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Re: Axial Flow ?
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Posted by SDman on October 22, 1999 at 18:22:51 from (63.65.237.144):
In Reply to: Axial Flow ? posted by Wisconsin Ron on October 21, 1999 at 23:30:04:
Ron, I'll try to describe the IH Axial-Flows in a nutshell for you. Axial-Flows were introduced in the fall of 1977. 3 models were introduced. The 1440 had a 135HP D-436 IH engine, 24" rotor, 145 bushel grain tank; the 1460 had a 170HP DT-436 engine, 24" rotor, 180 bushel grain tank; the 1480 had a 190HP DT-436 engine, 30" rotor, 208 bushel grain tank. In 1980 the 1420 was introduced, it had a 112HP D-358 German Diesel, 20" rotor, 125 bushel grain tank. It also had electric-over-hydraulic controls which were adopted by its bigger brothers in the 1981 model year. Also, in 1981 the 1480 was introduced with a 210HP DT-466 engine. In 1982, automatic-reel-to-ground-speed was introduced. In 1983, the 1480 went from the rotary injection pump to an inline injection pump, the rock trap was introduced, as well as the automatic feeder cutoff. IH models went through 1984. After the merger, Case made a Case-IH 1400 series in 1985. You're probably asking a biased person here, but they worked and they worked well(probably could argue that they were better built than the 2300 Series built today in many areas). The Axial-Flow combine will probably be the last piece of farm equipment made with the KISS theory in engineering(KeepItSimpleStupid!!). I've always wondered if the chief engineer behind the Axial-Flow was the chief engineer behind the H & M Farmall. They were all built with the idea that a good product will sell itself. Believe me, if it wasn't for the simplicity of Axial-Flow, this guy would want NOTHING to do with combines.
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