Another option for those elevator clean out doors is to cut a section from a plastic 5 gal pail. Dad slipped a piece into the door on his 852 Massey as a quick fix, and it worked so well we ran a lot of years that way. Hardly even wore the plastic.
525 is a very nice looking machine! What a treat to see one in good condition most old combines by me are fence row relics that have been scavenged. Thanks for sharing
Great job Ethan, First combine that I ran when I was a young un’ was a 1957 JD 55 open station with a 47 bushel hopper🤣keep that old iron humming young man👍🏻
I found a slightly odd fact. At the farm of President Dwight D Eisenhowers farm in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. They have a New Idea no19 manure spreader on display that was used on the farm.
I need to repaint the wheels and cab. All that stuff has a shitty off white bushes on coat of paint. Wish everything was a nice as the white on the grain tank.
Ethan, that's a little bit of work getting the combine ready to go. The new combines where you can just push a button in the cabin and could set up for any grain you need when it breaks down it's going to cost you a lot more money you'll have to get somebody out there to fix it. I know what you mean about the expensive part. I bought a part for my push mower and it was $80. Thanks Michael
Just a FYI tidbit, nothing wrong with using snips, you can also use a straightedge to score the aluminum with a sharp blade utility knife twice and the fold the aluminum at the score line.
I always put some galvanized flashing under the bottom doors, even if they are solid. The tin wears and can be replaced annually and the doors don't get the wear and abuse.
I am not sure on the belt numbers Ethan the numbers can be confusing i would have to look in my belt book if i can find them.If it says B belt or A belt it has to do with the V of the belt on how it fits in the pulley from what i have been told and the combine looks great good video too and at the end love the guy or kid trying to be like the fast and the furious some people just act stupid at times
A is 1/2” cross section and B is 5/8” cross section in a standard “industrial” v belt. Automotive had to fuck all that up and all the 4 digit automotive v belts have a different angle to make things “special”. I just never understood why the numbers in the A and B belts didn’t correspond to the actual length.
Always hated changing heads on our 525, preferred our IH 915 but that old girl got thirsty with a gas engine. And yes, that definitely looks like bondo on the head
i would rather have anyone the 3 combines you have they do not have computers in that and more likely be bought and not have a big payment book with them
I don't like new or newer tractors or trucks, I also school I think older equipment are better looking and to work and in my opinion last longer then the newer shit
Ok I'm not biased! I love all old combines. I have gleaners and JD 55s and 95s. But what in the hell is up with the double conveyer on the clean grain or return elevated? Why the hell bring the grain up then dump into another elevator? That's stupid! Just another elevator chain to break and wear. When the could of just brought the elevator all the way down and extended the auger out to it. Just so stupid! Probably why they weren't very popular. Also how does that combine pull the grain towards the rear from under the concaves and cylinder? I see it has a step pan. But does it shake? Or does it have a belly chain like alot of those combines built in those years did.?
Actually the 525 was a very popular model and they literally sold thousands of them. So it must not have bothered anybody. You should probably cut the shitty attitude.
@Oliver66FarmBoy maybe out in your area but I've never seen them out west is all I'm saying no shitty attitude. Just think it's fucking stupid to have to elevators and 2 augers for what fucking reason?? Please tell me why? That's all I'm wondering. No shitty attitude like I said. Just trying to figure out the waste of horsepower and extra shit to wear out when they had plenty of room to go down all the way with single elevator.
Calling it fucking stupid is a shitty attitude. Oliver didn’t sell any combined out west. They had almost zero market share west of the Mississippi so no shit you aren’t going to see any Oliver combines. And if you actually paid attention instead of just going “I don’t like that. That’s fucking stupid” you would notice the clean rain auger comes out directly under the unload auger and drive so no they could not have just run the clean grain straight down the side. But apparently you’re blind.
@Oliver66FarmBoy they cld of simply moved the unloading auger? I mean it just seems like an overly complicated Massey. I know they are damn good cleaning machines. I just think the engineers had there thumbs up there asses. Made it way more complex than it needed to be. Alot like the jd 95s with variable speed cylinders. Had to much shit they didn't need. Keep it simple like gleaner! Also you never answered my question how does it move grain from under the cylinder and concaves? I didn't see a rattle chain or augers under it. I just seen the step up floor when u were showing the bearing out on the final drive.
So you move the auger forward and it hits the variable speed, cylinder drive and everything else on that side of the machine, or you move it backwards and you’re still in the way of the clean grain elevator. Smart move. There is literally nothing over complicated about this machine. It has fewer drives and moving parts than a John Deere could ever wish to and it’s built way heavier than a Gleaner would ever dream of being.
