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Re: O.T---Combine Crews.


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Posted by Paul in Mich on May 25, 2004 at 12:57:49 from (68.188.227.110):

In Reply to: O.T---Combine Crews. posted by Farmallkid on May 25, 2004 at 10:31:53:

Farmallkid, I'm sure that combine crews are much different than the crews depicted in the article, which I found very interesting. My uncle, when he was discharged from the Marine Corps in 1946 was determined that he was going to join a combine crew in Oklahoma. Well, he got more involved than that as he ended up buying a new IHC 125-SP combine and a used Fedral truck with 14ft grain body in Texas. Self propelled combines were just making their big entrance to the scene after WWII and were quickly replacing the older side table machines of the pre-war era. He continued on the wheat run from Texas north through the Dakotas and finally into Canada where he finished up in early October in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan harvesting barley in the snow. He ended up selling both combine and truck in Canada and then came back to Michigan never to do the wheat run again. That notwithstanding, he has entertained us with stories of his experiences for nearly 60 years, and while some of the stories I've heard a hundred or so times, there is always a different story to be told and heard of his combine crew days. He is 82 yrs old today, and although his combining adventures lasted but one season, his penchant for adventure continued on as a long distance trucker until this last February when it was suggested by his Dr. that it may be better for him to give up driving truck at the age of 82. I don't know what consists of a combine crew except as to how it applies to the operation I work for, and you can see that in the post below, but I'm sure it is somewhat different in the operations in the traditional wheat belt where there may be 20 or 30 combines in a single field, and I'm sure its different from when my uncle was there, but I'll bet that the adventure is still there even though different. I'd say it would be for a single man with no family responsibilities , so if you think you want to do it, I would say, do it now, and not after you have a family.


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