. LANCASTER Good
working combines are not
hard to find if you know
where and what to look for.
Prices range from $4OO and
up, depending on size,
features, age and condition.
They are complex machines,
so it pays to check every
section for proper function.
The different operations
that combines perform are:
a) cutting, b) conveying, c)
threshing, d) separating, e)
cleaning, f) grain
fillmg/unloading. Study
these operations on a used
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How to find a good used
combine before you decide to
buy that machine.
What is the right machine
for your farm?
That depends on the crop,
number of acres, size of
fields, availability of custom
work, and timeliness.
Probably the most certain
characteristic is that the
combine will be an old, used
one, purchased in a cash
grain farming area.
Your best bet locally is
Central New York, Penn
sylvania, and New Jersey.
Many of the mid-Atlantic
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vegetable farms have
switched to shelled com,
soybeans, barley and oats -
due to rising costs of farm
labor versus the capacity
and economics of a
mechanized harvest.
Here is a checklist to use
during the initial inquiries
for a combine:
1. Self propelled. In
general, these combines are
easier to transport, resell,
control, and are more
comfortable for the
operator. They are more
expensive than pull-behind
PTO units.
2. Large bin capacity.
Grain tanks range from 18 to
60 bushels or more. The
harvest will run more
smoothly with fewer stops to
unload.
3. Good tires. Keep a spare
with you if you are towing a
combine home.
4. Little or no rust. Older
combines are covered with
sheet metal. These pieces
are difficult to fabricate, and
there are few spares. Check
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the sheet metal m contact
with conveyors, chains, fine
sieves, and the threshing
cylinder.
5 Cylinder bars and
concaves not bent (from
rocks picked up at the cutter
bar). These bars are often
covered with rubber, and are
expensive to replace.
6. Header floats freely
Once in a while an operator
will catch a corner or gate
post and spring the header
unit out of alignment. This is
hard to see without moving
the affected parts.
7. Check grease fittings for
adequate lubrication. The
old Allis Chalmers “66”
combine (1950 s vintage; had
80 fittings to be greased).
8. Safety shields should be
intact
9. If a spare head (for
corn, small grain, pick-up
reel or one for wmdrowed
crops) is included but is off
the machine, you’ll want to
know if it works on the
macliine.
10. Are sheaves bent,
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combine
distorted? Many an operator
hds forced a belt off a sheave
(pulley) with screwdriver or
a steel bar. Repairs with this
kind of work come back to
haunt you.
When you are making the
last visit to pick up a com
bine, take along a hand held
tachometer to check the
speed of the cylinder,
separator drive shaft, and
conveying drives. At a
certain engine (or pto)
speed, these parts should
turn at a specific number of
revolutions per minute.
Don’t forget a watch.
Bring spare tires, slow
moving vehicles (SMV) sign,
safety chains, and tiedowns.
The advantages of a self
propelled combine (with or
without a cab) will be ap
parent when loading onto a
truck or low-boy trailer.
Check the route home for low
Members service
HERSHEY - The annual
meeting of the Members’
Service Corp. of the Penn
sylvania Farmers’
Association (4U take place
Monday during the 30th
Annual Meeting of PFA.
Starters
Several hundred farmers’
association leaders in
cluding voting delegates
from 54 county units will
gather at the Hershey Motor
Lodge and Convention
Center, November 23 to 26, to
adopt policy, elect leaders
and attend special events.
PFA’s Member Service
Corp. is a wholly owned
corporation of the voluntary,
general farm organization.
It offers business services to
members m farm supplies,
insurance, accounting and
other areas
The corporation’s Farm
Management and Business
Anaylsis Service prepares
farm tax returns for more
than 3800 family farms. In
addition to tax preparation,
meeting held
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bridges or narrow toilbooths.
It is easy to find a good 12
foot, self propelled combine
for a few thousand dollars.
Some of the best places to
look would be mid-to-late
summer issues of:
The Hunterdon County
Democrat (weekly
newspaper, used by far
mers), Flemington, New
Jersey;
Lancaster Farming (over
120 used combines for sale in
a September, 1900 issue) Box
366, Lititz, PA 17543
($7.50/yr., weekly);
Consignment Auction, 2nd
and 4th Tuesdays of the
month, Archbold, Ohio, to
name a few. Plus, central
New York papers, the New
England Farmer and far
mers’ exchange bulletins
from Vermont and New
Hampshire Departments of
Agriculture.
this service offers business
analysis, management
advice and tax planning.
Another division of the
Members’ Service Corp., the
Insurance Service, fields 39
agents. Their total
premiums in force for lift,
property and casualty
coverage exceeds $6.7
million.
The Group Purchasing
Division offers members low
prices on Safemark tires,
batteries, plow parts and
other farm supplies through
county group purchasing
coordinators and over 130
authorized dealers across
the state. Sales volume
during the past year totaled
over $1 9 million.
Financial reports are also
being presented for the
Retail Farm Market
Division which offers con
sumer products through
local outlets and certifies
qualify farmer-operated
markets.
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