Allis Chalmers Combine - Cherryville, BC
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N 50° 11.543 W 118° 33.129
11U E 389208 N 5561174
This tired old combine can be seen at The Gold Panner Campground & Pioneer Village, 11.2 km south east of the Cherryville Tempo Gas Station.
Waymark Code: WMFXY5
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 12/14/2012
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The Model 60 Allis Chalmers combine, developed in the early 1930s, was known as the "All Crop Combine". Some were PTO driven, and, as not all tractors had PTOs at that time, some were produced with an on board engine, usually a Wisconsin. It had a five foot cutter bar and an eighteen bushel grain bin - about enough for 3 minutes harvesting with today's rotary combines!!
The Model 60 was known as the All Crop Combine because, with the addition of rubber cylinder bars and rubber concaves, along with different sieves, about any grain could be harvested. It could combine oats, wheat, rye, barley, timothy, alfalfa, red clover, canola, buckwheat, beans, soy beans, peas, millet, blue grass, milo and probably more. And, of course, it could be converted between using a cutter bar or a pick-up for already swathed crops. All together there were about 250,000 Model 60s sold, indicating that it was a pretty popular machine.
Coordinates are for the entrance to the display area
Use or Purpose of Equipment: Combining grain crops
Approximate age: 80 years
Manufacturer and model: Allis Chalmers Model 60
Still in Use?: No
Location:
Gold Panner Campground & Pioneer Village
Cherryville, BC
Fee for Access: no
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