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Sugarmaker 
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Posted: 25 Aug 2018 at 2:20am |
Folks, My friend Ted set up a veiwing of this combine that had been advertised in local buy sell and swap paper. Road trip yesterday. Pictures tell most of the story. While I was taking pictures the owner fired it up and Ted bought it. So it went to a good home. I believe he plans to put it back in service cutting crop seeds for his hobby business and fits in nicely with his AC collection. There are a bunch of general pictures and then some shots of the engine too. I believe it is a 1957. Engine is a late WD45 type. Started and ran good!
Approx 10 foot wide head:
Gauges while running:
As I looked around and in this machine it brought back memories of my Dad and working on the 66's with him. They have a unique oily and grain smell!:)
Engine shots:
This looks too complete to take just the engine and scrap the rest. It did have a rusted out grain bin that had been repaired.
Regards, Chris
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Posted: 25 Aug 2018 at 8:23am |
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SAWEET!!! Good old machine by appearance.
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Posted: 25 Aug 2018 at 9:03am |
Awesome! As you may know, the Super 100 is my favorite model of All-Crop, so I'm glad to see another one saved. Looks like he got lucky with the inclusion of a decent set of shields there under the straw hood. Those are usually torn up or gone altogether. What's the serial number by chance? It's stamped on the top of the main frame, just to the rear of the bend on the left rear side of the separator. The header counterbalance spring draw bolt usually points right at it. That would help me out. I keep a registry of SP-100 and Super 100 combines, so it would be neat to see where this fit it. |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2018 at 6:34pm |
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That is so cool
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Posted: 25 Aug 2018 at 7:14pm |
 CrestonM wrote:
Awesome! As you may know, the Super 100 is my favorite model of All-Crop, so I'm glad to see another one saved. Looks like he got lucky with the inclusion of a decent set of shields there under the straw hood. Those are usually torn up or gone altogether. What's the serial number by chance? It's stamped on the top of the main frame, just to the rear of the bend on the left rear side of the separator. The header counterbalance spring draw bolt usually points right at it. That would help me out. I keep a registry of SP-100 and Super 100 combines, so it would be neat to see where this fit it. |
Creston, I will try to get this info. May be a while. Regards, Chris
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Posted: 25 Aug 2018 at 9:36pm |
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Spent some time on one just like that. You will need a bath after running it all day in beans or clover. MACK
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Posted: 26 Aug 2018 at 1:51am |
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looks to have a better seat than Crestons!
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Posted: 26 Aug 2018 at 8:16pm |
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I love all allcrops but I kinda scratch my head when I look at these SP 100s. I know Allis Chalmers needed a self propelled combine but it kinda looks like the engineers from AC went out one night drinking and drew this idea up on a cocktail napkin!! Not the prettiest combine but I wouldn't mind owning one!! Sorry Creston. Ryan
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Posted: 26 Aug 2018 at 8:41pm |
shameless dude wrote:
looks to have a better seat than Crestons! |
Hey, hey, hey...I recovered mine! The old one was original and pretty tattered though.
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Posted: 26 Aug 2018 at 8:51pm |
CrestonM wrote:
shameless dude wrote:
looks to have a better seat than Crestons! |
Hey, hey, hey...I recovered mine! The old one was original and pretty tattered though. |
Oh yea,,, he sure did,, done a good job too..was comfy on my hiney when I run his machine up at Hutch..
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Posted: 26 Aug 2018 at 8:54pm |
Ryan Renko wrote:
I love all allcrops but I kinda scratch my head when I look at these SP 100s. I know Allis Chalmers needed a self propelled combine but it kinda looks like the engineers from AC went out one night drinking and drew this idea up on a cocktail napkin!! Not the prettiest combine but I wouldn't mind owning one!! Sorry Creston. Ryan |
I agree they are kinda odd. The look of the combine is what I actually like the most...it's just so different from anything else...if you look at a Gleaner A, Deere 55, International 151, and others...they all look pretty similar from a distance, as far as the general layout.
To me, the reason Allis stuck with the cross-mount separator was that they knew the popularity and success of the 60, having made over 175,000 before the 100 came out, and thought no matter what they did to build a self-propelled, as long as they kept the rubber-on-rubber shelling and cross mount separator, they couldn't fail. In fact, one piece of advertising from 1953 states, "...the new Model "100" Self-Propelled ALL-CROP Harvester is certain to duplicate the unsurpassed record of its smaller brother in the pull-type field." That word..."certain"...is what makes me think they were so big-headed and overconfident about the 60, thinking if they just made it bigger it would be as much a success story as the pull-types.
I still like them, though. They aren't the largest capacity machines, but Cody and I were scootin right along in the wheat at Hutch. I'm not sure what the yield was, but it was a lot better than what we have down here.
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Posted: 27 Aug 2018 at 1:02am |
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Ryan...if you think the SP100 were odd, look at an early (maybe the first self propelled one made MM combine)...I still don't know how they worked!
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Posted: 27 Aug 2018 at 9:14am |
Ryan Renko wrote:
I love all allcrops but I kinda scratch my head when I look at these SP 100s. I know Allis Chalmers needed a self propelled combine but it kinda looks like the engineers from AC went out one night drinking and drew this idea up on a cocktail napkin!! Not the prettiest combine but I wouldn't mind owning one!! Sorry Creston. Ryan |
Ever see an IH SP 123?
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