I see the factory tire size was 6.50-16. I have a used 5.50-16 and 6.00-16 from the front of my WD... Any chance I could get those old tires to fit on these rims to drag it a few miles home? Looks like the bolt pattern is completely different so I can't use new tires on my WD rims, and probably not worth buying new tires just to get this home and stick it in a fence row.

Is it worth dragging home for $100 or less to have around for parts? I don't have an All-Crop yet but wouldn't mind having a nicer one in a few years when I have shed space. am I better off trying to just buy some select parts off of it?

I did have a thought today... I wonder if the bolt pattern on my old JD grain drill is the same. I put new tires on it a couple of years ago. I'll have to take some measurements on the All Crop wheels to see if they'll bolt up.

I heard back from the landowner today. Pulled the wheels off of my old JD grain drill and lucked into them fitting the All-Crop, so we made a deal. Man those bolts in the wheel hubs are a pain to keep from spinning when you're trying to break them loose after decades. Got it all swapped out, greased the heck out of the hubs (left side was very sloppy), and made it home at 20 MPH. He had two more that were in even worse shape (one caught on fire) that he had already hauled off for scrap. Wish I'd been able to pull the screens out of them but oh well. He has a few salvaged gearboxes, wheels, discharge hoods, and other parts I am going back for later.

The serial number is 158410 so I believe it's a 1948.

Creston, I too will need to remove a massive rat's nest. I'm hoping the screen can be saved - guessing it's probably wheat? He said they used to do wheat and soybeans with them but didn't remember anything about different screens. This thing is rusted through in so many places it's not worth trying to refurbish, but it should be a good parts machine for that day down the road when I get a nicer one. The pack rats have even chewed the aluminum parts.

I cleaned out enough of the rat mess to ID the finish screen. So far it looks to be in decent shape. The slots measure 5/32" x 3/4" which I think lines up with it being a wheat/milo screen, from what I've found online? That was probably the most common screen around these parts.

Agreed, hopefully I can find a nicer one close for $500 or something. Maybe I'll get lucky and someone will see this one in my yard and stop by to tell me they have one hiding in an old barn a couple miles away.

I'll try to get some pictures of the rusted/damaged areas, but I really think this is destined to be a parts machine, unfortunately. Better than the scrap yard at least.

I only have about 20 acres of tillable and had been thinking I'd find an old Gleaner, but one of these would probably do the job... Slower, but if the legends are true an All-Crop might be able to do an even better job. It's unlikely I'd have all 20 acres in the same crop at the same time so probably just 10 acres of crop per harvest. It would be nice to not have another engine sitting around most of the year.

I worked on the rat nest and took a few pictures of the worse of the rust. Don't get me wrong - I'm sure it could be repaired with enough time and money, but for now I'll hold out for a nicer one.

Here's looking up from underneath, where the drapers would bring the crop into the cylinder. You can see daylight:

Under the cylinder appears to have not quite rusted through, but I'm guessing those rust spots are pretty thin:

Some rust on the LH side near the rear corner:

The bottom of the bin is disappearing:

There's also a pretty good hole in the front side of what I think is the air duct from the fan:

Anyways, you get the picture. The fan housing has a dent in it too but I'm sure that could be worked out.

Looks like it uses 2 15" wheels back to back instead of the normal 16". Most setups I see have either the factory singles, or the tandem wheels so these must not have been too popular?

EDIT: Sure looks like a 15 in the diagram but then says to use 6.00 x 16 tires in the instructions for attaching section later on. The dual rims are unique part numbers, though, so they must just be narrower or have different offset. Standard (non-dual) tire size is 6.50 x 16. The manual calls out a 6 ply for the bin side and a 4 ply for the LH side... That must have saved a farmer a couple of bucks back in the day, since you don't carry as much weight on the LH side.

But that is a parts machine!  I got much better units in my bone yard.

The big problem with these buggers is the hauling issue.  Not fun, not easy.

BTW I hooked up a customer with a 72 in very nice condition... The previous owner was smart enough to grease up the bottom of the concave...I wipe away some grease with my finger.....shiney orange paint!!!

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I have a thread about three All-crop combines I found while buying several Clipper seed cleaners.

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They are in Michigan but kept in a shed and all looked better than the pictures from the roadside.

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Except even then they get filled with rats here!

I saw that - just wish they weren't so far away. I'm pretty well limited to what I can tow home. I hope someone up your way can save those!