All Crop 60 upper drapper repair?
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Topic: All Crop 60 upper drapper repair?
Posted By: mountain_anderson
Subject: All Crop 60 upper drapper repair?
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2025 at 6:04pm
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Hi all I found an all crop on marketplace I am interested in. The upper draper seems to have a big tear in the top of it. The current owner says it could be repaired with gorilla tape. Would this be okay? If not how much is a replacement? Other than that it seems to be in okay condition. |
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Posted By: Ryan Renko
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2025 at 6:21pm
| I don't know how big this tear is and how much you plan to actually use the combine but the Gorilla tape seems kinda sketchy. Surely it can have a patch sewn on it depending on location. Ryan |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2025 at 6:32pm
| Gorilla tape isn't going to work. Just get a new one. The aggravation of a ruined draper when you have a field ready to go, is not worth the savings. |
Posted By: Travis2766
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2025 at 6:32pm
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Most any good upholstery shops can patch or repair them if they’re not too bad or a new one can be bought from https://www.americasbelting.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.americasbelting.com/ ------------- 190XT Series III, D17 Series IV, D15 Series II, All Crop 66 and a whole mess of equipment. |
Posted By: Allis dave
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 5:54am
| I think Tom sells them on allcropharvestor.com |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 8:48am
| I remember mom stitching on the 60 after a day in the field..... |
Posted By: mountain_anderson
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 10:09am
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Posted By: mountain_anderson
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 10:16am
| This is the tear in it, I see a new replacement one on Americas Seed and Belting cost nearly $300 without shipping, allcropharvester website isnt working at the moment, can this tear be repaired? Is there some sort of upholstery tape with contact cement I can put on it? Would sewing work on this big of a tear? |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 3:34pm
If you replace it, it would seam to make more sense, pardon the pun... Looks pretty frayed and flimsy, to be repairing. JMHO ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: Ryan Renko
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 8:16pm
| And what are your intentions for this old combine? Are you just playing with it like most of us do? There could be more issues with a 70 year old combine then just the obvious. Investing money starts to become a issue. Ryan |
Posted By: jvin248
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 8:22pm
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. The rip is in a direction the patch will have low stress. I'd try a repair first. Loosen the tension and find painters drop cloth from the hardware store. Some are blue jeans like canvas. 9x12ft for $20ish. Or old blue jeans. Know anyone with an industrial or furniture fabric sewing machine? Or a 1950s "black iron" domestic machine? Might find one on Craigslist or Facebook marketplace for under $50 in working condition, since they are as rugged as any industrial. Sailright sells a modern heavy duty machine for sail making/repair but they are quite expensive ($800ish?) I'd coat the new canvas repair with oil based paint. Converting the repair to "oil cloth" canvas. .
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Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 8:34pm
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It would look entertaining to glue a half pair of jeans to it! which brings up the question of which jeans are the toughest? ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: mountain_anderson
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 8:54pm
Id like to use it for harvesting only a couple acres a year for field peas, wheat, and oats. No more than 5 acres of year
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Ryan Renko wrote:Posted By: mountain_anderson
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 8:55pm
So put the new material over the tear and sew it in, then paint it with oil paint?
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Posted By: mountain_anderson
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 8:57pm
My experience, ll bean is the best, bought some on sale and lasted me around 4 years, mostly last me 1 1/2 years before getting holes.  this'll really put it to the test
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Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 6:32am
| If you could find an old canvas tarp, that material is really tough, if you are going to patch it. |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 6:53am
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In the tarp/canvas department of any farm/fleet store, there is a product called tear grease. If you pull the canvas out, and do a really good job of gluing a small strip of canvas on, over the rip with this tear grease, it'll last for a long time. Darrel |
Posted By: 1963D17
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 8:04am
| I have used pieces from another old canvas and glue them with rubber cement both on my 66 and 12A. So far so good. |
Posted By: Gatz in NE
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 3:08pm
| I still remember my Dad complaining in the early 60's that a set of canvases for the combine cost $50 |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 7:40pm
Probably get a set of car tires for that kind of money! LOL I have no idea but that was a lot back then.
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Posted By: orangereborn
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025 at 12:23pm
| I should have a new aftermarket (spencer) and a maybe a couple of used. Thanks...Dale |