All-Crop Bundle Topper
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Topic: All-Crop Bundle Topper
Posted By: CrestonM
Subject: All-Crop Bundle Topper
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 4:36pm
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I've got a bundle topper I need to install on my 60A. Great-granddad used to use it some, so the holes are already drilled in the header sides to mount it there. My question is how do you attach it to the combine's sickle bar? I'm guessing you use small bolts through two sickle sections, after punching out the old rivets, but I just thought I'd see if anyone here has any experience with that. Thanks!
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Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 10:30pm
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I'm curious to what that looks like if pictures could be put up. Thanks |
Posted By: Kenny L.
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 10:35pm
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yes we need pictures |
Posted By: Michael V (NM)
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 10:46pm
| I thought I sent ya some pictures of how that attaches..I'll look for them tomorrow and see if I can get them I'm here |
Posted By: Michael V (NM)
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 4:12pm
 Here ya'll go my 60 with the bundle topper attachment
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Posted By: EricPA
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 4:23pm
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Ok I give up. What's the purpose of this? ------------- Life is tough,but it's tougher when you're stupid. - John Wayne |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 6:59pm
It’s a bundle topper. It basically turns the combine into a stationary threshing machine. After using your grain binder, you take the bundles to the combine, and holding them horizontally, pass them down over the bundle topper sickle bar. Then the heads go up into the combine to get threshed, and you don’t have to run all the stalks through. |
EricPA wrote:Posted By: Bob D. (La)
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 7:28pm
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OK. Now a stupid question from me. Why wouldn't you just use the combine in the field as it was designed? ------------- When you find yourself in a hole,PUT DOWN THE SHOVEL!!! |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 7:36pm
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That part I don't really know. Great-grandpa used it on kaffir, which was pretty tall back then, before shorter "combine" varieties were bred. I'm thinking since the header wouldn't raise up near high enough (without the high lift attachment) to take just the heads, they bound it and used the bundle topper. Maybe this was their solution to keep from threshing the whole tall plant? I'm just doing it to try out the bundle topper, and have some fun using it.
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Posted By: Michael V (NM)
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 7:53pm
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yes, for such things as kaffir, or higeri(sp), red top cane, and others that got really tall these were prolly bundled when the stalks were still really green, but seed had matured, the 'butts' were ground in the hammer mill, or fed whole to the cattle.. a really dangerous attachment,,, as you can prolly tell by looking.. I can remember this being used by my grandparents....
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Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 8:09pm
| By using the topper they could use the straw. No big V rake and bailer to follow the combine. MACK |
Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 8:54pm
Looks like item #9 attaches to the cutter bar. Hope this helps! ------------- Thanks & God Bless Dennis |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 9:56pm
| Thanks. That’s interesting, I’m missing part 15 and 16, that spring. I guess I better look at my book and see what that’s for |
Posted By: Michael V (NM)
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 10:45pm
| I'll hafta look and see if those parts are on mine,, also have another one,not on a machine, not sure if its complete |
Posted By: Bill_MN
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2019 at 4:36pm
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Wow that looks dangerous ------------- 1951 WD #78283, 1918 Case 28x50 Thresher #76738, Case Centennial B 2x16 Plow |