Lots of memories. I started watching my dad pull a JD 25 behind a JD model A. Then, I learned to drive a 3 row 45 with no cab. It had an air umbrella that blew the itch down our neck. Then, we got a 55 with a cab and no AC. The we got a 55 with cab and air. Then came the 95, 6600, 7700 and I ended with a 7720. Thousands and thousands of hours of good memories. Your video brought it back to life today. Thanks !!!
Dad had a 55 he used before i was around, but I think it’s good if you get it going and you not letting things die is why I like your videos, I am the same way have a hard time letting stuff go to scrap(especially old loaders) thanks for the video.
Definitely bring it back to life man. Would make some good videos to watch, if need parts can check the ag parts place in Leesburg IN they have a graveyard with some old combine and other tractor as well.
That’s good to know! I may end up needing a few things. I’ve already started bringing it back to life and there will be several more videos coming out in the next few days!!
Oh my buddy Ross, Have I got a part for you ! LOL A NOS part thats as rare as hens teeth for a JD 55 and I know your going to want it ! When you head this way I'll show it to you . Denise said to say hi to Pretty Hands for me so I have done that now. LOL Hay I have a 335N corn head for a 55 too , Its a 3 row 30" rows and think it could go out to 38" so who knows. Man your going to have to come take a look at all the goodies ! Bandit
I don’t know anything about JD combines or have interest in them but oddly I’m looking forward to you getting this one going because of you talking and reminiscing about riding in the cab with your grandpa. I still have very fond memories of riding in our 7300 Oliver with my father. Hard to imagine being small enough to sit on the heater box in the corner and fall asleep. Keep making your videos I really enjoy them. Especially the commentary .
I'm one of the people that says it's not foolish cuz I have memories with my grandpa and all his equipment and now I'm trying to buy most of the equipment he had
Hi Ross you should spray the whole thing down with kerosene or diesel fuel , it would probably be a lot cheaper than a big barrel of PB blaster. Just my 2 cents
Oh I have fond memories of a roundback 55. We had to put a square on the back to sell it. Old round tin became a doghouse and or my fort when the dog let me. Traded in for a 545 mid 70s than to a 8800. In the early 90s had a 105 hydro. Gas. Have a 33, 525,545,7600,7800 and a couple 18's today. 33 needs a lot of work. Rest run.
I had mostly Olivers growing up but the only self-propelled combine we had was a 1969 105 Corn Special. I loved that old beast, bought a 2nd one for parts, it had a quick attach feeder house and 13' QA header. Bought a 444 QA corn head for it and it would really haul corn through.
Thank You for getting around to telling about the 55's. I've wondered about them and even asked about them early on in viewing your videos. Looking forward to seeing them live again. I had a '72 55 with a 3 row narrow corn head and a 13 foot platform. It did Okay in beans, but it was a Corn Eating S.O.B. Kinda wish I still had it 😢. Well I'm lookin' forward to your progress.
@@jackbraithwaite8345 72 was last year for 20 series tractors. 70 was first year of 3300 and up combines. These had the flat fan. Later combines had the rotary screen.
Spray it down really good , wiil save some sadness .😁. Noble project Ross . Between the two one should arise , after all we have red pliers 😁. See ya tomorrow .
This will be fun to watch! It's just fun to hang out with you, no matter what you're doing though. It sucks that we can't talk back or ask questions lol. I like learning what machines do and how. The moving parts on a combine is mind boggling! Loved how the cows got in on it too haha! Once in a while our neighbor's cow cuts lose with that long moooo. And I'd say to my Wife, 'are you expecting family?'. She never saw the humor.... . Enjoy hanging out with ya Ross, keep it up!
I don't think you are foolish at all. I'm sentimental as well. I'm totally on board with restoration. Especially when you have so much time being in and around the one. It may take more money and time than some people feel it is worth, but if it were mine, I would feel the same way. You can't put a price on things like this. I remember when our neighbors got one brand new and I was nine years old. It's very exciting that the one you want to keep is not stuck. This was, in my mind, a great video. Thanks for sharing and I'll see you in the next one.
Thanks for showing the combines. Always was wondering about them. Would be nice to make one good one. Is the old threshing machine in the pasture a family machine too?
No, I bought that several years ago from someone who bought it on an auction. It originally came from Iowa because it’s got the peoples name on the side of it.
I harvested with a 55 open station doing Milo (the year that corn was not worth harvesting due to some fault in seed corn) and soybeans. I did that after my regular job of repairing Olivers to make a little extra money. One interesting thing was that the farmer did not want to run the head low enough to get the little milo head down low. He went out to disk the milo in and was amazed. Those lower heads took off, so we combined the field the 2nd time that fall.
Wow! That’s pretty cool that you could get a second crop off of it. Some guys do that these days by not taking the time to sit there combine right. Too bad it freezes before they could harvest the second crop 🤣
Ross please try this superzilla rusty lube . It's supposed it creep up rusty bolts better than most and lube as it goes. You would be a great candidate to try it .
My first self propelled was a ‘67 105EB gas. Had 4,xxx something hours on it. Was a nice machine. Good used parts were getting harder to find. It was nice that some parts are interchangeable. Parts were a lot less worn on the 55’s
Ross, don't fret about using the "crappy one", you can still take all the pieces of the nicer looking one and put on the one you drove. People may laugh at this old machines but, in my opinion, they're still worth it. What you could do is, as I said, basically take everything off the other, make that EB into both EB/corn special. As JD goes for their combines, the old "Titan and Titan II's along with the 9500 & 9600 series were the best in my opinion. But, everyone has their favorite. Go to NAPA for that fuel pump. Any pump should work. Now now, them cows won't destroy that combine, they'll just help break things loose for ya. LOL Ross, just take your time with this old girl. These old machines, rare anymore. I'm like you, can't let the old stuff go, hate to see them just rust away or turn into scrap and these scrap yards are quick about doing just that. If you're like me, you'll remember wooden bearings, not many today would understand what a wooden bearing is. For parts, you might try "Abilene Machine". This project is worth it. Cheers :)
We had a pair of the old round back 55 s and a Gleaner A, when I started out. They were cheap and that way I didn't have to change things from one crop to another. All three machines used the same little Herculese side valve 6. and even the same transmission gear box. Now I wish I still had them , in shape that is. The Gleaner wasn't nearly as good of a machine as the Deeres. The later versions of the A, became the A-II, was infinitely better. But by then the only Allis dealer was such a A-hole, I went to IHC and got a pair of 403 s.
Love the video, Ross. This will be a great restoration project. When you have a project with a special attachment, makes it even more worthwhile to do. I am looking forward to hearing the ole Johney running again. Wishing you the best of luck. Looking forward to the video's.
We had a big orange Case combine when I was a kid. Bought at auction with a stuck motor that we got running. No intention to revive it because it sat outside for years and a big tree, a tall one with a long two foot thick trunk, fell diagonally across it. Creased it bad like an old ten gallon hat. It would be an interesting comparison of Gleaner galvanized styling vs painted types for rates of rusting through things have been. I'd guess the Gleaner machines stick around longer but maybe not.
Thanks for the video Ross. I have been wondering about those combines but never asked because I knew that you probably were getting hundreds of questions about them. I have worked at Deere dealerships my whole life and honestly those combines were really good machines and did a great job of threshing and cleaning, You could about turn around and plant the seed back they would clean so well. I don't blame you for wanting to save a piece of equipment with family history like that.
DO IT! I have memories of growing up on my Grandpa's lap in a 95. He passed on the 5th and we laid him to rest today. I'd love to have a 95, or even just sit in one again, just because of the memories and sentiment attached. I get it.
Spent a lot of hours in a 55 squareback from 1977 thru 1981 on the farm where I used to work. Got to know a lot of the mechanical quirks, etc. A tough old bird that would wallow through mud better than the 4400 gas we had later. It'll be interesting to see if you get it to run. May take a few cases of Busch Light to deal with the process LOL.
@@rosstheolivermanI heard you say the Gleaner engine would fit in the Cockshutt 40 tractor. A six cylinder Buda engine from Chicago area (Harrvey) spelling?? Illinois which was bought out by Allis in 1953. Allis bought Gleaner and used Buda engines which were also used by arrow series tractors. This is a long story made short as in the “Coles Notes” version of the long story. Ross you can tell the long story someday to everyone. Buda made great engines in my opinion. I’m not sure if Allis evolved those engines into something more better or not, you may know that history Ross.
I'd never call you crazy, it's your memories, time, and money. Good luck just found your channel and subscribed. I like the idea of preserving old equipment. In the end you'll have something scrapping stuff just gets you a little bit of money and it will soon disappear!
If my notes are correct, I have that the 525 had a 28" cylinder, the 535 had a 34" cylinder, and the 545 had a 42" cylinder. The 7300 was also 34", the 7600 was 45" and the 7800 was 52". On the John Deere side, the 40 was 24.5", the 45 was 26", the 55 was 30", the 95 was 40" and the 105 was 50". Continuing on, the Deere 3300 was 29", the 4400 was 38", the 6600 was 44", and the 7700 was 55"
I agree! I have sentimental attachment to the equipment I grew up on. Got an 8n, their a dime a dozen but is was my grandfathers so it getting restored. My fathers backhoe is in pieces getting slowly restored; just got the engine back from machine shop. Overall the combines to me don't look that bad; sure there is rust but my experience with metal fab tells me there is still lots to work with on both machines. I've seen people take a car that ends up having 60% panels replaced and it ends up being a great restore. I think you'll do fine getting them fixed up, particularly the one you grew up on. Lot's of potential there. You took the fiat from pieces to a running, good condition tractor that can be used any day. I wonder if a pressure washer soda blaster would come in handy on the combine. I've been looking at getting one for cleaning off flash rust and from what I read, after blasting with a soda based medium using a pressure washer it leaves a residue that prevents the metal prepped from re-rusting until painted. Great video! I think there is a ton of potential there; i'd bet it fires right up with probably not much needed.
Combine restoration could be expensive, there is so much there to fix. I'm glad I never got attached to old machines, although I do have good memories of our #70 and #88. When I was off to the Navy in the sixties and my brother(s) took over the farm they sold off the gas Olivers and went Diesel with the other green tractor. No old iron was around when I finally came back home. :(
I am surprised at how many parts are still available for some of what I consider iconic machines. New Idea pickers, the AC All Crop. I'm betting you will find a good amount of part new, refurbished or used still available.
Looks like a lot of rusty sentimental work to get this running again and everything freed up again. Off topic but I haven't seen any content from Chris Losey in a couple of weeks I hope everything is ok.
The 95 and 105 John Deere combine’s were the best ever made. When you have a diesel hydro. My uncle custom combined with them till the mid to late 90’s. He quit because he was getting too old. And was hard to find parts for them. You don’t find low hour JD 105’s with low hours. These machines typically have 3000 hours or more on them. I used one of my uncles 105’s it was a gas gear drive with a corn head. Took off my 100 acres of corn with out one issue. Would of bee 1997. Never ran a 55. Too small for my personal use. I didn’t like the 95’s for the same reason. But I farmed 1000 acres. I had a 7701 and a 7700. Also great machines. My neighbor with his M3 was always broke down. My buddy with his Massey did better than the Gleaner but broke down more often than my JD’s. If a guy would put a 9500 cab on a 105. Then throw away the apron chain underneath and put the augers out of a 6600 under it. And redo the chopper drive so it’s a belt instead of a 6 mile long chain. There was conversion kits available for them in the 80’s and 90’s. When that chain let go it what F thing up. Really the only bad design on the machine. But easily remedied. But above tweaks would make for the best combine never built. Probably an unloading auger out of a 20 series too. So it fold back in. Back when dad was a kid. Grandpa and great grandpa farmed 1000 plus acres in the early 50’s to when great grandpa died in 76. In the beginning the custom combine crews ran 55’s with no cabs. In the end 105’s.
Well Ross.... you have one heck of a project, maybe you will get in shape crawling all over it🤣 Working on my 6620 to use it is enough combine fun for me. I usually do one thing to make it more better every year, and that would be something more then it needs to operate for the year. It must be something with our fathers generation, take something apart for no apparent reason. He had his CIH 7120 for a year and there is body parts everywhere😮
Used to be a feller up the road aways that salvaged 55’s… he always had a yard sale of parts ready to go! (The local 55 market dried up) Another neighbor had something like 8 kids and ran a fleet of 5-6 55’s. That was in the mid eighties and quite a sight when they rolled onto a quarter section of wheat.
It's a John Deere, haul it to the scrap yard 😂 I get the memorie though. I have Deere stuff that was my grandpa's and none of it is going anywhere. In fact one of my grandpa's was a mechanic at the Deere construction dealership
Those memories that I had with my grampa is why I put his old farm truck back together we had it at the local thrashery thay were featuring farm trucks every liked the old 66 dodge d200 with 28000 miles
Hey! How’d you get my combine to your house without me noticing!!! I also have one of these. Corn and soybean special with a corn head which is NUTS to find in the wheat belt! Mine has a cozy cab on it. It is sitting in town, we’re it died and I have Had it sitting for 3 years or better. This spring a will it run is coming to a channel near you! Yes EB means edible bean. Also this spring I am getting my 80 special Massey revived
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Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!!!
Glad your saving it
Definitely going to try!
Wish I could help with combines, love them old Deere's. My fil had a 95, that was a joy to run. Parked it for a 6600, not the same.
Cool! Yeah, I think I like the design of these earlier ones much better than that 6600/7700 series
There will never be another built, so it already worth it. Save what you can.
Thanks!!
I vote yes! So cool!
Thanks!
Lots of memories. I started watching my dad pull a JD 25 behind a JD model A. Then, I learned to drive a 3 row 45 with no cab. It had an air umbrella that blew the itch down our neck. Then, we got a 55 with a cab and no AC. The we got a 55 with cab and air. Then came the 95, 6600, 7700 and I ended with a 7720. Thousands and thousands of hours of good memories. Your video brought it back to life today. Thanks !!!
you got lot work to do plus the oliver combines to repair to
I know, so much work, so little time
Cool JD video
Thanks!
Orsome fix pull starters up now need food x koyosho up MK1
Need fix other 2
I’m sure you’ll get it!
Dad had a 55 he used before i was around, but I think it’s good if you get it going and you not letting things die is why I like your videos, I am the same way have a hard time letting stuff go to scrap(especially old loaders) thanks for the video.
Thank you!
Definitely bring it back to life man. Would make some good videos to watch, if need parts can check the ag parts place in Leesburg IN they have a graveyard with some old combine and other tractor as well.
That’s good to know! I may end up needing a few things. I’ve already started bringing it back to life and there will be several more videos coming out in the next few days!!
@rosstheoliverman can't wait to watch them. Happy to help with the search
Looks good bud
Thanks!!
Totally on board
Thanks!
Really enjoyed the video! Thank you for sharing with us!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!!
Awesome project I'm cheering you on
Thank you!
No doubt in my mind that you can do it. 👍👍
Thanks Tom!
Ross, I don't blame you I would probably be fixing it up too. Thanks Michael
Thanks Michael!
pretty pony
Thanks!
I think it cool that you are getting the old equip going again
Thanks!
nothing wrong with saving a pics of family history.
Thanks Jeff!
Like project
Thanks!
If anyone can do it, it's you. Good video Ross.
Thank you!
I thought it was a very interesting video and can’t wait to see the restoration.
Thanks Cory!
thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Man Ross love see get it up running all new parts
Thanks!
Oh my buddy Ross, Have I got a part for you ! LOL A NOS part thats as rare as hens teeth for a JD 55 and I know your going to want it ! When you head this way I'll show it to you . Denise said to say hi to Pretty Hands for me so I have done that now. LOL Hay I have a 335N corn head for a 55 too , Its a 3 row 30" rows and think it could go out to 38" so who knows. Man your going to have to come take a look at all the goodies ! Bandit
Maybe we can get out there sometime soon!! Thanks Bandito!
Love old farm equipment
Me too!
Clearly from that cow bellowing, they truly appreciate your spending screen time with them Ross!! 😁🐂
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I don’t know anything about JD combines or have interest in them but oddly I’m looking forward to you getting this one going because of you talking and reminiscing about riding in the cab with your grandpa. I still have very fond memories of riding in our 7300 Oliver with my father. Hard to imagine being small enough to sit on the heater box in the corner and fall asleep. Keep making your videos I really enjoy them. Especially the commentary .
Thanks Chris! I like hearing the old farm stories from others so I was figuring people would like to hear mine 🤣
Great video Ross!
Thanks!
I'm one of the people that says it's not foolish cuz I have memories with my grandpa and all his equipment and now I'm trying to buy most of the equipment he had
Awesome!!
Story of my life,"ran when parked."
😂😂😂
A tip of my hat for undertaking the restoration of the old 55! Man, that is ambitious.
Thanks!
I loved my 55 high/low. Ran close to 500 acres a year with it. Wish I'd keep it😢
Nobody thought they’d be worth anything nowadays…
Hi Ross you should spray the whole thing down with kerosene or diesel fuel , it would probably be a lot cheaper than a big barrel of PB blaster. Just my 2 cents
Thanks!!
Oh I have fond memories of a roundback 55. We had to put a square on the back to sell it.
Old round tin became a doghouse and or my fort when the dog let me.
Traded in for a 545 mid 70s than to a 8800.
In the early 90s had a 105 hydro. Gas.
Have a 33, 525,545,7600,7800 and a couple 18's today. 33 needs a lot of work. Rest run.
Cool!!
I had mostly Olivers growing up but the only self-propelled combine we had was a 1969 105 Corn Special. I loved that old beast, bought a 2nd one for parts, it had a quick attach feeder house and 13' QA header. Bought a 444 QA corn head for it and it would really haul corn through.
The quick attach feeder house sure would’ve been nice!
You have any old pictures of it operating
I’d have to look, but I doubt it
Ross the combine man👍 once again great work!
Thank you!
Thank You for getting around to telling about the 55's. I've wondered about them and even asked about them early on in viewing your videos. Looking forward to seeing them live again. I had a '72 55 with a 3 row narrow corn head and a 13 foot platform. It did Okay in beans, but it was a Corn Eating S.O.B. Kinda wish I still had it 😢. Well I'm lookin' forward to your progress.
I'm thinking you might have the year of your machine wrong because the 3300 through 7700s were introduced in 69.
@@danw6014 Could be, I know it was the last year they were made and I related them to the 4020's and that tractor series. Thanks for the correction.
@@jackbraithwaite8345 72 was last year for 20 series tractors. 70 was first year of 3300 and up combines. These had the flat fan. Later combines had the rotary screen.
Nice video. It'll be some work, time, and money, but you'll be very glad about it when it's done. You won't regret it.
Thanks Charlie! I spent more money on more foolish things 🤣
Spray it down really good , wiil save some sadness .😁. Noble project Ross . Between the two one should arise , after all we have red pliers 😁. See ya tomorrow .
🤣 thanks Mark!
This will be fun to watch! It's just fun to hang out with you, no matter what you're doing though. It sucks that we can't talk back or ask questions lol. I like learning what machines do and how. The moving parts on a combine is mind boggling! Loved how the cows got in on it too haha! Once in a while our neighbor's cow cuts lose with that long moooo. And I'd say to my Wife, 'are you expecting family?'. She never saw the humor.... . Enjoy hanging out with ya Ross, keep it up!
🤣🤣🤣 thanks Ron!
Strip it and do a complete restoration.
As nice as that would be, I doubt that will happen
We had a 40,45 and 2 55's. I hated all of them for sure. Noting like dropping the header in the field. Take hours to do a 30 minute job.
They were definitely slow, but they did get the job done.
Think your going to be busy with that project
It’s definitely gonna take a while.
I don't think you are foolish at all. I'm sentimental as well. I'm totally on board with restoration. Especially when you have so much time being in and around the one. It may take more money and time than some people feel it is worth, but if it were mine, I would feel the same way. You can't put a price on things like this. I remember when our neighbors got one brand new and I was nine years old. It's very exciting that the one you want to keep is not stuck. This was, in my mind, a great video. Thanks for sharing and I'll see you in the next one.
Thanks Jonathan!
I remember my grandpa having a 105 EB, and it had the feeder house attached to the heads. It could have been a early model or something
Yeah, quick attach wasn’t a thing till later
you got guts man I can recomend a therepest
😂😂😂
Thanks for showing the combines. Always was wondering about them. Would be nice to make one good one. Is the old threshing machine in the pasture a family machine too?
No, I bought that several years ago from someone who bought it on an auction. It originally came from Iowa because it’s got the peoples name on the side of it.
EB stood for Everything Breaks
🤣🤣🤣 I actually don’t think he ever had much trouble with it.
For sure! Any old combine or other type of equipment were hardware stores for my Dad as well!
There’s plenty of stuff to choose from on one 🤣
I harvested with a 55 open station doing Milo (the year that corn was not worth harvesting due to some fault in seed corn) and soybeans. I did that after my regular job of repairing Olivers to make a little extra money. One interesting thing was that the farmer did not want to run the head low enough to get the little milo head down low. He went out to disk the milo in and was amazed. Those lower heads took off, so we combined the field the 2nd time that fall.
Wow! That’s pretty cool that you could get a second crop off of it. Some guys do that these days by not taking the time to sit there combine right. Too bad it freezes before they could harvest the second crop 🤣
Sentimental always is costly but memories are priceless.once you get rid of something to scrap there’s no going back good luck with this project
Thanks!
Really Really Kool
Thanks!
Ross please try this superzilla rusty lube . It's supposed it creep up rusty bolts better than most and lube as it goes. You would be a great candidate to try it .
I’ll have to look into that! Where does one find it?? Thanks David!
Some Ace has it , Amozon or it's web site .
One thing I can tell you is you're good to those Cow's they wouldn't be coming up to you like that if you weren't!
🤣 Thanks!
We ran a John Deere 95
Awesome!
My first self propelled was a ‘67 105EB gas. Had 4,xxx something hours on it. Was a nice machine. Good used parts were getting harder to find. It was nice that some parts are interchangeable. Parts were a lot less worn on the 55’s
Nice video Ross
Thanks!
Ross, don't fret about using the "crappy one", you can still take all the pieces of the nicer looking one and put on the one you drove. People may laugh at this old machines but, in my opinion, they're still worth it. What you could do is, as I said, basically take everything off the other, make that EB into both EB/corn special. As JD goes for their combines, the old "Titan and Titan II's along with the 9500 & 9600 series were the best in my opinion. But, everyone has their favorite. Go to NAPA for that fuel pump. Any pump should work.
Now now, them cows won't destroy that combine, they'll just help break things loose for ya. LOL
Ross, just take your time with this old girl. These old machines, rare anymore. I'm like you, can't let the old stuff go, hate to see them just rust away or turn into scrap and these scrap yards are quick about doing just that. If you're like me, you'll remember wooden bearings, not many today would understand what a wooden bearing is. For parts, you might try "Abilene Machine". This project is worth it. Cheers :)
Thanks! There’s already more videos filmed and ready to come out this week on it!!
We had a pair of the old round back 55 s and a Gleaner A, when I started out. They were cheap and that way I didn't have to change things from one crop to another. All three machines used the same little Herculese side valve 6. and even the same transmission gear box. Now I wish I still had them , in shape that is. The Gleaner wasn't nearly as good of a machine as the Deeres. The later versions of the A, became the A-II, was infinitely better. But by then the only Allis dealer was such a A-hole, I went to IHC and got a pair of 403 s.
I’m 12 and I’m gonna start farming a little 30 acre field. And I found an old square back 55 that I’m looking at with a strait cut head and a pick up.
Love the video, Ross. This will be a great restoration project. When you have a project with a special attachment, makes it even more worthwhile to do. I am looking forward to hearing the ole Johney running again. Wishing you the best of luck. Looking forward to the video's.
Thank you Keith !
We had a big orange Case combine when I was a kid. Bought at auction with a stuck motor that we got running. No intention to revive it because it sat outside for years and a big tree, a tall one with a long two foot thick trunk, fell diagonally across it. Creased it bad like an old ten gallon hat.
It would be an interesting comparison of Gleaner galvanized styling vs painted types for rates of rusting through things have been. I'd guess the Gleaner machines stick around longer but maybe not.
Was it a case 960?
Thanks for the video Ross. I have been wondering about those combines but never asked because I knew that you probably were getting hundreds of questions about them. I have worked at Deere dealerships my whole life and honestly those combines were really good machines and did a great job of threshing and cleaning, You could about turn around and plant the seed back they would clean so well. I don't blame you for wanting to save a piece of equipment with family history like that.
Thanks for watching!
22:38 , you said "that's the" and finished "fuel pump" instead of "barb wire I wrapped all over the ladder because ..." ?
I was looking up at the engine, even if the camera wasn’t
DO IT! I have memories of growing up on my Grandpa's lap in a 95. He passed on the 5th and we laid him to rest today. I'd love to have a 95, or even just sit in one again, just because of the memories and sentiment attached. I get it.
Lots of good memories on old iron…
Spent a lot of hours in a 55 squareback from 1977 thru 1981 on the farm where I used to work. Got to know a lot of the mechanical quirks, etc. A tough old bird that would wallow through mud better than the 4400 gas we had later. It'll be interesting to see if you get it to run. May take a few cases of Busch Light to deal with the process LOL.
🤣🤣🤣Thanks Don!
You forgot to mention what happened to my Gleaner!
Ron how are you related to Ross? I'm sure you have been mentioned in videos before.
He’s my son
Oh 🤣🤣 I thought you were the great uncle the the JD B went to vist. I bet you never thought Ross's addiction would get this bad🤣
The poor Gleaner became a piece of burnt toast 😢
@@rosstheolivermanI heard you say the Gleaner engine would fit in the Cockshutt 40 tractor. A six cylinder Buda engine from Chicago area (Harrvey) spelling?? Illinois which was bought out by Allis in 1953. Allis bought Gleaner and used Buda engines which were also used by arrow series tractors. This is a long story made short as in the “Coles Notes” version of the long story. Ross you can tell the long story someday to everyone. Buda made great engines in my opinion. I’m not sure if Allis evolved those engines into something more better or not, you may know that history Ross.
I'd never call you crazy, it's your memories, time, and money. Good luck just found your channel and subscribed. I like the idea of preserving old equipment. In the end you'll have something scrapping stuff just gets you a little bit of money and it will soon disappear!
Thank you!!
If my notes are correct, I have that the 525 had a 28" cylinder, the 535 had a 34" cylinder, and the 545 had a 42" cylinder. The 7300 was also 34", the 7600 was 45" and the 7800 was 52". On the John Deere side, the 40 was 24.5", the 45 was 26", the 55 was 30", the 95 was 40" and the 105 was 50". Continuing on, the Deere 3300 was 29", the 4400 was 38", the 6600 was 44", and the 7700 was 55"
I had a 55 . It is not stupid to make it better Ross . Cow parade lol ! Obtw merry Christmas dude !
Napa has points n plugs .
Thanks!!!
I’m guessing you ride the horse as well Ross. As I can see you roping your cattle as needed lol
Not me 🤣 that horse should be swayed in the middle if I rode it
I agree! I have sentimental attachment to the equipment I grew up on. Got an 8n, their a dime a dozen but is was my grandfathers so it getting restored. My fathers backhoe is in pieces getting slowly restored; just got the engine back from machine shop. Overall the combines to me don't look that bad; sure there is rust but my experience with metal fab tells me there is still lots to work with on both machines. I've seen people take a car that ends up having 60% panels replaced and it ends up being a great restore. I think you'll do fine getting them fixed up, particularly the one you grew up on. Lot's of potential there. You took the fiat from pieces to a running, good condition tractor that can be used any day. I wonder if a pressure washer soda blaster would come in handy on the combine. I've been looking at getting one for cleaning off flash rust and from what I read, after blasting with a soda based medium using a pressure washer it leaves a residue that prevents the metal prepped from re-rusting until painted. Great video! I think there is a ton of potential there; i'd bet it fires right up with probably not much needed.
That should be a John Deere 217 engine
It’s a 303
The cow with the big mouth was telling the others you idiots there's no food here,your wasting my time. 😅 good video looks like a lot of work .
🤣 thanks Dennis!
Combine restoration could be expensive, there is so much there to fix. I'm glad I never got attached to old machines, although I do have good memories of our #70 and #88. When I was off to the Navy in the sixties and my brother(s) took over the farm they sold off the gas Olivers and went Diesel with the other green tractor. No old iron was around when I finally came back home. :(
I am surprised at how many parts are still available for some of what I consider iconic machines. New Idea pickers, the AC All Crop. I'm betting you will find a good amount of part new, refurbished or used still available.
It aint stupid if it Works. I'd use Acetone and trans fluid instead of PB blaster for a long term soak PB will leave the scene after a while .SEE
Cool!
I did not know that you have a hay burner. 🐎
Just one. I took it on the trade for something and I can’t give the stupid thing away 🤣🤣🤣
That Hume reel is way better than a wooden bar reel... dont know why youd choose to do that
Because that’s the way it was. I’m not planning on going out and harvesting 1000 acres with it.
@@rosstheoliverman the hume reel is way better for Beans, oats, and other than wheet and barley crops... it adds more versatility
Take the gasser engine out and put a 12V71 Detroit in it.🤣🤣🤣
I don’t think it could handle that much 😂
@@rosstheoliverman 🤣🤣🤣
You could restore one as a gift for your father.
I guess I’ll find you another orange one. 😂
Looks like a lot of rusty sentimental work to get this running again and everything freed up again. Off topic but I haven't seen any content from Chris Losey in a couple of weeks I hope everything is ok.
He’s fine. He’s just been busy harvesting and not had a lot of time for video editing.
The 95 and 105 John Deere combine’s were the best ever made. When you have a diesel hydro. My uncle custom combined with them till the mid to late 90’s. He quit because he was getting too old. And was hard to find parts for them. You don’t find low hour JD 105’s with low hours. These machines typically have 3000 hours or more on them. I used one of my uncles 105’s it was a gas gear drive with a corn head. Took off my 100 acres of corn with out one issue. Would of bee 1997. Never ran a 55. Too small for my personal use. I didn’t like the 95’s for the same reason. But I farmed 1000 acres. I had a 7701 and a 7700. Also great machines. My neighbor with his M3 was always broke down. My buddy with his Massey did better than the Gleaner but broke down more often than my JD’s.
If a guy would put a 9500 cab on a 105. Then throw away the apron chain underneath and put the augers out of a 6600 under it. And redo the chopper drive so it’s a belt instead of a 6 mile long chain. There was conversion kits available for them in the 80’s and 90’s. When that chain let go it what F thing up. Really the only bad design on the machine. But easily remedied.
But above tweaks would make for the best combine never built. Probably an unloading auger out of a 20 series too. So it fold back in.
Back when dad was a kid. Grandpa and great grandpa farmed 1000 plus acres in the early 50’s to when great grandpa died in 76. In the beginning the custom combine crews ran 55’s with no cabs. In the end 105’s.
Well Ross.... you have one heck of a project, maybe you will get in shape crawling all over it🤣 Working on my 6620 to use it is enough combine fun for me. I usually do one thing to make it more better every year, and that would be something more then it needs to operate for the year. It must be something with our fathers generation, take something apart for no apparent reason. He had his CIH 7120 for a year and there is body parts everywhere😮
I think they fed you full of garbage on that fuel pump. Deere used that same pump on a lot of different models through the years. I’ve put several on.
I figured so
Used to be a feller up the road aways that salvaged 55’s… he always had a yard sale of parts ready to go! (The local 55 market dried up)
Another neighbor had something like 8 kids and ran a fleet of 5-6 55’s. That was in the mid eighties and quite a sight when they rolled onto a quarter section of wheat.
It's a John Deere, haul it to the scrap yard 😂 I get the memorie though. I have Deere stuff that was my grandpa's and none of it is going anywhere. In fact one of my grandpa's was a mechanic at the Deere construction dealership
cumbines?
Oh dear twins of sadness
🤣 yeah but at least the one isn’t stuck because then it really would be sadness. Thanks Stephen!!!
not a fool just like old stuff I have a ggleasner a 22 that i would lkike to ssee runn also fools think alike.
Awesome!!
Those memories that I had with my grampa is why I put his old farm truck back together we had it at the local thrashery thay were featuring farm trucks every liked the old 66 dodge d200 with 28000 miles
Awesome!!
Hey! How’d you get my combine to your house without me noticing!!! I also have one of these. Corn and soybean special with a corn head which is NUTS to find in the wheat belt! Mine has a cozy cab on it. It is sitting in town, we’re it died and I have Had it sitting for 3 years or better. This spring a will it run is coming to a channel near you! Yes EB means edible bean. Also this spring I am getting my 80 special Massey revived
Maybe it’s a 45?
We better see some videos out of you soon! 🤣
@@rosstheoliverman it’s like -10 degrees out give me till spring!!!
I'm kinda with you not wanting to see this stuff going to scrap cuz when it's gone it's gone forever
Yup, it’s only here once!