Combine Harvesters: Part 1 Development 1941-84 by Chris Lockwood. DVD approx 90 minutes. ISBN 978-1-906853-34-1. Now in stock at Old Pond, priced £15.95. Part 1 of a 2-part set. Two together £29.95.
From the 1941 era Massey Harris 21 to the Massey Ferguson 29 of 1984 combine harvesters changed almost beyond recognition. Although the layout was primarily conventional, there were ever wider auger-fed headers, multiple threshing drum set-ups and larger straw walkers and sieves. Grain tanks had higher capacity, bagger models had disappeared and driver comfort had been transformed. There was of course a lot more horsepower from the engines which by now were exclusively diesel powered.
This programme shows these developments by looking in detail at 22 key models at work in the UK in 2009.
Models included in the programme:
Lanz binder & Tullos threshing drum
Massey Harris 21
Massey Harris 780 Special
Claas SF
Massey Ferguson 788
Claas Matador Standard
Massey Ferguson 400
Allis Chalmers Gleaner A Super
Ransomes 801
Massey Ferguson 525
Laverda M150
New Holland Clayson 1545
Claas Senator 85
Claas Dominator 85
John Deere 965
Claas Dominator 96
New Holland Clayson 8070
IH 1420 Axial-Flow
Deutz-Fahr M 2780 H
John Deere 1085
Bonhill Fortschritt E 514
Massey Ferguson 865
Massey Ferguson 29
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