2011 Wheat Harvest with the EIII
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Topic: 2011 Wheat Harvest with the EIII
Posted By: Skyhighballoon(MO)
Subject: 2011 Wheat Harvest with the EIII
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2011 at 10:25pm
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I took off work Wednesday to get my 6 acres of wheat on my south hilltop harvested. It was much better with temps in the high 80's instead of waiting until Saturday with highs in the upper 90's. By my own stupidity, I found out something very interesting about my old Gleaner. You can forget to shut the rock door and the combine will still harvest wheat and put it in the bin and only leave enough on the ground to think you had the fan turned up over the sieve a bit too much. I figured it out after the first bin when I was still slugging the feeder beater occasionally even going slow in first gear. I'm used to it slugging once or twice right a way in the field in wheat or beans until everything gets "slicked up" again. But what I was really amazed about was that the cylinder would pull the heads through and thresh on the back two concave bars and not lose much at all with the door open. Once I shut the rock door tight it ran great and I kicked it up in the 2nd gear and never slugged it again... Wheat made 248 bu over 6 acres. That was 4 bins filled to about 60 bu plus a little more. For that last little bit on the top flat part of the field, I let my 10 year son Lucas run the combine with me showing him how to do it. It was his first time to do that. It was a good day for him as I also taught him how to drive the Expedition that day as well so he could follow me over and I'd have a quick way back to the house if we needed to make a parts run. It's also good for pure safety to have someone else around too (he kept cell phone in the vehicle and sat under the big pecan tree in the shade). Even better was no breakdowns again...that EIII has been the best $600 equipment investment I've made by far. Here's some pics to share. Mike        Rest of the pics: http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e176/Skyhighballoon/2011%20Wheat%20Harvest/?start=all - http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e176/Skyhighballoon/2011%20Wheat%20Harvest/?start=all ------------- 1981 Gleaner F2 Corn Plus w 13' flex 1968 Gleaner EIII w 10' & 330 1969 180 gas 1965 D17 S-IV gas 1963 D17 S-III gas 1956 WD45 gas NF PS 1956 All-Crop 66 Big Bin 303 wire baler, 716H, 712H mowers |
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Posted By: Ryan Renko
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2011 at 10:29pm
| Great photos!!! Thats a sharp combine for $600!!!! |
Posted By: Skyhighballoon(MO)
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2011 at 10:42pm
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Forgot to add...my farming partner came in right after me with his 4450 and 15 foot 750 No-till drill and put in my double crop beans the same day before dark. Also good to have them in Wednesday instead of Saturday, esp since there was still good moisture in the ground from rain we finally got last Sunday. Mike
------------- 1981 Gleaner F2 Corn Plus w 13' flex 1968 Gleaner EIII w 10' & 330 1969 180 gas 1965 D17 S-IV gas 1963 D17 S-III gas 1956 WD45 gas NF PS 1956 All-Crop 66 Big Bin 303 wire baler, 716H, 712H mowers |
Posted By: RickM(MO)
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2011 at 11:07pm
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Mike,
Great pictures! Does the EIII have the signal light to tell you when the rock door is open? I remember the E and CII Dad had years ago had one but it was hard to keep the light working since the switch on the door would get out of adjustment. It was hard to tell if the door was open since you couldn't tell by the sound of the cylinder, except when shelling corn. If the door came open in corn you could tell right away and you didn't get much into the bin. BTW, a couple days ago I talked to the son of one of the guys in the family you bought the EIII from. I'll have to show them your pictures next time I see them. They ask about it every once in awhile. Rick ------------- Missouri Allis Chalmers Club Member; 1954 WD45 (NF), 611LTD & 811GT Lawn Tractors |
Posted By: Skyhighballoon(MO)
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2011 at 11:12pm
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Rick - it has the light in the cab but the switch down on the rock door and the wiring is gone. I need to find a good used switch from either an E or an early K and get that fixed and working. Mike PS...ask them if they are finally ready to sell that other Orange thing out in the shed... ------------- 1981 Gleaner F2 Corn Plus w 13' flex 1968 Gleaner EIII w 10' & 330 1969 180 gas 1965 D17 S-IV gas 1963 D17 S-III gas 1956 WD45 gas NF PS 1956 All-Crop 66 Big Bin 303 wire baler, 716H, 712H mowers |
Posted By: RickM(MO)
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2011 at 11:19pm
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Mike, I figured you would ask about that!! The last time I asked them a year or so ago they said the one sister that owned it still wanted to keep it for some reason. At least it is in the shed and not out in the weather like so many you see sitting around. I think if she ever decides to sell it they will let me know and I will let you know. Rick ------------- Missouri Allis Chalmers Club Member; 1954 WD45 (NF), 611LTD & 811GT Lawn Tractors |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2011 at 11:26pm
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Great pics Mike, good idea to teach that young man now,while you can watch him.It will be second nature to him by the time he has his license ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: Jim Hancock
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2011 at 11:40pm
| Great pics Mike. Sure brings back good memories when my dad first taught/let me drive the Gleaner A - without a cab! Needless to say that I was hooked for sure after that! It wasn't work to run the combine for the grain crops from about 10 or 11 to 20 years old. Just something about being out in the open air despite the sometimes dusty/dirty conditions. It was still fun. Never regretted the times nor got bored. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2011 at 11:41pm
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Sounds like you had a good day and passed on a little something too. My neighbor got his JD combine out this spring to pick corn off a food plot. I went out o "help". On the first six rows he plugged up the snouts and stopped to clear it, giving me time to flag him down because his clean grain elevator was open at the bottom. He stores it that way to keep mice out. Well when he finished all 18 rows he still didn't have a whole lot of corn in the bin. While knocking junk off he realized the rock door was open too. I went back out the next morning and picked up 5, five gallon buckets of ear corn in about 5 minutes and left the rest to get plowed under. He should have not wasted the time to drive the combine all the way out there. Could have just plowed it all under. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2011 at 8:13am
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Thats awesome. I'll bet Lucas will remember that day forever. Got to drive the combine and the truck. ------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |
Posted By: Jim Lindemood
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2011 at 8:24am
| What a fun day -- Kids and Gleaners - priceless. |
Posted By: JoeO(CMO)
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2011 at 10:58am
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Mike, our old Gleaner had a brake light switch by the rock door. It is looking for a ground. ------------- |
Posted By: R.W
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2011 at 12:43pm
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Thats a nice looking EIII! ------------- In Search Of: 1958 Allis Chalmers D17 Diesel serial #9643D |
Posted By: Eric[IL]
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2011 at 1:45pm
| Mike, I like your combine pics. The E111 was the last E with the 226 engines. Tough little combines aren't they? The K & K2s put a micro-switch on the rock trap door to light up a stop lamp in the cabs or sensor alarm. |
Posted By: omahagreg
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2011 at 3:30pm
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I was just now talking with Dad about your EIII, and he said he delivered the first E that Wells Implement, Plymouth Nebraska, sold. He got to take it to the field and adjust it for the customer-he was REALLY impressed with how that little machine worked! Yours looks really nice! ------------- Greg Kroeker 1950 WD with wide front and Freeman trip loader |
Posted By: Don(MO)
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2011 at 5:22pm
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Mike it don't get better that that; Good crop in the truck, no break downs and seeing your son driving the combine (and truck) for the first time!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now just sit down and have a cold beer and smile you are doing it right there old buddy.
Don
------------- 3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep. |
Posted By: Jim Hancock
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2011 at 5:52pm
| Curiosity question Mike, About how much fuel did you burn per hour? 2 or 3? Dad's A had a Buda and we'd run about 3 or 4. |
Posted By: Skyhighballoon(MO)
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2011 at 8:08pm
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Kind of hard to measure on a per hour basis but I guess I burned about 10 gallons of gas for 6 acres including driving to and from the field (about 3/4 mile each way), idling when pulling slugs and unloading. There were also lots of short sections near the end with lots of turn outs on sharp corners. Mike
------------- 1981 Gleaner F2 Corn Plus w 13' flex 1968 Gleaner EIII w 10' & 330 1969 180 gas 1965 D17 S-IV gas 1963 D17 S-III gas 1956 WD45 gas NF PS 1956 All-Crop 66 Big Bin 303 wire baler, 716H, 712H mowers |
Posted By: Brian Ahart
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2011 at 9:55pm
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Nice pictures Mike. I'd forgotten what a nice original machine that E-III is.
------------- A-C Weight ID reference and other goodies at http://www.brianahart.net" rel="nofollow - brianahart.net |
Posted By: allischalmerguy
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2011 at 10:36pm
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Mike,
I so enjoyed the photos and commentary! THANK YOU! That is a steal of a deal if you picked up that combine for 600 dollars! I wish I could find one for that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My goodness! That day with your son was a GREAT day! Way to go DAD! Make sure you tell him about Jesus too! Pastor Mike in Iowa |
Posted By: TerryMO
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2011 at 12:19pm
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Mike, Great pictures & nice combine. Now all you have to do is buy my A C 303 baler & you can bale straw. Thanks Terry |
Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 8:59am
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Very nice, Mike. I took the liberty of looking at other pictures in your photo album; you know which ones. Thanks for sharing.
Brian
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Posted By: skipwelte
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 4:14pm
| those rock door switchs were a PITA to keep working, always lost the ground somehow, same for the straw walker switch when it came. I like the picture of the ole time custom harverter standin on the platform watch the wheat roll into the truck!!!!!!! |
Posted By: farmrgeo
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 6:27pm
| Anyone need new slats, chain links, etc for a gleaner e raddle chain? also used raddle chain. no longer have combine and forgot to give to new owner. |
Posted By: Oldoug
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 6:30pm
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Great pics Mike. It's great to see an old GLEANER still going and doing the job instead of getting crushed and melted down. ------------- Matt Folkers FOLKERS RESTORATION Restoring vintage things to last so the future can enjoy our past. |