Re: Massey Combine

Posted by thehickdaddy on September 17, 2022 at 10:04:05 from (174.204.212.95):

In Reply to: Massey Combine posted by rusty6 on September 16, 2022 at 18:33:09:

Granpa bought massey harris 27 new in 1952
to ad to the custom farming fleet when my
dad graduated high school

With 12 foot header with gatorman crop
risers plus love pickup reel, it harvested
wheat, oats, peas, barley, vetch, and
spelts for at least 25 customers as well
as at home.

The 27 joined the ih 125spv that was
purchased new in 1950

Dad remembers filling grain tank
consistantly in 19 minutes in standing
wheat. In one specific field, the field
owner was driving truck to load into his
own storage on the farm. The auger that
was filling the grain bin ran so slowly,
that dad would fill combine again before
grain truck returned and would have to
wait for truck to return across the field

Massey 27 performed amazing well in
standing grain 100 bushel plus wheat in
the 1960s, considering it was designed for
20 bushel crops in the 1940s.

Engine was freshened up at 3,000 hours
with valve job plus upgraded to roto caps,
rings, bearings and new aluminum pistons,
plus cut off the restrictive small cast
exhaust manifold elbow and welded on a
steel straight pipe.

Combine was at 5,000 hours when it burned,
and most of bearings and belts were
original with exception of sickle drive
head which was upgraded from plain bushing
to needle bearing, shaker drive rubber
bushings, engine waterpump belt, and
return elevator bearings, variable speed
drive belt replaced 4 times, straw walker
which were upgraded from plastic to maple

Both were burned in shed fire 1973.

A used pair of massey harris 90 were then
purchased.

Massey 90 both had the same header as far
as 12 foot header, gatorman crop risers
plus love pickup reel, but new upgrade was
variable speed drive for the reel. Dad
also says the 90 had hydraulic header lift
compared to electric 6 volt on tbe 27.
But dad added a second battery in parallel
on the 27 to keep header operation quick.

Another upgrade on the 90 were variable
speed drive on the cleaning fan, a must
with delicate clover seed.

Dad loved the low center of gravity with
engine under the combine. Lots of steep
ground and engine would starve for fuel,
or sidehills and combine would slide but
never tip over.

Pair of massey 90s were run til late 1970s
when they were replaced with pair of used
ih 503.

Dad wanted me to ad that the reason behind
running the 12 foot headers for so many
decades was due to small grain tank size
plus heavy crop meant trouble making the
first round. Plus with narrow gates and
narrow roads encountered in custom
farming, you never knew where you would
end up, and saws and pruners were often
employed to access the field

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