John Deere Combine - Boundary Museum, Grand Forks, BC
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N 49° 01.145 W 118° 30.450
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John Deere Model 25 combine.
Waymark Code: WMFTTA
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 11/30/2012
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Combines were developed to replace threshing machines, enabling the farmer to take the thresher to the crop instead of the crop to the thresher. The major advantage to this was a considerable savings in labour. The model 25 was manufactured in 1954 & 1955. This one probably has a 6 foot cut.
Initially, all combines were pull-type, meaning the farmer required a tractor to pull it. However, the combines supplied their own threshing power, having a small, usually 4 cylinder, gasoline engine on board.
Use or Purpose of Equipment: Threshing grain crops.
Approximate age: 57 years.
Manufacturer and model: John Deere Model 25
Still in Use?: No
Location: This one is located in the back of the machinery display section at the north west corner the museum, aside a McCormick-Deering Thresher. The museum itself is about 1 mile north on Reservoir Road, which runs north off Highway 3 at the extreme western edge of Grand Forks.
Fee for Access: no
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