Harvesting Fall Rye

rusty6 · Dec 14, 2019

I have some more vhs video converted to digital uploaded to youtube. The hot summer of 89 was when this was recorded. Picking up 21 foot swaths of fall rye with the 510 Massey. Good thing the AC was working. That straight piped 350 GM engine sounding fantastic as always.
Harvest 89

55 50 Ron · Dec 14, 2019

Rusty,

I recognized the Sund combine pickup even before you mentioned it. I think I remember correctly that they were manufactured in North Dakota. At least they were very popular in North Dakota. Dad had an Innes Northwest Special pickup on his JD 55 combine. You mentioned the 2090 being the same one you currently use. I think that IHC truck is the same one used currently also?

rusty6 · Dec 14, 2019

(quoted from post at 19:58:21 12/14/19) Rusty,

I recognized the Sund combine pickup even before you mentioned it. I think I remember correctly that they were manufactured in North Dakota. You mentioned the 2090 being the same one you currently use. I think that IHC truck is the same one used currently also?

You are right Ron. I think Sund originated in N.D. Very good pickups but not too popular once we started growing canola as anything shelled on the pickup would fall through to the ground.
And yes, same old Loadstar as I"m using today. Its had quite a life.

55 50 Ron · Dec 14, 2019

Interesting. I wanted to check on some "facts" and history of Sund. Googled it and found several YT entries among which was a post by you some years ago showing your 510 in wheat and unloading on-the-go into that faithful IHC truck.

Bob · Dec 14, 2019

(quoted from post at 22:27:25 12/14/19) Interesting. I wanted to check on some "facts" and history of Sund. Googled it and found several YT entries among which was a post by you some years ago showing your 510 in wheat and unloading on-the-go into that faithful IHC truck.

I didn't realize Sund Mfg. of Newburg, ND no longer makes the pickups, they are into oilfield stuff now, and Kirchner Mfg. of Lethbridge, AB took them over, apparently.

https://kirchnermachine.com/SUND/

SVcummins · Dec 15, 2019

another great video the people really add a nice touch sure takes me back to a simpler time

caterpillar guy · Dec 15, 2019

We had a 930 western like that one your neighbor is using. Was a good tractor except for the stupid hand clutch. Was jumpy to back up to things for hitching up. Needed to be reversed so you pulled it rather than push it. Was like an old JD.
I see you were using a straw spreader not a chopper. They were pretty common around here. There were a few choppers around back then too. We have an old pickup attachment for the old Gleaner dad got when we raised White beans. It has a drum like for the fingers/teeth then 2 4 sided rollers to get it back to the head.
Was an all day job to change over to beans from wheat. Had to change the cylinder and door. Put a screen in the back bottom of the head put the pickup on and all this with no loaders or hoists.

Bruce from Can. · Dec 15, 2019

It just seemed much easier to make a profit back then, than it does today. I enjoyed your video. And remember very well 750MF combines , very popular machine here in Ontario. I started farming on my own in 81, and could only look with awe a a big Case tractor like yours, I could never consider buying a big powerful tractor like that. You had nice equipment to farm with.

marloweg · Dec 15, 2019

that was a 510

8NHENRY · Dec 15, 2019

Loving your videos Rusty, thanks for posting them.

Bruce from Can. · Dec 15, 2019

Duh, guess you are right. We don?t in fact see many 510 MF , the 300 and 400 ruled, and the 10 series must have been skipped over. Corn drove combine sals here, and the MF 750 looked much the same, never saw one that was not diesel. Plenty of gas 300

JD in da UP · Dec 15, 2019

Is the center of the pickup auger stainless steel or did the crops being harvested all scrub the paint off? If paint was scrubbed off, was a repaint in the plan for end of season maintainence?

rusty6 · Dec 15, 2019

(quoted from post at 02:55:32 12/15/19) We had a 930 western like that one your neighbor is using. Was a good tractor except for the stupid hand clutch. ts.

Catguy, that 930 had a foot clutch. Was a six speed, very nice 930. The 510 had quick detach headers so when I bought an 18 foot straight cut header the next year it was no trouble to switch back and forth between that and the pickup header.

rusty6 · Dec 15, 2019

(quoted from post at 07:30:17 12/15/19) Is the center of the pickup auger stainless steel or did the crops being harvested all scrub the paint off? If paint was scrubbed off, was a repaint in the plan for end of season maintainence?

That is just polished steel from all the straw. I guess if you leave them outside all winter a repaint might be necessary but mine was always stored indoors.
And Bruce you are so right about making a profit back then. Its true we make a lot more money now but we don't get to keep much of it.

Texasmark1 · Dec 15, 2019

I had a MF 760 (in the early '90's) and it was diesel and the AC worked beautifully, 24 ft header.....nice on larger farms and farming areas, but a real PIA working small farms and narrow roads when working without a helper. Real improvement over the previous well worn out JD 95, where I learned how to repair most every type of hydraulic cylinder that existed.

JK-NY · Dec 15, 2019

Thank you for posting this video. I always enjoy seeing how things are done in different areas and also like watching the older equipment work.

jddrawbar · Dec 15, 2019

Thanks for posting......very nice video.

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