JD 12A combine canvas

[Donn Hewes]

I am restoring a JD 12A Combine. It is in great shape and only needs a little work on the reel and new canvas. Anyone know a good source for canvases for this combine? Donn

[john plowden]

Don – I restored a 12a two years ago – I’ll have to look but bought new canvasses from some one in Penn. or Ohio – since have lost the bookmark file on my computer –
John

[Neil Dimmock]

Try , http://macknair.com/ or http://www.balsters.net/paymentinfo.html they just might have what you need
Neil

[Donn Hewes]

I am still looking for a source for JD 12A combine canvas. Any new members with suggestions? Donn

[near horse]

Hey Donn,

Can’t help specifically w/ a JD canvas and I don’t know how big a JD 12 requires but could a draper canvas from a swather “work”? They are pretty narrow (4′ at best). Also, you might look at contacting this fella – he does a lot with AC All crop combines from the 40’s 50’s and has canvasses that will fit those (about 5 to 8 foot headers I think). [HTML]www.yazallcrop.com[/HTML]

It seems that many folks working horses to harvest grain use binders (or at least that’s what you hear about). Have you used older combine harvesters to cut your grain? PTO driven or separate motor? I’m looking at rebuilding an old AC All Crop (needs work – my shed collapsed on it).

Good luck.

[Donn Hewes]

I have never done it, but the 12A is a 5 foot pto combine that I think will be very manageable for me and my pto cart. My horses and mules too. Erik Andrus (aka good companion bakery) explained to me why traditionally binding and threshing were separated. It involved cutting at the right maturity to not loose it from the stem, but then curing the crop completely before it was threshed. With a combine you are trying to cheat a little on both ends. If you wait for it to fully cure on the plant you may loose more in the cutting. Combines in this way resulted in a lower quality flour. Erik, help me out if I didn’t get that right. I think I will try to use my combine because I have one. Perhaps I can err on the side of loosing some grain.

[john plowden]

Donn – try this place – not the one I used (cant find it)
/www.leggbelting.com/combine_belts.htm
Let me know what you find out -They have the ones you want –
John

[Donn Hewes]

John, Thanks a lot. That looks like the ticket. I will call them tomorrow. Donn

[goodcompanion]

@Donn Hewes 5899 wrote:

I have never done it, but the 12A is a 5 foot pto combine that I think will be very manageable for me and my pto cart. My horses and mules too. Erik Andrus (aka good companion bakery) explained to me why traditionally binding and threshing were separated. It involved cutting at the right maturity to not loose it from the stem, but then curing the crop completely before it was threshed. With a combine you are trying to cheat a little on both ends. If you wait for it to fully cure on the plant you may loose more in the cutting. Combines in this way resulted in a lower quality flour. Erik, help me out if I didn’t get that right. I think I will try to use my combine because I have one. Perhaps I can err on the side of loosing some grain.

Not to mention the old way used the sun to dry the crop rather than fossil fuels. Approximately 6 billion gallons of fuel are burned annually to dry combined crops. If you can do it the old way and there is no need.

I err on the side of losing grain too sometimes, that’s no picnic either. Rodents everywhere, both in the field and everywhere the bound crop was transported. I’m still dealing with the aftermath of that.

[near horse]

Out here in wheat country, the inland northwest, wheat goes straight from the combine to truck to bin storage. No drying because it is dry at harvest (like 12% moisture or so if I recall correctly). If you haul to the elevator, you will get docked or refused storage if your moisture is above say 15% (can’t remember the exact number).

Lost grain during harvesting probably has more to do with combine adjustments than drieness of the grain. Mostly soft white wheat here – pasta stuff, not bread.

[Robert MoonShadow]

Donn, Erik ~ My grandma’s solution for the lost grain & rodents problems: quail and/or pheasants; seems like the pheasants drove off the rodents, and the rodents hated having the quail covey running amok around them (must seem like a cross between a roadrunner & a hawk x 10). I don’t know how accurate it was, but I know we ate a lot of game birds growing up.., and not too many rodents that I remember. that was in the midwest & out here in the mountains of Idaho. Just a thought.

[Donn Hewes]

So far the price is close to 800$ For two canvas. I will keep looking. My old canvas has some rot in it, but maybe I can have it repaired. Donn

[near horse]

Hey Donn,

If your canvas is made of canvas (?), you might look at tent maker supply or sail makers. I know that might get pretty involved but it should be cheaper than $800. Good luck.

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