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Post by JasonB on Feb 3, 2016 23:12:52 GMT
From what I have researched, about 500 or so of the Fordson tractor mounted Gleaners were built between 1923 to 1927? Not exactly sure if even that many of them were built to begin with. My question is: "I wonder how many Fordson -Tractor Mounted Gleaners exists today?" I know Ed Larson on the combine forum owns one of them, and apparently another one is either at Hesston KS or the Jackson Plant in MN?
I Believe Ed's Fordson mounted Gleaner is correct, but the one that AGCO owns, I am not sure about the red paint scheme on the trim. Since I have never been around the Fordson Mounted Gleaner, I can't say.
I wonder how long it actually took to mount and dismount the combine from the tractor? Wonder if pictures exist of the combine being put on or off the tractor? Not sure if Sales brochures exist for the Fordson mounted Gleaner or not.
Wonder what the acres per hour could be harvested with that set up?
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Post by samuelh on Feb 4, 2016 0:20:42 GMT
Its hard to say. I would think it more like one of those mounted corn pickers. I'm sure it took a few hours to take one off. Even the cotton picker mounted ones took a few hours. But most ended up just buying it for that, and didn't bother taking it off.
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Post by JasonB on Feb 4, 2016 0:51:12 GMT
True, probably a few hours at most I would think. Back in 1923, that was a state of the art combine, Can't believe how much combines have changed since then. I wonder how the visibility of the head was like from the operators platform? You had the tractor engine up front, so I guess your view was somewhat limited.
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Post by glenn bridges on Feb 4, 2016 3:44:35 GMT
a few facts bout the FMG......at least the 1st yr. the grain tank was like the early pull-types except the spout was 4 sided not 3, you could get the FMG in a bagger unit. the PT (1st pull-type) also was offered in a bagger unit. I do have pictures of these combines. My FMG will be built like the 1st FNGs and my PT will be built /w/ a bagger unit. while I'm at it, the A and R combines built in '51 had silver frames ('51 only) and yep u guessed it, that's how my A will look. I like not only like to preserve history.....I like to preserve least known history.
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Post by 1480man on Feb 4, 2016 4:35:35 GMT
I believe there is a Gleaner mounted on a Fordson tractor at the Bonanzaville USA museum in Fargo ND. As a kid, I remember seeing it un-restored however last summer I was there and it was restored to like new condition.
John
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Post by JasonB on Feb 4, 2016 14:51:45 GMT
Come to think of it, I think I saw a video of a Fordson Mounted Gleaner on YouTube, but the video was from the UK. So at least a few of them either made it across the pond, or someone most recently found one and had it shipped over to the UK. There can't be many of them left in existence, or they haven't been found yet. Some day if I ever get down to Hesston KS to the Gleaner plant, Il definitely take a look at the Fordson Mounted Gleaner. I have seen pictures of it in books, but would love to see it in person.
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Post by Hershy on Feb 6, 2016 23:54:19 GMT
A few years ago there was one at Pioneer Village in Minden Nebraska.
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Post by JasonB on Feb 7, 2016 0:10:09 GMT
Another question I am wondering is, could the Fordson Mounted Gleaner be mounted to any other tractor during the same time period? I know it was designed for the Fordson, but that's not to say someone hasn't mounted one to another brand from that time period.
Wonder if someone has a record out there as to where they were sold? Probably not but would be interesting to know
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Post by glenn bridges on Feb 15, 2016 18:51:05 GMT
Jason, about the colors on the Fordson mounted Gleaner, the framing is Hunter green /w/ a little Fordson red. The lettering is yellow except on the batts which is black. This is basically all the models were up through 1934. N '35, things went to black. I know bout the FMG and PT (1st pull-type), I have a multi-page piece of literature and there is a color pic of the FMG and PT. Starting in '51 everything you think of as Orange was Fordson Red including the lettering until the buy out in '55. Also in '51 only, the framing was silver. The folks at A-C realized that did not look good so black was back in '52.
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Post by JasonB on Feb 16, 2016 15:23:52 GMT
Glenn, thanks for the info on the color scheme of the Fordson mounted Gleaner combine. I imagine that brochure you have with the Fordson mounted Gleaner is pretty rare.
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Post by Glenn Bridges on Feb 17, 2016 0:51:49 GMT
1927 Jason. It's a little but it is 89 yrs. old. Glad to have it in my museum.
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Post by JasonB on Feb 17, 2016 20:32:17 GMT
Wow, the brochure is definitely rare. I would love to come across a brochure with the Fordson Mounted Gleaner in it.
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