Seen this combine running near Haxtun Colorado real close to the field we were cutting in. Stopped by and talked to the guy and shot the video. I enjoy seeing this older equipment running in the field and thought it was video worthy.
That is the way I remember harvesting grain back in my high school days. The same truck but a Massey Harris combine of the same vintage. Thanks for the memories.
This is the only type of combine I have driven. It looks like a good harvest, it does not draw up much dust. After a few hours on such an open combine in the dust, you did not see who was who.
Wonderful to watch. My grandfather’s neighbour had a 151 which I thought would be so cool to run, Grandpa and my uncles used JD 65 pull types at the time, early 60’s, and later went to JD 96 pull types. Loved it when we visited neighbours farms so I could see and sit on Massey’s, Versatile’s and IH machines. Great memories.
I had a cousin who started me out on a 151 in 1969 when I was about 15 years old. It was an easy handling combine & I enjoyed running it. It had a 16ft header. His other machine was a McCormick 181 with an 18 ft. header which he ran. They were good machines. He ran them until he moved up to the McCormick 403 machines.
The first combine I spent any real time on was a 151. Dad had a 1.5 ton Chevy much like the one in this video that we dumped into too. Lots of good memories of harvest and the people who were a part of it. It looks like he has his spreader turned off so they can bale the straw later. The only thing missing is the wave as he drove by.
Thank you for a great video. Especially appreciate you telling us the location.!!!fun to see places you have never been to. Was on a custom combines crew in high school- a highlight of my life . Never in Colorado , but Ok to Nd 😁
Just goes to show. You don't need a quarter mil wonder harvester to get the grain in. Amazing and simple machine still able to perform it's task and not grunt doing so.
Very nice Mike. I love the older machines as well. Initially released in 1959, it was the largest self propelled combined at that time. An amazing eye watering, chest thumping 75hp. It even had a corn head available. What do you think a comparison of that technology to today's technology would be with respect to the efficiency of the grain separation. I'm sure it's higher today, but what would you guess. 90% then 99% now? That's not even including the speed difference. They probably had to run 3-5 mph for their top efficiency. Just curious! Really loved the era appropriate grain truck. Took me back to my younger summer days on my grandparents farm in southern MO. Thanks again sir!
I believe the model 151 was introduced in 1957, replacing the 141 which ended production that same year. The 101 began a year earlier in 1956, 151 in '57, and the larger 181 in '58. Was 151 really the largest self propelled combine on the market when it debuted? By what measure(s)? That would be especially surprising since the larger 181 followed the next year.
