Majorman
Well-known Member
- Location
- Scarning, Norfolk, England
No, not that sort. This one was invented by Headley Taylor in Australia, He and H. V. McHay pioneered the idea for just removing the heads of crops like wheat, back at the end of the 1800's. McHay was a farmers son who went into machinery manufacture, building and expanding his initial design until he had most of the harvesting market. He was also into wrought iron work and in towns like Ballarat, his ironwork adorns the verandas throughout the town. His company soon outgrew the factories he originally set up so he moved it to the town of Sunshine just outside Melbourne, where it was closer to the railways and ports. The stripper was exported world wide along with other implements like corn drills.
Headley Taylor improved on the original design and went to work with McHay to evolve the harvesters. This one is a self propelled version the is powered by a Ford engine from a Model F.
McHay sold his business to Massey Harris - Ferguson who continued to produce the stripper header and the Sunshine corn drill.
Stripper Header
Headley Taylor improved on the original design and went to work with McHay to evolve the harvesters. This one is a self propelled version the is powered by a Ford engine from a Model F.
McHay sold his business to Massey Harris - Ferguson who continued to produce the stripper header and the Sunshine corn drill.
Stripper Header