Some photos form the Half Century Show

JD Seller · Aug 25, 2019

I will try and post some of the unusually stuff>

A Gleaner "GH" Hillside combine

A John Deere 40 combine on steel tracks. They were only 6-8 inches wide not much better than tires to me.

This Pioneer tractor is styled like the old cars of the 1930s. Sleek looking hood.

Nice Oliver mounted corn picker. Not many of them around here.

Different John Deere corn picker. Semi mounted and picked on the left side>

Old McCormick picker with a gravity dumped hopper. The ear are taken up to the hopper with a bucket elevator like many of the double corn cribs had.

Largest ATV, UTV, and Gulf cart show in North America. LOL

IF you have never been to the show. It is spread out over a wide area. So unless your really young or like walking your more than likely going to need some thing to ride. Some carts can be rented but they are $100 a day and you need to get them early.

I will finish off with the "Best" ride at the show. LOL ( John T really needs this one with the BS he spreads. LOL)

Absent Minded Farmer · Aug 25, 2019

Very cool pics! Thanks for posting. Was the spreader V8 powered?

Mike

GreenEnvy · Aug 25, 2019

Did you get the story behind the 40 combine with the tracks? Pretty neat but must have been a farmer job because everything I have says they weren't available with tracks.

Dean · Aug 25, 2019

Cool.

I've never seen a self propelled spreader before.

Dean

Philip d · Aug 25, 2019

That looks like a great show JD! Thank you for showing us around!

JD Seller · Aug 25, 2019

GreenEnvy: are you sure about that?? I have not looked at the 40 parts diagrams but I remember seeing tracks in the larger combine parts books.

It was not homemade. It was factory. I looked at how the final drives and such where mounted. It was a manufactured unit not farmer made. Could have been an after market unit. I did not look for any numbers in it and there were not any tags on it that I saw.

Here is a rear view.

psimmer · Aug 25, 2019

At the Buckley Old Engine Show, there is someone who brings a converted Oliver Grain drill into a self propelled "vehicle". It has only 2 wheels, and a bench seat. I have seen it there for a couple years, and watch them drive it around. I wish I had a picture of it. It is an amazing conversion. It seems to self balance, only has the 2 large wheels. 2 guys ride in it and drive it around the grounds. It appears to have a small engine powering it, and perhaps something like zero turn mower propulsion. Maybe somebody on here has a picture of it.

JD Seller · Aug 25, 2019

Dean here is another one from the 2017 show.

SVcummins · Aug 25, 2019

Those tracks are probably still 3 times the ground contact of a tire

Dieseltech · Aug 25, 2019

I've seen that drill. It uses a small gas engine that powers two hydro motors, one for each wheel. Fellow brought it down to Peru Indiana show awhile back.

GreenEnvy · Aug 25, 2019

Tracks were optional on the 55 through 105. Everything I have including original literature doesn?t list tracks for either the 45 and 40. In fact one of them specifically states tracks aren?t available.

MtMan · Aug 25, 2019

Thanks for the great pictures. Our club has a show down in Tunkhannock, Pa. and a fellow brings his self propelled picnic table to the show ever so often. It has the benches to ride on and drive .It is equipped with a gas grill and umbrella. Also a place on the front for a ice chest. Very neat to see and to have him invite you to ride along.

old-9 · Aug 25, 2019

Yes a take off of the famous Foo Mobile. Here is another take off.
Foo

JD Seller · Aug 25, 2019

MTman here is a self propelled "bar" that was at the show.

730virgil · Aug 25, 2019

do you know what brand of manure spreader that is? it looks very much like one I have it is either a Ford or Dearborn.
A friend of mine was there for 2 days he and a friend of his took their garden to drive around.

fixerupper · Aug 25, 2019

Ill betcha the tracked combine is jiggling and rattling when he drives it on hard ground. I like it, we can see all kinds of old combines on wheels but here in the north parts we dont see many old ones on tracks. When I was looking through the operators manual for the 105 I used to have it listed the ground speeds for tracks as half the speed of a combine on tires.

big jt · Aug 25, 2019

OK doggoneit you guys made me get up out of my comfy chair and get my 1966 wholegoods book down. In my 66 book they don't list a 40 RC (Rice Crawler). Smallest crawler machine listed is a 55 as JD says.

For the 55 there were 4 different base machines, code 5500 was the basic grain combine, 5503 was the Rice machine, 5504 was for the base Rice combine with tracks. (can't remember what 01 and 02 were, one was edible bean) These were the base machines so technically tracks weren't a option but a different base unit. 40 only had 4000 and 4001 listed as base units.

OK enough trivia for tonight but do love seeing the pics. One of these days I really want to make it to that show, only wish my dad was alive to go with. He served at Chanutte during the Korean conflict.

big jt · Aug 25, 2019

Not saying tracks weren't available later but not listed in my 66 whole goods book.

JD Seller · Aug 25, 2019

I just took the picture!! LOL If it is there in two years I will look closer.

GreenEnvy · Aug 25, 2019

That?s cause they dropped the 40 by that time.

larry@stinescorner · Aug 26, 2019

Great Pictures!!Thanks!!

spacechem · Aug 26, 2019

I think there's another 'problem' with that combine. I'm no expert on rice combines, but didn't they usually have a spike-tooth cylinder? If so, it wouldn't work with a corn head...

DPittman · Aug 26, 2019

I stood inside the back wheel on the Pioneer and reached straight up and just did touch the top of the wheel. Standing flat footed for me that's right at 8 ft. The front wheels came to right at my breast. Makes good power belted to a sawmill too. Impressive machine to me as far as oil pulls go. Good pics, thanks for posting.

Mark-Ia · Aug 26, 2019

Belongs to Kevin Bos of Geneseo Ill.

Areo · Aug 26, 2019

Twenty plus years ago I had a neighbor that got sick of getting stuck
after several years of wet weather. Finally he bought rice tracks for
his combine. Went right through mudholes with no problem. It was an
all day job installing them as it was not designed to be a "change"
item. He used it for years fir combining corn. Unfortunately lost
the combine in a fire.

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