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mountain_anderson 
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Posted: 10 Jan 2025 at 6:04pm |
Hi all I found an all crop on marketplace I am interested in. The upper draper seems to have a big tear in the top of it. The current owner says it could be repaired with gorilla tape. Would this be okay? If not how much is a replacement? Other than that it seems to be in okay condition.
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Ryan Renko
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Posted: 10 Jan 2025 at 6:21pm |
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I don't know how big this tear is and how much you plan to actually use the combine but the Gorilla tape seems kinda sketchy. Surely it can have a patch sewn on it depending on location. Ryan
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Posted: 10 Jan 2025 at 6:32pm |
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Gorilla tape isn't going to work. Just get a new one. The aggravation of a ruined draper when you have a field ready to go, is not worth the savings.
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Posted: 10 Jan 2025 at 6:32pm |
Most any good upholstery shops can patch or repair them if they’re not too bad or a new one can be bought from https://www.americasbelting.com/
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190XT Series III, D17 Series IV, D15 Series II, All Crop 66 and a whole mess of equipment.
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Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 5:54am |
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I think Tom sells them on allcropharvestor.com
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SteveM C/IL
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Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 8:48am |
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I remember mom stitching on the 60 after a day in the field.....
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Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 10:16am |
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This is the tear in it, I see a new replacement one on Americas Seed and Belting cost nearly $300 without shipping, allcropharvester website isnt working at the moment, can this tear be repaired? Is there some sort of upholstery tape with contact cement I can put on it? Would sewing work on this big of a tear?
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Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 3:34pm |
If you replace it, it would seam to make more sense, pardon the pun... Looks pretty frayed and flimsy, to be repairing. JMHO 
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Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 8:16pm |
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And what are your intentions for this old combine? Are you just playing with it like most of us do? There could be more issues with a 70 year old combine then just the obvious. Investing money starts to become a issue. Ryan
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Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 8:22pm |
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The rip is in a direction the patch will have low stress. I'd try a repair first.
Loosen the tension and find painters drop cloth from the hardware store. Some are blue jeans like canvas. 9x12ft for $20ish. Or old blue jeans.
Know anyone with an industrial or furniture fabric sewing machine? Or a 1950s "black iron" domestic machine? Might find one on Craigslist or Facebook marketplace for under $50 in working condition, since they are as rugged as any industrial. Sailright sells a modern heavy duty machine for sail making/repair but they are quite expensive ($800ish?)
I'd coat the new canvas repair with oil based paint. Converting the repair to "oil cloth" canvas.
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Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 8:34pm |
It would look entertaining to glue a half pair of jeans to it! which brings up the question of which jeans are the toughest?
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Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 8:54pm |
 Ryan Renko wrote:
And what are your intentions for this old combine? Are you just playing with it like most of us do? There could be more issues with a 70 year old combine then just the obvious. Investing money starts to become a issue. Ryan |
Id like to use it for harvesting only a couple acres a year for field peas, wheat, and oats. No more than 5 acres of year
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Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 8:55pm |
jvin248 wrote:
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The rip is in a direction the patch will have low stress. I'd try a repair first.
Loosen the tension and find painters drop cloth from the hardware store. Some are blue jeans like canvas. 9x12ft for $20ish. Or old blue jeans.
Know anyone with an industrial or furniture fabric sewing machine? Or a 1950s "black iron" domestic machine? Might find one on Craigslist or Facebook marketplace for under $50 in working condition, since they are as rugged as any industrial. Sailright sells a modern heavy duty machine for sail making/repair but they are quite expensive ($800ish?)
I'd coat the new canvas repair with oil based paint. Converting the repair to "oil cloth" canvas.
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So put the new material over the tear and sew it in, then paint it with oil paint?
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Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 8:57pm |
DiyDave wrote:
It would look entertaining to glue a half pair of jeans to it! which brings up the question of which jeans are the toughest? |
My experience, ll bean is the best, bought some on sale and lasted me around 4 years, mostly last me 1 1/2 years before getting holes. 
this'll really put it to the test
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Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 6:32am |
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If you could find an old canvas tarp, that material is really tough, if you are going to patch it.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 6:53am |
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In the tarp/canvas department of any farm/fleet store, there is a product called tear grease. If you pull the canvas out, and do a really good job of gluing a small strip of canvas on, over the rip with this tear grease, it'll last for a long time.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 8:04am |
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I have used pieces from another old canvas and glue them with rubber cement both on my 66 and 12A. So far so good.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 3:08pm |
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I still remember my Dad complaining in the early 60's that a set of canvases for the combine cost $50
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Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 7:40pm |
Gatz in NE wrote:
I still remember my Dad complaining in the early 60's that a set of canvases for the combine cost $50 |
Probably get a set of car tires for that kind of money! LOL I have no idea but that was a lot back then.
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Posted: 13 Jan 2025 at 12:23pm |
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I should have a new aftermarket (spencer) and a maybe a couple of used. Thanks...Dale
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Posted: 17 Jan 2025 at 2:09pm |
I've used this product called Tear Mender to repair low stress tears with excellent results. I have some old canvas I cut up for patches, and use this glue. Stays flexible and soaks into the material. I have some repairs that are 10 years old and the machine's cut about 60 acres since then, and it's still holding very well. But with all this said, yours is a very significant tear, and I personally would replace it. Working with malfunctioning canvases in the dust and straw and heat when you should be harvesting is not a good time. Check out Colby Canvas Company in Colby, KS. They make and sell rubberized canvases and they are top quality!
Edited by CrestonM - 17 Jan 2025 at 2:11pm
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