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New Holland TX34 combine

New Holland TX34 Combine

(Manufactures and model list added, Incomplete)

The combine harvester, or simply combine, also known as a thresher is a machine that combines the tasks of harvesting, threshing, and cleaning grain crops. The objective is the harvest of the crop; corn (maize), soybeans, flax (linseed), oats, wheat, or rye among others). The waste straw left behind on the field is the remaining dried stems and leaves of the crop with limited nutrients which is either chopped and spread on the field or baled for feed and bedding for livestock.

For combine history, see Combine harvester.

Combine Manufacturers[]

Massey 788 combine

Massey Ferguson 788 combine

Early Makes[]

Claas Lexion 580 - Tracked - IMG 4717

A Class Lexion 580, fitted with tracks

John Deere S690i Hillmaster - IMG 4761

A John Deere S690i Hillmaster at the LAMMA show in 2009

MF 7260AL-4 at Lamma - IMG 4760

Massey Ferguson 7260AL-4 combine at the LAMMA show in 2009

Ransomes MST trailed combine at belvoir 09 - IMG 8727

A Ransomes trailed combine (believed to be an MST ?) with Bagger platform

  • Santa Matilde (Brazil)
  • Santana (Spain) - built by Clayson
  • Sapucay (Argentina)
  • Schöpp (Argentina)
  • Senor (Argentina)
  • Shelbourne Reynolds
  • Someca - purchased by Fiat and merged into Laverda
  • Susana (Argentina)
  • Tessa (Argentina)
  • Thærmeniu (Thermaenius)(Sweden) - purchased by Volvo
  • Volvo BM
    • Volvo BM Aktiv
    • Volvo Thærmeniu

Preservation[]

A Few Early combines have been preserved, and a few small Hobby farmers use examples of early combines to harvest small acreages each year. There are a few events were combines are demonstrated, but the size of later ones makes moving them and even storage a problem, As classic machines like the MF 760 and MF 860 are 14' (4.2m) wide or more dependant on wheel configuration (without the header), and require a escort to move on most roads (in UK).

Modern Makes (1980 > Today)[]

(some brands in 1st section may belong here, as dates unknown)

  • Terrion (Russia) - same as Sampo Rostev
    • Terrion Sampo - same as Sampo Rostev
  • Tong Yang (South Korea)
  • Toron (Czechoslovakia, Agrostroj/Agrozet Prostejov)
  • Uzel - (built by Sampo Rosenlew)
  • Valtra - (built in Brazilian Massey Ferguson factory)
  • Vassalli (Argentina)
  • Yanmar (Japan)
  • Zmaj (Serbia)

See also[]

References / sources[]

  1. Ransomes Sims & Jefferies, Agricultural engineers (book) by Brian Bell, ISBN 978-1-903366-15-8

Literature[]

  • An Illustrated History of Combine Harvesters by Jim Wilkie
  • The Massey Legacy by John Farnworth
  • Vintage Tractor Magazine, various articles by Brian Bell
  • Graeme R. Quick, Wesley F. Buchele: The Grain Harvesters. American Society of Agricultural Engineers, St. Joseph/Michigan 1978, ISBN 0-916150-13-5=

External links[]



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