Tamin' The Beast

Darned thing doesn't seem near as heavy when ya use both a fork and a spoon. :>)

Allan

The F I bought 2 years ago (which I unloaded the head with today) and now my old F2, which I just found and "rebought" a couple of weeks ago.

The F is one of the very last ones built and the F2 is one of the first F2s built.

They are very close in serial numbers and the only difference between the two is that the F2 has the nicer cab with the curved glass, some fancier electronics and nicer, more user friendly controls.

Otherwise, they are pretty much the same bird except my original F2 is a corn/soybean special (another name for "I paid too much"). :>)

Allan

What do they have? Something like 32?

Allan

Allan

First day he used it, something was haywire; can't remember what, something to do with the engine not reving right or some silly thing.

Anyway, he went to the house and called the dealer. Within minutes, the dealer landed his plane out in that oats field before dad could even get back out there from the house.

He showed my dad what he was doing wrong and off away he went again. Wasn't there 10 minutes.

Never, ever forgot that; been using Allis combines ever since and still dealing with that same dealer to this day.

Can't say enough good about the place. Come to think about it, have never had a single problem with the Gleaners either. Ever. :>)

Allan

My memories of an Allis Chalmers combine aren't so favorable. As a kid growing up in the 60's we had a pto driven A/C 66 direct cut. The machine was in excellent condition as we maintained it well and always kept it shedded when not in use. However the two most distinct memories I have of it are: unplugging it and greasing it. The unplugging was an ongoing and frequent occurance. As I remember it, greasing was an endless task best suited for a monkey. The contortions one had to get into to access grease fittings remain etched in my mind forever. Dripping with sweet in Wisconsin's hot August weather with chaff dropping in your face only adds to the memories. None of us four boys nor my 90+ year old father have any idea where that peice of family history currently resides and hopefully we never will. Let's just say, we're not looking for it.

In fairness, I'm sure a couple significant factors contributing to our negative experience were the fact that the only tractors we had to pull it with for most of its years were simply not geared low enough and lacked live pto. Combine that with a little too much greenery in the standing oats crop and the stage was fully set for a three-ringed-circus.

On the other hand, years later we had an F Gleaner which served us very well. The Gleaner is a good machine.

Glenn F.

We always swathed the grain so it could dry out and therefore used a pickup. That fact alone eleminated about 80% of the grease fittings of that model.

What I remember about it most about it tho, was that it was so darned loud! Engined models came from the factory with that 6' straight pipe and boy, could that thing ever beller. :>)

Allan

This isn't the combine that I had bought new. The head is, but I just used my current machine to lift that heavy lard-ark up off the ground.

The pretty one still doesn't have an engine. :>(

Allan

Allan

Took me a minute to figure out what ya were talking about. :>)

That is a picture of the F2, which is still sitting in town down next to the railroad yard. Those "things" you're seeing are actually the open spaces between the rail cars parked behind the combine.

Here's another angle.

Allan