel Super 92 with a Perkins 4cyl engine and factory air, plus oversized tires. Rare model!!
brojulien 3 years ago
We had a pickup for this one too, used it for spring barley.Had to take the reel off and remove the knife.The swaths would usually get rained on and then when they dried again the dust cloud would obscure the machine.There was even a 2row corn head for it with an amazing conglomeration of gears and cogs.I'm glad to hear there's still a few of them running!Thanks for the comment
Elephant7800 3 years ago
My grandpa had two of those combines in the 1960's. But his had pickups. brought alot of memeories back albert
anasser14 3 years ago
Is the combine running slow in the video, or is that normal speed?
Alek9997 3 years ago
Hi! I've just got the engine on idle for the first part,full combining speed would be a little over twice as fast.
Elephant7800 3 years ago
how good does it harvest?
Alek9997 3 years ago
It does a great job harvesting but it is slow by todays standards.You might get 25 acres a day through it while a new machine should do 100 acres.I have to stop and bail a couple quarts of oil into the engine and grease about 65 grease fittings. Usually something flies apart at least once a day,(need lots of tools!)The cab is like a sauna with a cloud of itchy dust thrown at you for good measure.With all those shaking and vibrating parts it feels like you're going to get thrown out of the seat.
Elephant7800 3 years ago