My new combines

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   Ive been a lont time reader, never posted so now i have a good reason to.
The other day i had dropped off a burn permit and headed north to go to a dealer and pick up some filters when i crested a small hill and there on the side of the road was a 90 and 72 all crop combine!  Now, ive been wanting a 72 combine for about as long as i can remember, so i swung around and checked them out.  The 72 had nice bright paint and looked about as good as any i had seen, the clean grain chain was in the tool box and the buckets are in poor shape.    The 90 was a bit more faded and the upper sieve had broke and got snagged on the chain, its missing the sickle and clean grain elevator chain also.  When i called, the owner came out of the house and told me the price, shocked at what he said, i bought them both!!  I Certainly wasn't expecting to find those machines 8 miles from home.   The 72 was likely bought new by the family selling it, the 90 was bought years ago but they couldn't remember when.     
Both combines have the 3/8" lower sieve in them, which will work good this year as i have soybeans on the home farm.  Would like to find the wheat sieves for them.  Does anyone know are the finishing  sieves the same for a 72 and 90?  Through my collecting over the year i have manuals for 60's and the 90.  

I do know where there is a junk 90 parked in the woods, after a storm, alot of trees fell on it but i think i can gets some parts off it.  Im waiting to hear back from him.  

Yet another story, years ago i was given a 66 "was running when parked" situation.  Young and dumb i drug it home.  I started looking into it and everything on the bottom side was rusted out.  Head was twisted, clean grain elevator was bent, chain was missing( this must be normal???), basically a pile of junk.  Was able to save 1 scour clean screen and the straw spreader from it.  

My other AC equipment includes a 1935 WC bought used by my grandpa, a #33 long hopper silage blower bought new by my grandpa,  a Allis 2-12 pull type plow (works great with the WC), and a pull type forage harvester, the cut and throw type with all 3 heads.  

Now the million dollar question, that has prob been asked a billion times on here, how do i post pics of my finds??

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